IFRAH AHMED, organiser of the Miss Ethnic Ireland contest joins Noel McGuinness. The contest is now in its fifth year and Ifrah explains that its major aim is raising awareness of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Ifrah tells Noel that the practice is outlawed in Ireland, having been made illegal in 2012. The UK, France and…
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Noel Mc Guinness speaks to FERGAL SOMERVILLE who is a local swimmer & BRYN DYMOTT from Wales,they talk about the one mile circuit of Lough Dan swim called the ...
20 Feb 2015
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Journalist CHRISTINA FINN joins Ger Leddin to discuss her series of articles investigating the ways in which patients can be held in institutions without review. Christina discusses some of ...
01 Aug 2013
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John Healy speaks to DECLAN CAHILL of Riverside Drama group, Northside Partnership and Scoil Catriona. Declan speaks of his involvement over the years in volunteering with groups, and ...
18 Apr 2012
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Music teacher RON COONEY has been working in the Republic of Ireland’s only high-rise housing estate for fifteen years. During this time he has seen the area undergo a ...
06 Nov 2012
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FLAVIA GORETTA, a NearFM reporter, attended the housing protests in Dublin in order to get the views of the people taking part. There’s a lot of passion and a ...
06 Oct 2015