NOEL MC GUINNESS talks to DAVID MOORE regarding the Break-up of a Meteor over the east of Ireland. The huge fireball event was seen by many but reported by few. The pair also discuss the passing of Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong – the first man on the moon. An Irish Man’s discovery of his 2nd…
Dublin Flamenco Festival
Noel speaks to NATHALIE MOYANO GONZÁLEZ, Director of the Dublin Flamenco Festival. She talks about some of the dancers coming to the festival that helped develop Flamenco dancing, the various events for everyone in the family, the roots of Flamenco dancing in Spain and the different rhythms and emotions that come into Flamenco dancing. She…
Scare Yourself Silly: Horror Movie Picks for Halloween 2013
BREN MURPHY of the “Under your bed” horror movie podcast site joins Eoin Drinan to recommend some top horror movies for Halloween. He begins with “Trick or Treat” a very American Halloween movie made in 2007 but not released until two years later. The next recommendation is “House of the Devil” directed by Ti West…
Festival of Flowers in Malahide
VICTOR BLACK, director of the Festival of Flowers in St Doolough’s Church in Malahide talks to Pat about the logistical problems involved in putting together a top-class floral event. This 2014 Malahide show brought together top flower arrangers from all over Ireland to display their art to a very wide audience. The international flower show…
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…
GAZE Attracts Attention From Film Buffs Worldwide
Gaze International LGBT Film Festival is an annual film festival which takes place in Dublin each Bank Holiday weekend in late July and early August. Since 1992, it has become Ireland’s largest LGBT film event, and the country’s biggest LGBT gathering outside of Dublin Pride. People attend from across the world, with a footfall of…
EU Presidency – Day Six: The Sinn Fein View
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union is responsible for the functioning of the Council of the European Union, the upper house of the EU legislature. It rotates among the member states of the EU every six months. The presidency is not an individual, but rather the position is held by a national…
Interview With Musician Paul Byrne
Northside Today’s Johnny Holmes speaks to musician PAUL BYRNE about his music from 1982 to present day. Paul talks about what inspired him to first be a musician, his early days playing in different groups, his influences as a musician, who are his favorite drummers both past and present, when it first started writing songs…
Belmayne Residents Association
Mark Finnegan speaks to MICHELLE MC GOLDRICK from the Belmayne residents association. MICHELLE talks about an Easter event which will take place & will include music, face painting & of course an Easter egg hunt & lots more. They talk about Belmayne & how there really is no community facilities to hold events. As an…
Getting Ready For The Lord Mayor’s 5-Alive Challenge
AIDEEN O’CONNOR a Sports & Active Living Co-ordinator, chats to Pat Meehan about getting involved in the Lord Mayor’s 5-Alive Challenge. The Challenge is a five-kilometer run that takes place in a variety of locations around the country. Participants can sprint, run, jog, walk, or stroll the 5K course and all are welcome. The main…
Civic Centre Hosts Service Providers’ Expo
Noel McGuinness reports live from the 2012 service providers exhibition in the Civic Centre on Bunratty Drive. In attendance are representatives from the credit union organisation who will be giving workshops on money management, demonstrating ways to help people save for homes and holidays in a relatively pain-free way. Noel also talks to a representative…
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…
The work of Spunout.ie in educating about Online Bullying
IAN POWER joins Ronnie O’Brien to discuss Online Bullying. He begins by sharing details of the website “Spun-out.ie” and the primary care health service which they provide online. They speak of some of the shortfalls of popular online websites in terms of reporting inappropriate posts or posts of a serious nature using a “three click…
What Is Involved In Economics?
TONY WEEKES is an Economics lecturer who is involved in the Maynooth University Communiversity Project. He talks to Northside Today’s Noel McGuinness about the purpose of ‘the economy’ and discusses what is wrong with the present economic system. Tony talks about the reaction and participation of the Communiversity project in the past 4 years, what type of…
National Volunteer week 2013
KASHIA from Dublin City North Volunteer Week speaks to Yvette Reid about National Volunteer week and how they can get involved within the local community. Kasha shares some of the seminars and events taking place including an open information evenning at Irish Aid, a volunteer expo taking place at Clarehall shopping centre and their biggest…