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…
Airing Of Culture Shots’ First Episode
PAT GUERIN talks to GRACE WILENTZ, Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media Coordinator at Near Media Co-op, and presenter EAMON KEATING on the airing of the first episode of Near Fm’s new intercultural programme series “Culture Shots”, a 13 week series examining the meaning of culture and promoting intercultural understanding…
Save the 19 Bus
RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks with TINA MC VEIGH about the 19 bus being discontinued. The 19 bus route has been in service since 1930, also Tina speaks about other route changes with Dublin bus…
Grace Wilentz: Memories of 9/11
In the 10th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 in New York, Noel talks to GRACE WILENTZ, who lived through that tragedy first hand…
St Bridgid’s Girls National School Glasnevin 6th Green Flag
Mark Finnegan speaks to EMILY,HOLLY,AVA, & MS EDWARDS from St Bridgid’s girls national school in Glasnevin. They tell us about green schools which is an educational programme for the whole school to learn about the environment. They talk about reduce,reuse,recycle & how they recycled used markers & made a rainbow out of them. They are…
Starting Out in Business: Clodagh Timmins, Personal Trainer
FIONA NOLAN from the Northside Enterprise Centre and CLODAGH TIMMINS, a client of the Enterprise Centre join John Healy to talk about the services that the centre provides for people seeking to expand their small businesses. Clodagh outlines ways that the centre has helped her, including the networking events that helped expand her list of…
Accessing the success of “The Gathering”
FIONAN NESTOR, engagement manager with “The Gathering” joins John Healy to discuss how the gathering has been going over the course of the year. The Gathering has helped tourism number increase by a massive seven percent in the first eight months of the year. They discuss who organises the individual events and Fionan tells John that it…
Astronomy Ireland Classes – An Introduction To The Night Sky
DAVID MOORE from Astronomy Ireland joins Noel to discuss some events that the group has coming up. David says that their regular classes act as an introduction to astronomy. David discusses the comet Ison which will come relatively close to earth in late 2013 and early 2014. David says Ison may have a very large…
Turning Kilbarrack DART into a ‘Ghost Station’
Wheelchair user BRENDAN CREAN talks to Noel McGuinness about the protests against the Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail plan to remove staff from Kilbarrack train station. Brian believes it could bring big problems for disabled DART users. Sinn Féin Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha has called on Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail to reverse its decision to remove staff from…
Russian Festival Week 2012
EOIN FITZPATRICK with a report from the Russian Festival 2012…
The Gutter Bookshop
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to BOB JOHNSTON from the gutter bookshop in cows lane in Temple bar. BOB talks about the Easter trail which is taking place in the area & lots more as well including the design market which sell local Irish craft & their outdoor bookshop & lots more. The gutter bookshop was…
Donnycarney Tradfest 2013
AIDAN O’TOOLE joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the Donnycarney Tradfest and what it aims to be. Aidan explains how the initiative came about through a committee and Aodhan O Riodhans suggestions. With the area having historical roots in the tradition of Irish music with many notable players the idea grew legs and became a festival…
The Significant Seven play
John Healy speaks to DECLAN CAHILL of Riverside Drama group, Northside Partnership and Scoil Catriona. Declan speaks of his involvement over the years in volunteering with groups, and more specifically about a production directed and written by Dennis Byrne called “The Significant Seven”. Declan speaks of the rehearsal process, the Drama groups experiences of hosting…
Details of Dairefest charity event at the Pint, Dublin
GAVIN DOYLE, DAIRE KELLY and DAVID DOYLE join Paula Wiseman in the studio to discuss an upcoming gig to raise money for Daires trip to teach in India as part of the Suas programme. They share details of his trip to India and they go on to detail the different bands involved in the gig…
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: Celine, from Donaghmede, and Sylvia from Balina. At this point there are 17 participants in the project. They are learning a wide range…