What work is done by the North Dublin Chamber of Commerce?

MARK KELLET of the North Dublin Chamber of Commerce joins John Healy to discuss an upcoming Trade Expo taking place. Mark begins by telling how the chamber is set up to support businesses in the North Dublin catchment area. Mark tells of how they have helped both established companies as well as start ups as…

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Proposal To Build Houses in St. Paul’s, Raheny

Pat speaks to Cllr. NAOISE Ó MUIRÍ (Fine Gael) on a proposal to build 400 houses in the grounds of St. Paul’s, Raheny near St. Anne’s Park. He talks about the controversy behind the proposal, where exactly the proposal may take place, the background of the developer, who decides whether the land can go ahead with any…

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Nursing in Nigeria Changes Your World View

LAURA DUGGAN worked as a nurse in St Vincent’s Hospital ICU. Here, she tells Noel McGuinness about her voluntary work in Haiti and then Nigeria, where she saw a vast difference between an ultra-modern ICU with TVs at every bed and a Nigerian hospital that had no electricity and she needed a torch to see…

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What is Creative Mornings Dublin?

BRIAN COLHOUN of Creative Mornings Dublin joins Eoin Drinan to talk about the coffee morning set up as a networking event for people in the creative industries. He shares how they meet once a month and the event tends to draw very high profile members of the creative industries. He explains that each event has a…

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Enda Kenny: Budget 2013 and the Central Statistics Office

Taoiseach ENDA KENNY speaks to Ger Leddin about the CSO figures released the week before and whether the figures will have a bearing on the 2013 budget. The Taoiseach says that, while the figures are encouraging, they will have very little bearing on the budget. Mr Kenny also says that the country is “in the…

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“Fresh Start” back to work training course in Coolock

John Healy speaks to DAVID BURKE of Fresh Start – a project aimed at helping people get back into the workplace through career preparation. They are based in the Northside Enterprise Centre in Coolock and it is a vocational training course funded by FÁS. They discuss what being on the course entails and how it…

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