BARBARA JENNINGS speaks with MITCH who is a recovering heroin addict. He talks about his life today now that he is clean of drugs but tells us how he first got involved & how he lived his life when he was an addict…
Active Parents service
ODREN REID talks about the closure of the Active Parents service in Finglas. The service is facing major funding cuts. He tells Pat Meehan about what the service provides for parents, including teaching young adults parenting skills, linking back into families, a drug and alcohol awareness programme and various activities for service users. Child charity…
Anam Cara support to bereaved parents and fundraising support from Applegreen
Noel McGuinness interviews SHARON VARD from Anam Cara, to talk about support to bereaved parents and the fundraising support from Applegreen…
Robbie Reilly & Luke Cunningham on Guitars
Noel McGuinness interviews ROBBIE REILLY & LUKE CUNNINGHAM, and they have been busking with Spanish Guitars to raise €3500 to fund a trip to Calcutta for Luke. Both the lads attend Belvedere College. Noel Spotted them playing in the Rose Festival in St Anne’s Park. They also play in the market in Dun Laoghaire and…
Coolock & Artane Credit Union donating defibrillators and Scholarship Scheme
NOEL MCGUINNESS interviews ADRIANNE O’SHEA from Coolock & Artane Credit Union, who explains their recent initiative to donate defibrillator machines to local schools and community buildings as well as the already existing Scholarship Scheme…
Local Artist
BARBARA JENNINGS speaks to local artist PADRAIG PARLE about an exhibition taking place in the Origin Gallery in Dublin city centre . He talks about his paintings, which are a take on the celtic tiger…
Setting up a web design business in Dublin
SHEAMUS DIAMOND talks to MARK FINNEGAN about moving to Ireland from the USA and establishing a successful, family-run web design business (Freeman Contingent)…
“Dusk Ahead”, A Imaginative Dance & Music Performance
Noel speaks to MEGAN KENNEDY, artistic director from the Junk Ensemble Dance & Theatre Company about the tour of “Dusk Ahead”. She talks about the idea behind the imaginative dance & music show, the people behind the visuals and stage production, the music being played during the performance, the locations where they will be performing…
Peter O Loughlin – Leader of Identity Ireland
Identity Ireland: New Political Party Has New Policies
Identity Ireland is an unregistered political party in Ireland. It was launched in Dublin on 22 July 2015. Its founders are Gary Allen, PETER O’LOUGHLIN and Alan Tighe.[1] O’Loughlin is the party’s national spokesperson. PETER O’LOUGHLIN talks here with Mark Finnegan. Identity Ireland argues for a return to Irish sovereignty and to the Irish pound…
isDublinbusy.com
Noel speaks to LILLIAN GALLAGHER, Head of Data & Analytics at The Company of Huskies and Creator of “isDublinbusy.com”. She talks about the reasons of her research, the info they provide for the website such as live parking analysis and Dublin bikes, how we are becoming more organised during the Christmas period, the idea of…
Masamba Samba & Phil Lynnot pageant
PAT MEEHAN speaks to SIMEON SMITH from Masamba Samba. He speaks about when they started out in 1994 and the benefits of doing it. Simeon speaks about Phil Lynnot’s pageant, which is taking place around the Gaiety Theatre in Stephen’s Green, Grafton Street on August 20th 2011 on Phil’s birthday & to remember his death on his…
Bunratty Road Civic Office Protests.
KELDA BARNES from Jigsaw creche talks to Mark Finnegan about protests over government funding cuts that wilkl force Jigsaw Creche to close for a month every year causing hardship to parents of over 240 children and 90 staff. Recorded live at the protest…
Culture Night Dublin 2013
AMAY VAN WYLICK, Coordinator for Culture Night speaks to Noel McGuinness in the run up to the event. They discuss some of the major attractions of the festival including a live concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra in Meeting House Square with guest spots by Julie Feeney and Lúnasa. We hear that there will be…
Comic Con Comes To Dublin 2015
The times have a-changed and this year’s Dublin Comic Con is predicted to attract 16,000 visitors. Once a sub-stratum of society, a whole army of geeks are alive and kicking in Ireland. There are comic book geeks, Whovians and Trekkies, Dungeons and Dragons fanatics, cosplay enthusiasts and “Bronies” – that’s “Bros” who are fans of…
