This week’s stories from North County Leader

Noel Mc Guinness speaks to PATRICK FINNEGAN from the North County Leader paper about the stories that are making the headlines . Starting us of is talk about the sale of Aer Lingus. Central bank to put new restrictions on mortgage seekers.  Lama awards & who won the best community centre in & around Fingal…

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National Family Dog Walk Funds Guide Dog Training

Noel McGuinness talks to Dog Breeder for Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, MARGUERITE O’BRIEN  about Irish Guide Dogs’ Annual Family Dog Walk. The event is a nationwide fundraiser for the charity. Margueritte says she has just bred the first litter of six puppies that will all be undergoing training here in Ireland. Guide dogs…

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Tommy Kennedy Missing Person

Mark Finnegan speaks to CLARE KENNEDY who is the daughter in law of Tommy Kennedy who has gone missing from his home in Finglas in June of 2014. She speaks about the evening he went missing & what the family are going through not knowing where he is. CLARE talk’s about how all the neighbours…

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Launch of New Residential Studios in Fire Station Studios

Noel talks to CLODAGH KENNY, director of Fire Station Studios about the launch of 2 new residential studios. She talks about the origins of the studios, the support they gave to visual artists and the details of the new studios. She also talks about how some artists struggle to get exhibitions, the history of the…

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What is Finglas Heritage Trail?

JACKIE O’REILLY joins Pat Meehan to discuss the launch of the Finglas Heritage Trail, a trail of fourteen heritage sites. The trail was officially launched by councillor Naoise O’Muiri along with Dublin City Council. They move on to discuss the book “The Peoples Portrait” of Finglas. Jackie carries on to explain the tour itself and how one…

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Austin McCoy, candidate for Ballymun in local elections

Noel McGuinness interviews AUSTIN McCOY, independent candidate for Ballymun in the upcoming local elections. He has stepped up to try and bring the senior citizens voices to the elections. He aims to show the reality of the senior citizens, for example of how the property tax and water bills are specially affecting them. He doesn’t want to align with…

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Love & War @ Bewley’s Cafe Theatre

Director MICHAEL JAMES FORD talks to Pat Meehan about the play ‘Love & War’ at Bewley’s Cafe Lunchtime Theatre. The play is 45 minutes long and is based on the love letters sent by an English artillery officer based in Flanders during WW1 and his sweetheart, an Athlone girl whom he met whilst doing his…

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Discovery Gospel Choir

Sabrina interviews ASHLING McCORMACK, musical director of the Discovery Gospel Choir, that are celebrating the 10th anniversary of this intercultural music project. They gather 16 different nationalities, with the fusion of different styles that this brings. They have shared stage with relevant Irish musicians like Sinead O’Connor, and have covered different songs like U2 apart from religious…

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Performance of “Signs of a Diva”

Noel McGuinness interviews PADRAIG NAUGHTON, director of Arts & Disability Ireland, about the performance of the play “Signs of a Diva”, whose main  character is played by Caroline Carter a famous British deaf actor…

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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…

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Anime Comes to Dublin City

American cartoonist, actor, and director CHUCK HUBER is in Dublin for the Anime Society’s Croke Park event. For those who don’t know, anime is the generic name given to those Japanese cartoons, comics and cartoon films that feature big-eyed heroes and heroines and bug-eyed monsters and freaks. The ‘Manga’ comics also feature in a big…

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