Mark Finnegan talks to Dr AOIFE O’DONOGHUE , Snr Lecturer at Durham Law School. Aoife is Co- Director of The Northern/Irish Feminists Judgement Project, and chats about the idea behind the project and its findings to date. The project aims to bring a new critical methodology to bear on Irish and Northern Irish legal studies…
Mark Finnegan is talking to GERRY BUCKLEY & PEGGY GALLIGAN from the National Graves Association about their work and the Special Citizens 1916 Commemoration Event on April 24th 2016. The work of the National Graves Association always worked to restore and maintain the graves and memorials of the patriot dead of every generation and to…
Mark Finnegan is chatting with KEVIN CURRAN about second novel, Citizens, which tells the story of Neil, an apathetic Irishman in his twenties whose plans to emigrate are disturbed by the death of his grandfather. Familiar themes are made clever and refreshing through the interspersed narrative of Neil’s great-grandfather Harry, who participated in the Easter Rising…
Mark Finnegan is joined in studio by Independent Dublin Bay North Candidate for Election 2016, PRIONISAS Ó’CONARAIN. Prionsias talks about his motivations for joining the race, his previous election experiences and his ambitions if elected. …
Mark Finnegan talks to Cllr DEIDRE HENEY from Fianna Fáil. Deirdre is a Candidate in the Dublin Bay North Constituency for Election 2016. As the campaign enters its final days, Cllr Heney reflects on the issues she has been hearing about on the doorsteps…
Mark Finnegan talks with WAHEED MOHIUDDIN from the Clondarkin Towers Refugee Centre. Waheed came to Ireland as a refugee from Pakistan in 2015. He talks about current attitudes towards refugees/immigrants and some ways these could be changed. Waheed also talks about why he left Pakistan…
Mark Finnegan is talking to RICHARD BRUTON minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation about Dublin Action Plan for Jobs, part of €250million regional jobs strategy. The Government launches the Dublin Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at delivering 10-15% employment growth in the capital over the coming years. The Government was launching plan in Butler’s chocolate…
Noel McGuinness chats with JOHN LYONS from People Before Benefit about the Right2water campaign. The Right2Water campaign has called for a series of nationwide demonstrations to take place on Saturday, 23rd January 2016 – including a major demonstration in Dublin city centre. 2016 is going to be the year of change in Ireland and that change…
Mark Finnegan chats with RUARI MCKIERAN a social campaigner about the Corrib gas project. The Corrib gas project cuts to the core of this republic and asks big questions about how the country is run. For more than 10 years now, campaigners have attempted to highlight the project’s many flaws. It had been one of…
DONNA COONEY Green Party candidate for Dublin Bay North is chatting to Mark Finnegan about 2016 Election. She was a Dublin City Councillor from Jan.’96 to ’99The Sunday business post called Donna a “hard working councillor”. Donna was a Dublin City Councillor in the 90’s and Chair of the Cultural committee. Over the last twenty…
GILLIAN KENNY of Friends of Medievil Dublin joins Pat Meehan to discuss “Tales of Medievil Dublin”. A series of talks that have been run each year since 2010. All ...
17 Jun 2013
Mark speaks to BRIAN COLLINS, senior solicitor for the Refugee Council of Ireland about the launch of the Early Legal Advice Manual for Migrants. He talks about the idea ...
30 Nov 2015
Noel McGuinness interviews JOHN FAHY from the Ayrfield parish, about the CD they released of the choir singing some famous Christmas ...
20 Dec 2011
Noel McGuinness talks to GRAINNE DENNING, Fundraising manager of Threshold, about the Lughnasa Full Moon walk in aid of the homeless crisis in Ireland. This walk – in pre-Christian ...
25 Jul 2012
SIOBHAN O’DONOVAN, organiser of ‘Doggie Do’ talks to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming event. The Doggie Do is an upcoming dog festival that will take place this September 12 ...
28 Jul 2015