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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CARMEL WHELAN joins Noel McGuinness to talk about the Ossia Youth Choir. They begin by discussing the beginnings of the choir, which Carmel set up. With participants aged between ...
13 Sep 2013
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Pat Meehan talks to DERMOT KING, from Ballymun Youth Action Project, on the celebrations for the community project’s 30th anniversary and how the situation has changed over that period ...
05 Dec 2011
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Noel interviews LILIAN WHELAN, Development Librarian at Fingal Libraries, about the Fingal Annual Writers Festival, called “Writing ...
11 Oct 2011
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The England v Ireland cricketing clash was held at Malahide on Friday May 8th, 2015. The picturesque Dublin ground was the setting for a record attendance of ten thousand ...
08 May 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