ANNE MARIE O’CONNELL of the Irish Red Cross joins Noel McGuinness to talk of their work in The Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Anne says 11 million people are affected across 40 provinces with 500,000 people displaced. Thus far they have confirmed over 2,000 deaths, with that figure expected to increase. Anne says…
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John speaks with NICOLA KIELY, director of the Rhythm Room, LEE FRAYNE, musician in the Rhythm Room and SANDRA HEALY, assistant director/address for the play “Love/Loss/Life” taking place in ...
28 Oct 2015
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AOIFE MULHALL of the Dublin Simon Community joins Ronnie O’Brien to discuss the work of the group. Aoife tells of the hardships of running a charity in the recession ...
19 Dec 2012
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Sabrina Ryan interviews COLM MAHER local author, who’s presenting his play called “Cleaners” premiered at the Axis in Ballymun: It’s a black comedy about two friends forced to compete ...
24 Feb 2014
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JACK BYRNE, one of the founders of NearFM chats to John Healy about the station’s beginnings. North Dublin community radio station Near FM, which marks its 20th anniversary next ...
27 May 2015
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John Healy speaks to GERARD WALSH, an unemployed bricklayer from Balbriggan who has come up with an invention “The Wheelie Bin Clip”. He tells us how he came up ...
15 Apr 2015