JOHN HEALY speaks to LARRY O’ TOOLE about the Register Office closing down in the Northside Civic Centre here in Coolock…
Raidió na Life Celebrates its 20th Birthday
MUIRIS O FIANNACHTA, Station Manager of Raidió na Life talks to Noel McGuinness about the station’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. Broadcasting in Dublin since 1993, Raidió na Life is a community-of-interest radio station set up to provide a community-oriented Irish language radio service to the Irish-speaking community of Dublin and surrounding areas on a non-profit basis…
Local Artist
BARBARA JENNINGS speaks to local artist PADRAIG PARLE about an exhibition taking place in the Origin Gallery in Dublin city centre . He talks about his paintings, which are a take on the celtic tiger…
Flora Women’s Mini Marathon
Pat Meehan interviews SHARON VARD from Anam Cara about the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon in June. She explains the work they do, how to host a successful race and how the funds are used…
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…
The North County Leader Free Local Newspaper
Noel Mc Guinnes speaks to PATRICK FINNEGAN about this weeks stories from the north county leader free local newspaper. This week they talk about men’s shed’s in Portmarnock, also about a singer/songwriter Roisin Malone from Skerries who went out to America on a J1 & has made herself quite famous with her single “Dont Stop”…
Raheny Tidy Village Group: Working Towards A Brighter Future
CON CLARKE, coordinator of the Raheny Tidy Village Group tells Noel McGuinness how the group came to be. Con says that in 2001 he was asked to take on the role of coordinator of the group. He tells Noel that they have a five year plan. The goal for the first year is to get…
David Lynch speaks about Budget cuts to the most vulnerable
RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks to DAVID LYNCH who works with the community workers network about the recent budget & the cuts that have been made to the poorest & most vulnerable people, that are living in disadvantaged areas…
Eclipse Stage School Celebrates Fifth Birthday in 2012
Eclipse Stage School, based at Scoil Eoin Primary School in Kilbarrack, currently holds the title of Best Stage School in Ireland, and has become a leading school for young performers since it was established in 2007. Director and choreographer Kenneth Giles focuses on all aspects of performance and training. This not only helps the students…
NEAR Media Intercultural Co-op
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: Maleka and Ecaterina. At this point there are 17 participants in the project. They are learning a wide range of skills in the…
Festival of Chinese Moving Arts
PAT MEEHAN talks to NICK COSTELLO about the Festival of Chinese Moving Arts, which took place on June 20th 2012 in Target Education Centre in Donaghmede. Nick discusses Chi Gung. Chi is energy. Outside of our bodies is called Chi Gung. The festival is about teaching people to help heal themselves…
Fianna Fáil candidate Deirdre Heney launches her campaign 2016
Mark Finnegan talks to Cllr DEIDRE HENEY from Fianna Fáil. Deirdre is a Candidate in the Dublin Bay North Constituency for Election 2016. As the campaign enters its final days, Cllr Heney reflects on the issues she has been hearing about on the doorsteps…
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…
Barrack closures
RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks to GERRY ROONEY who is the general secretary of PD Forra about barrack closures in Cavan, Clonmel, Monaghan, & Donegal. Ronnie asks Gerry what he thinks of the closures…
Extreme Wave Events In Ireland
PROFESSOR FREDERIC DIAZ from the School of Mathematics in Trinity College, Dublin speaks to Eoin Drinan about a scientific paper that they have recently published. Frederic talks about the occurrence of extreme wave events in Ireland they the report recorded as part of a study, the wave buoys assigned to the west coast of Ireland to gather…
