RAY YATES, City Arts officer in Temple Bar, joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the upcoming plans for Culture Night 2013, whilst at an event celebrating the work of Seamus Heaney. Ray speaks of there being over 600 events throughout the country and more than 200 in Dublin. He tells that many places not usually open…
Joe Duffy’s Children Of The Rising
Conor speaks with JOE DUFFY, RTE broadcaster and author of the book “Children of the Rising”. He talks about the theme of the book, what he discovered when researching the theme, some of the bits and pieces that the children collected before the rising, how the idea of the book started and how his research…
East Wall History events
Noel interviews JOE MOONEY and CAITRIONA NI CASSAITHE, local teacher and neighbour, to go deeper in the East Wall History events, like the various strikes and fights the port workers had over the years…
Howth Coast Guard report
PAUL COOPER, Deputy Officer with the Howth Coast Guard, warns against people lighting Chinese lanterns, as they are being mistaken for distress flares. Paul asks members of the public to call the Coast Guard if they are about to light Chinese lanterns. Presenter Pat Meehan also asks Paul about the Coast Guard units in Ireland. Paul…
Jack & Jill Foundation At Work
The Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation provides direct funding, to families of children with brain damage up to the age of 4 who suffer severe intellectual and physical developmental delay, enabling them to purchase home respite care. They also provide end of life care to all children up to the age of four years. The…
Emilie Conway, Jazz Vocalist
Barbara Jennings interviews EMILIE CONWAY, Jazz Vocalist. She explains her latest projects and her musical influences to develop her actual style…
Swords 1014 commemoration
Noel McGuinness interviews PAUL BARNES, events officer at Fingal County Council about the Swords 1014 commemoration, which mark the connection of Swords with the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf and the death of Brian Boru as well as Fingal’s strong links to the Vikings. He explains the different events that will take place as well as…
International Ice Mile Swim
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to FERGAL SOMERVILLE who is a local swimmer & BRYN DYMOTT from Wales,they talk about the one mile circuit of Lough Dan swim called the ice mile. They had swimmers from Ireland, England, Wales & Italy. They talk about where & when the international ice swimming association started…
Learning about “fromthestudioof.com”
Eoin Drinan speaks to AILBHE MCCORMACK about her blog “Fromthestudioof.com”, an insight into an artist’s studio. Ailbhe explains where the idea came from, the places that artist can get their inspiration from, how she visits artists as part of her own work and the idea of her blog to allow fellow artists to explore each…
Culture Night 2013
AMY VAN WYLICH joins Eoin Drinan to speak about the upcoming events as part of Culture night 2013. Amy speaks of how the festival has grown over the previous eight years, with 2013 featuring over 200 different venues. Highlights are RTE Concert Orchestra in Meeting House Square and also the National Photographic archives hosting an…
Examining “Voluntary” Residencies in Irish Mental Health Centres
Journalist CHRISTINA FINN joins Ger Leddin to discuss her series of articles investigating the ways in which patients can be held in institutions without review. Christina discusses some of the results of her research in regards to the Mental Health Act of 2001, outlining some of the details of the Act which people may not…
Five Lamps Arts Festival 2013 Live from Marino College, Dublin
Northside Today’s Noel McGuinness speaks to ROISIN LONERGAN, festival director for the the Five Lamps Arts Festival in Dublin’s North Strand. Roisin talks about the story behind the festival, the details and performers for this year’s festival, the choice of venues in the area, how the local community can get involved with the festival and…
“The Aftermath”
PAULA WISEMAN talks to JOHNNY CRONIN from the band “The Aftermath” about their music, their latest gigs and their new album…
Randolph O’Toole On The Writing Life
Northside author Randolph O’Toole, the writer of ‘Bankrupted’ tells Pat Meehan about his route into getting published. Randolph’s book is available on Amazon and he explains why the eBook way seemed to him to be a good way to get his work out to a wider readership. Randolph also talks about the way he managed…
Older and Bolder respond to “Home Help service” budget cuts
John Healy speaks to DIARMUID O’SULLIVAN of Older and Bolder discussing the groups work with elderly people. They begin by talking about the recent cuts in home help funding and discuss the knock on effect of this. They discuss the human element of what home help can achieve and how it hugely benefits those in…
