Mary Coughlan at the Axis, Ballymun

Singer MARY COUGHLAN joins Noel MCGuinness to discuss an upcoming gig at the Axis Centre in Ballymun. Mary gives details of the concert and a new album being released early in 2014. They also discuss the recent death of Nelson Mandela and the effect of his passing on her. Mary shares details of her new…

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Build For Life, Swim Across The English Channel

Conor Doyle speaks to SHEILA FLEMMING who’s sister is going to take the challenge of swimming across the English channel for the charity “Build For Life”. She tells us about how her sister who at 59 years old has done a few charity swims before. This will be one of her bigger challenges to date…

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Killester Arts and Crafts fair at Christmas 2012

Barbara Jennings speaks to HARRIE MCMANUS to discuss the St. Brigids resource centre arts fair taking place the following week in Killester. Harrie tells of the history of the event and how it has grown over the years. They talk of the great work done at the resource centre year round and tell of how…

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Near FM & MediaCorp Intercultural Project

GRACE WILENTZ pops in to update Noel McGuinness on the progress of the Near FM & MediaCorp Intercultural Project. With her she has two members of the latest group to come together: Katrina, from Moldova, and Leah, from Dublin. At this point there are 17 participants in the project. They are learning a wide range…

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Cian O’Callaghan Social Democrat launching his campaign for the General Election 2016

Conor Doyle is talking to CIAN O’CALLAGHAN member of the Social Democrats about the upcoming election 2016, for which he is first contesting for. Cian is specialized in the field of healthcare, housing, environment, mental health and criminal justice reform. Today he is talking about possible challenges during the elections like competing against long established…

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What is Creative Mornings Dublin?

BRIAN COLHOUN of Creative Mornings Dublin joins Eoin Drinan to talk about the coffee morning set up as a networking event for people in the creative industries. He shares how they meet once a month and the event tends to draw very high profile members of the creative industries. He explains that each event has a…

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Transition Year Students performing Mamma Mia

Conor Doyle chats to FERGAL CLOSE Co-Producer and some of the TY student cast – Aisling O’Byrne (Donna) , Daniel Kavanagh (Sam) and Craig Norman (Sky)of their musical “Mamma Mia” which they are currently performing in St. Pauls.  Mamma Mia is a jukebox musical, based on the songs of ABBA.  The 20-year old bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan finds…

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Live Life National Film Competition

Mark speaks to MARY LUCEY, co-ordinator of the Live Life National Film Competition. She talks about how the competition came about, the background and diversity of the competition, how the entries of the competition were inspired to enter, the past winners of the competition. She also talks about where you can watch some of the entries…

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Learning about the “Musical Youth Foundation”

CHRIS MAHER speaks to John Healy about the Musical Youth Foundations aims and mission. He begins by explaining how the foundation came about as part of his involvement in the Dublin Soul festival. He tells of their involvement in enabling children to play musical instruments in schools and group centres. They also talk of using…

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Wilson, Betty & Kepple Autobiography

Conor speaks to ALAN SLAFFORD about the autobiography book of Wilson, Betty & Kepple that he wrote called “Not Too Naked For The Nazi”. He talks about where the title of the book came from, how he got into the story of Wilson, Betty & Kepple, how one of them became a journalist covering the…

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Bee keeping in the Phoenix Park

GERALDINE FLEMING, who is a gardener in the Phoenix park speaks to Noel about Bee keeping in the park. They discuss some of the work associated with keeping bees and also the different types of bees being kept in Ireland. They talk of keeping hives in the presidents grounds and Ashtown in the Phoenix park…

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