Lets Walk & Talk Tours In Dublin

John Healy speaks to CIARAN MAHONEY from Dublin City Council about lets walk & talk spring 2015. The walks are set up to get people from a certain community to get to know each other & get fit at the same time. The walk & talk tours are running a few years & take place…

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How To Enter The Irish Blog Awards

BEATRICE WHELAN speaks to Eoin Drinan about the Blog Awards Ireland. Beatrice talks how you enter the competition, the amount of nominations they have received so far, the different types of blogs that have been submitted from food to technology and how the competition will be decided. She also talks about a separate recipe competition…

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Emerging Bands Night

Mark speaks with KIERAN DOYLE and TOMMY DOLAN from the Behaviours, who are taking part and organising the Emerging Bands Nights in the Annesley House on 24th October 2015. They talk about what they have been up to since they released their EP, the idea behind the event, who they brought in for the bands…

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St Michael’s House Arts Week – Fun For All

ANNE HIGGINS, Principal at St Michael’s House, Baldoyle introduces the 2015 Arts Week. Arts Week gives the opportunity for students to showcase their talents. There is no art form – dance, music, etc – that cannot be adapted to people with every and all need. This Week gives the children of Baldoyle an opportunity to…

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Life In Croatia After Joining The EU

Croatia native and Near FM volunteer, LIDIJA RADACIC joins Noel McGuinness to talk about life in Croatia after recently joining the EU. Lidija talks about her lifestyle in Dublin and the similarities between the two cultures of Ireland and Croatia, the lifestyle and location of Croatia, the importance of tourism for the country and their need to improve their industrial production…

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Marking the Kennedy Assassination’s 50th Anniversary

Ger Leddin reports from the JFK Memorial in Wexford on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s death. Lieutenant AOIFE SHANLEY tells Ger about the planned procession and band fanfare as they prepare to lay a wreath on the memorial. Minister Brendan Howlin will inspect Guard of Honour. Ministers Keogh and Howlin…

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Darndale Park Fun Day 2015

MADELEINE EBBS talks to John Healy about the second Darndale Park Fun Day. This is what the Evening Herald said about the event: THE second family fun day to take place in Darndale Park has been hailed a “great success”. Some 1,000 people attended the park for a day of arts and crafts, free food…

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Avril Power – Independent Candidate – Dublin Bay North – General Election 2016

Conor Doyle interviews Senator AVERIL POWER  Independent candidate in Dublin Bay North. Health, Beaumont Hospital, Special Criminal Court, Adoption Bill, Shopping List and Micháel Martin. In Fianna Fáil she was elected to the 24th Seanad in April 2011 by the Industrial and Commercial Panel. From 2011 until 2015 she was Fianna Fáil’s Seanad spokesperson on Education and Skills. Then she fell…

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The Peter McVerry Trust and World Homeless Day 2013

ANNE MARIE CONNOLLY of the Peter McVerry Trust joins Noel McGuinness on the eve of World Homeless Day 2013.She tells Noel about of some of the events the Trust organised to mark the occasion, including a treasure hunt, a schools’ rugby competition, Tesco collections and a Zombie Run at Marino College. A number of sponsored…

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Small Plastic Wars at Axis Ballymun

Noel McGuinness interviews PAT McGRATH writer of Small Plastic Wars. He explains how he went from acting to writing his first play. He mentions some future project, for example adapting Small Plastic Wars to a film script…

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