GRACE WILENTZ, NEAR FM Cultural Coordinator, and PEG McMANUS from the Intercultural Group tell Pat Meehan what’s coming up on the Culture Shots programme. A major issue under the microscope is FGM (Female Genital Mutilation). It is estimated that some 3000 women in Ireland have undergone this ritual, many of them being abducted in order…
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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. ...
02 Oct 2014
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The times have a-changed and this year’s Dublin Comic Con is predicted to attract 16,000 visitors. Once a sub-stratum of society, a whole army of geeks are alive and ...
24 Jul 2015
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Noel speaks to KIERAN ALLEN (Kiruu), singer/songwriter. He talks about his background, how he started playing music, his involvement in different music projects to date, the diversity of his music, ...
06 Nov 2015
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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 ...
20 Jun 2014
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Mark Finnegan talks to Declan Byrne of the Dockworkers’ Preservation Society about an exhibition looking at the history of Dublin Port and surrounding areas. They talk about how time ...
08 Jul 2014