Howth Coast Guard

Pat Meehan speaks to FERGUS COONEY & STEPHEN FAY from Howth coast guard about becoming a new volunteer & what the training involves to become a volunteer…

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Ciara Moran Live in Studio

Artane-based singer songwriter CIARA MORAN chats with Noel McGuinness about the journey from student at Ballyfermot to outstanding musician. She also plays a couple of her somngs and explains the meanings that they hold. She also tells us that she’s free for weddings and funerals, but is reluctant to appear on The Voice. Song 1…

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Life And Experiences Of Paddy Duffy

Noel speaks to PADDY DUFFY, author and broadcaster. He talks about how his first novel came about thanks to a theme that came from the news at the time, what encouraged him to write the book, his concerns about young people’s general interest in politics, his beliefs on the Irish identity and his involvement in various…

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“Revolutionary states: Home Rule in Modern Ireland” exhibition

Ronnie O’Brien speaks to LOGAN SISLEY curator at The Hugh Lane Gallery who explains their exhibition “Revolutionary states: Home Rule in Modern Ireland” held in collaboration with Dublintellectual. In particular they discuss an upcoming debate which is the focus of the exhibition and which will feature four members of different Universities in Dublin. They speak…

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An introduction to Findmypast.com

CLIONA WELDON speaks to Ronnie O’Brien about her website and it’s purpose of celebrating Irish Family History. They discuss peoples access to records and how extensive their records are. Cliona shares some tips for where to begin a search for a family history and using an example explains some of the services available using the…

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Volunteer Ireland

BARBARA JENNINGS speaks with JOHN, KERRY, ROBBIE, GILLIAN, NIALL, & STEPHEN from Volunteer Ireland in Northside Shopping Centre, where they are having an open day & are looking for people to become volunteers…

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Darndale Park Fun Day 2015

MADELEINE EBBS talks to John Healy about the second Darndale Park Fun Day. This is what the Evening Herald said about the event: THE second family fun day to take place in Darndale Park has been hailed a “great success”. Some 1,000 people attended the park for a day of arts and crafts, free food…

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Women in Power Report

Noel McGuinness interviews PRIYA NATH, Policy and Advocacy Advisor, VSO International and Author of Women in Power. Their report brings together research carried out by VSO over the past number of years and put forwards recomendations about how the global society address this inequality to ensure that the role and participation of women in decision making is…

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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…

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Lobbying For A Stop To The Kidnapping Of Journalists

AIDAN SULLIVAN joins Eoin Drinan to talk about his website, adaywithoutnews.com. Aiden talks about the idea of the website, how the harm or murder of a journalist should be considered a war crime, how they would be no access to unbiased news from conflict zones if it wasn’t for independent journalism, his goal in raising awareness…

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Malahide Tidy Town

Heidi Bedell speaks to GERRY RAFFERTY  from  castle lodge in Malahide about how they have been entering the competition for the past twenty years . They also talk about concerts taking place in Malahide castle & how well organised they have gone…

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Learning about the NEARFM series “Travellers Stories North Dublin through the eyes of the Travelling Community”

PAUL LOUGHRAN of NEARfm joins Paula Wiseman to discuss the upcoming Series which will broadcast on the station called ” Travellers Stories: North Dublin through the eyes of the Travelling community”. Paul tells the background to the series, how it came about and how training the poeple involved in the series was a large part…

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The Harp’s Place in the Shape of Irish Identity

Noel speaks to MARY LOUISE O’DONNELL, harpist, researcher and author where she talks about her book on the harp and its place in the shape of Irish identity. She talks about the history of the harp with its possibilities of originating from Africa or Middle East, how Ireland made the harp its own and produced…

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Axis in Ballymun Celebrate 10 Years With High Hopes Gig

Sound engineer JOE CLEAR and some of the musicians and technicians from Axis Theatre, Ballymun chat to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming ‘High Hopes’ gig that will celebrate ten years of the Axis in Ballymun. This special gig will feature some of the finest young musicians from the Northside of the city who have been…

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CEO Of Alone speaks About Shortage of Hospital Beds In Ireland

Noel Mc Guinness speaks to SEAN MOYNIHAN who is CEO of Alone’s organisation here in Dublin. Alone propose soluation’s to the governmcnt to free up acute hospital beds in our hospitals. He speak’s  about Older people  living longer & there’s a lack of services for them here in Ireland. We need more nursing home beds…

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