Drumcondra National School Fundraiser

Pat speaks to BERYL HEALY from Drumcondra National School about the fundraiser event in All Hallows. She talks about the details about the events, the musicians that will perform for the event, where you get tickets for the event and the background of the school…

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Culture Night 2012 – preview

Barbara speaks about Culture Night 2012 live from Lemon Jelly restaurant on Millennium way[REPORTER PHONE CRACKLE PRESENT THROUGHOUT]. She speaks to DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN who started Culture Night originally back in 2004 as a small event which has since grown into a very large annual project. They speak about the history of the event and more…

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What Will Be Stored at the Merrion Vaults?

SEAMUS FAHY, Director of Merrion Private Vaults, joins Ger Leddin to discuss the company and the services it provides. They discuss the type of clients which Merrion Vaults expect to receive, including people wishing to deposit deeds of houses and sentimental items. They also expect to be storing clients’ valuables and technological back ups of…

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Near FM & MediaCorp Intercultural Project Hits Bolivia

GRACE WILENTZ pops in to update Noel McGuinness on the progress of the Near FM & Media-coop Intercultural Project including the group’s trip to Bolivia. At this point there are 17 participants in the project. They are learning a wide range of skills in the field of broadcast media, from sound engineering to researching and…

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Cóis Céim and the Festival of Contemporary Dance

DAVID BOLGER of Cóis Céim Dance Theatre tells Eoin Drinan what is in store for the company’s forthcoming coming week-long Celebration of Dance. David says the festival offers an opportunity to see some of the many kinds of work they do. There will be six presentations of short films from Cóis Céim’s youth group “Creative…

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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…

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Make Your Nominations for National Volunteer Awards 2013

PHIL BOUGHTON of Volunteer Ireland speaks to Pat Meehan about the search for Volunteer of the Year for 2013. Phil urges listeners to nominate their own local heroes. The awards, now in their sixth year, are designed to highlight the great work done by good people all over Ireland. Each person nominated receives a personalised…

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Young Community Leaders, meeting with President Higgins

Noel interviews SHANNON BAKER and STEVEN TURNER who met President Higgins in a celebration day of Young Community Leaders of the Northside partnership and other organizations, for their work at the Belmayne Clongriffin Family Fun Day. They explain how they got the chance to take part on the organization of this event and how positive…

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Upcoming Events in the City with Barbara Jennings

John Healy speaks with BARBARA JENNINGS about whats going on around Dublin city. She speaks about The trad sessions taking place in Temple Bar,front row sessions, also about Bewley’s cafe theatre  & Airfield Dundrum working farm which has vintage cars, food markets & woodlawn walks…

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Salaries and pension arrangements by Irish Water Senior Management

Ger interviews senator DAVID CULLINANE from Sinn Fein, who critizises the senior management of Irish Water, their salaries and pension arrangements. He talks about the case of former county manager from Waterford Ray O’Dwyer who saw this years in the public service added at his pension arrangements and got later hired as head of operations of…

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Dublin Gay Mens Choir

BARRY JOYCE of the Dublin Gay Mens Choir [crackle and interference on phone line and drop out at beginning of interview] joins Eoin Drinan to discuss their upcoming performance “Summer Serenade” a concert of 30 men performing in the CHQ building. They perform a collection of songs from Sinatra to The Script along with some…

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