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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GER REDMOND from the Northside Partnership joins Donie Tarrant to discuss the Get The Message Out. It is a group of community organisations that have a youth / addiction ...
25 Apr 2022
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The Northside band 16 Layers come into the Near FM studios to play a few of their songs live and chat with Pat Meehan. The songs are: Exile 00.23 ...
09 Mar 2012
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Noel speaks to DAVID MOORE from Astronomy Ireland. He talks about the background to Astronomy Ireland, the events that they run annually, their telescopic sights of the International Space ...
06 Nov 2015
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Ronnie O’Brien talks to DEIRDRE CAMPBELL about a new helpline set up by Women’s Aid for foreign national women experiencing domestic ...
13 Feb 2012
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Striking Greyhound worker RAY REILLY talks to John about the lock-out which has dragged on for 12 weeks now and the bringing in of scab workers whilst negotiations are ...
03 Sep 2014