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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Taxi Drivers, Thomas O’Connor and Jerry Eccles talk to Noel McGuinness about a new move at Beaumont Hospital that will impact upon patients and visitors alike. Local councillors have said ...
23 Jun 2015
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Mark Finnegan interviews DAMIEN O’HARE who is keen to publicise a new German band with a rather unique sound for a German band (they do not sound like Kraftwerk ...
21 Jul 2014
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John Healy speaks to CIARAN MAHONEY from Dublin City Council about lets walk & talk spring 2015. The walks are set up to get people from a certain community ...
04 Feb 2015
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Local historian DENIS MCINTYRE joins Pat Meehan in the Near FM studios to discuss the upcoming Bram Stoker historical walk, St Stephens Day 2012. The walk concludes in the Bram Stoker ...
20 Dec 2012
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Mark speaks with KIERAN DOYLE and TOMMY DOLAN from the Behaviours, who are taking part and organising the Emerging Bands Nights in the Annesley House on 24th October 2015. ...
19 Oct 2015