Swords Lions Club was founded in 1985. It is one of 115 clubs in the whole of Ireland comprising approximately 2800 people. Swords Lions Club have offered ordinary local people the opportunity to give something back to their community. Generally, this is done through fundraising to provide for those in need and also to support…
Niall Hatch, Birdwatch Ireland
Noel Mc Guinness speaks with NIALL HATCH from Birdwatch Ireland. NIALL talks about feeding birds in the cold weather & what type of food we should be feeding the birds when they come in to our gardens…
Halloween festival in Darndale 2012
John Healy speaks to MADELEINE EBBS of Dublin City Council to learn about the Darndale Halloween festival 2012. They discuss the dangers of Bonfires and Fireworks at Halloween and also talk about the four supervised bonfires happening in the area, organised as part of the Halloween Festival 2012. They discuss what will be a part of the festivities…
Axis in Ballymun Celebrate 10 Years With High Hopes Gig
Sound engineer JOE CLEAR and some of the musicians and technicians from Axis Theatre, Ballymun chat to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming ‘High Hopes’ gig that will celebrate ten years of the Axis in Ballymun. This special gig will feature some of the finest young musicians from the Northside of the city who have been…
Astronomy Ireland
Noel speaks to DAVID MOORE from Astronomy Ireland. He talks about the background to Astronomy Ireland, the events that they run annually, their telescopic sights of the International Space Station, the lecture they plan to give during Science Week and their preparation for a lecture in the future about possible life out in space. He…
Car boot sale at the Artane Market
CATHERINE O’CONNER speaks to John Healy. At the time she is trying to revamp the Artane Market, based opposite Artane Castle shopping centre. They discuss how people can clear out their bric-a-brac and bring it to the upcoming car boot sale to earn a few euro and get to know the local traders. It is…
The Chalk Garden @ Sean O’Casey Theatre
DAN McCORMACK, Director of the Chalk Garden talks to Noel McGuinness about this new play and the newly refurbished Sean O’Casey Theatre in which it is being presented. Dan and Noel also discuss the differences between going to the cinema and to the theatre for audiences. Further details on the theatre at: www.nodrama.com …
Developing Phibsboro
PETER MURRAY and PATRICK GRANT talk to Mark Finnegan about proposed planning changes for the Phibsboro area. They feel that it is important to allow local people to have a say inj the planning process in order to avoid bringing further traffic chaos to the area (as exemplified by the daily jam at Doyle’s Corner)…
Open Night at St Mary’s School Secondary School
Noel interviews SIOBHAN O’CONNELL, Principal of St Mary’s Secondary School and students LAUREN FITZPATRICK, ROISIN LONG, DANIELLE BYRNE and CLARA RICHARDSON about the Open Night and the kind of things they do in the school…
The Macra Na Feirme ‘Know Your Neighbour’ Weekend
CAROLINE BERGIN CROSS talks to NOEL about a forthcoming Macra Na Feirme event which is designed to introduce its 9000 members to each other, and to the wider community across the city and countryside…
The Irish Red Cross and Typhoon Haiyan in The Philippines
ANNE MARIE O’CONNELL of the Irish Red Cross joins Noel McGuinness to talk of their work in The Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Anne says 11 million people are affected across 40 provinces with 500,000 people displaced. Thus far they have confirmed over 2,000 deaths, with that figure expected to increase. Anne says…
New programming at Near FM
Noel interviews CIARAN MURRAY about the new programming for 2012 at NearFM…
Local Artist featured in Origin Gallery Exhibition
Barbara Jennings speaks to local painter, MARGO BANKS in her Clontarf studio about the Origin Gallery exhibition, which she was a part of in the Harcourt Street Gallery. Margo speaks of her particular interest in painting Animals especially Hares and Birds, and also talks about the research she does for her paintings, her proximity to the Bull…
A Suspicious ‘School For Spies’ in Dungarvan
Journalist GER LEDDIN joins Sabrina Ryan to discuss the “School for Spies”, an international conference held every second year in Co Waterford for members of the global security organisations such as the FBI and CIA. The conference’s appearance in Dungarvan is the result of Dungarvan ‘twinning’ with a town in the USA. Ger says there…
If Ever You Go, Near Fm’s New Series
Noel Mc Guinness talks to PAUL LOUGHRAN from Near Fm about a new series that is going to be broadcast called ” If ever you go”, A map of Dublin in poetry and song, a ten part series from the book one city one book which was the chosen book for 2014 edited by Pat…