PETER MURRAY OF stoptheburglar.ie joins Sabrina Ryan about making your home more difficult to burgle. he says most burglars are there only for the goods and cash and want nothing to do with you. Peter outlines three main ways that burglars enter houses: Through the door, through the window, or by pushing past you. He…
The Curtain Goes Up On NearFM’s New Arts Show
DECLAN CAHILL and MICHAEL SHARPE talk to Mark Finnegan about their new Near FM show ‘Curtain UP’. If you love the Arts and all that it entails then tune in to ‘Curtain Up’ on http://nearfm.ie/livestream/ from Sat 22nd August 2015 and every Saturday morning from 11.30am to 12.30pm. ‘Curtain Up’ is an Arts Program which…
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…
The Finglas Festival 2015
Mark Finnegan speaks to SEAN MOONEY about the Finglas festival. They are hoping to bring the festival back with a bang this year with a lot of family events taking place. They talk about how Finglas village has changed so much over the years & how it has become a bit of a ghost town…
Build For Life, Swim Across The English Channel
Conor Doyle speaks to SHEILA FLEMMING who’s sister is going to take the challenge of swimming across the English channel for the charity “Build For Life”. She tells us about how her sister who at 59 years old has done a few charity swims before. This will be one of her bigger challenges to date…
Whitehall C of FE holds Open Day for Post-Leaving Cert Students
SHANE DALTON, a teacher at Whitehall College of Further Education talks to Noel McGuinness about the reasons why people may need to attend a post-leaving cert college. The college offers a second chance to students who did not do as well as they may have hoped in the Leaving Certificate. Here, they can perhaps improve…
Baldoyle Forum’s 2014 Annual Art Exhibition Launches
HEIDI BADEL of the Baldoyle Forum chats to John Healy about the forthcoming 24th Annual Art Exhibition. Baldoyle Forum Limited is a Non Profit Community Development Organisation formed in 1996 and is a registered charity. The members of the Board are all voluntary, unpaid members of Baldoyle Community. The Board meet on a monthly basis…
Five Lamps Festival, North Strand Dublin 3
Pat Meehan speaks to ROISIN LONERGAN about the five lamps festival taking place in North Strand . The festival will start of in the Custom house with samba drummers, fire dancers, music & John Connor from Love/Hate will launch the festival. Also Peter Sheridan will talk about his one man show…
Combating anti-social behaviour in the city
PAT MEEHAN speaks with ANDREW MONTAGUE, Lord Mayor of Dublin, about anti-social behaviour in the city. Andrew speaks about wanting to raise the cost of alcohol and about how he wants to do this to combat the anti-social drunk behaviour around the city…
North channel swim from Ireland to Scotland
FERGAL SOMERVILLE joins Noel McGuinness in studio to discuss his successful swim of the North Channel from Co.Down to Scotland. Fergal begins by sharing information of the various causes he has donated to as part of charity swims. On 16th of June he swam the channel and talks about being successful in only getting stung…
Social Justice Ireland
RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks to SEAN HEALY from Social Justice Ireland about the work they do and their plans for a more equitable Ireland…
The Listen Project – A Place For Youths To Chat
HEIDI BEDELL of the Target Adult Education Centre speaks to John Healy about the launch of the Listen Project. Heidi talks about the history of the centre, the services and courses that they provide, the objection of the project, how people can get involved with the project and the current funding models for community services. Listen Project…
Howth Sea Angling Club
DEREK EVANS from the Howth Sea Angling Club talks with NOEL MCGUINNESS about the Howth Club House and the different events that they organise from the Sea Angling Club…
Riverdance – The Gathering
ÁINE KAVANAGH joins John Healy to talk about the upcoming event, Riverdance – The Gathering. Áine talks about how the event is a part of a tourism initiative in Ireland, the details of the event itself, the other events that will take place as part of the Gathering festival, their hope to break the world record…
Aoife Dunne and Oscar Leonard from Scene Not Heard
AOIFE DUNNE and OSCAR LEONARD talk about their experience at Scene Not Heard…
