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…
Noel speaks to KATIE O’KELLY, a writer and performer from the play, Counter Culture that was brought to the Axis Theatre, Ballymun. She talks about how she became a writer, what influences her to write the play about workers’ rights in a Dublin department store and her experience performing as several different characters in the…
Sabrina Ryan interviews COLIN MURPHY co-author of the book “20 things to do in Dublin before you go for feckin’ pint” . This is a collaborative project of himself and Donal O’Dea. He talks about how sometimes we miss things being close to were we live just because we don’t value them. Therefore this book…
SEAN FM O’DONOGHUE, playwright and poet joins John Healy to speak about his life and work. He begins by telling how he became a diver and has had a multitude of jobs throughout his life. He speaks of being an actor, producer and director. He speaks of a large fire that he witnessed and the…
John Healy talks to MARY HILLARY from Ireland’s campaign for Fluoride Free Water. The group formed in 1999 and campaign against the state fluoridating the nations water supply. The group ...
12 Nov 2012
Channel 4 News journalist JOHNATHAN MILLER joins Eoin Drinan on the eve of World Press Freedom Day. Johnathan tells Eoin about some of his own experiences in the field ...
02 May 2013
Retired policeman LUKE GREEN talks to Noel McGuinness about his memoir of service in the New York Police Department ‘NYPD Green’. In this gritty, sometimes hilarious, but always brutally ...
16 Jun 2015
JOE MOONEY of the East Wall History group joins Yvette Reid to talk about the forthcoming East Wall History Festival. Joe tells Yvette about of the origins of the ...
14 Oct 2013
GRACE WILENTZ talks to Noel McGuinness about her recent week-long trip to the UN in New York as part of the Commission on Population & Development. The Commission is ...
15 May 2012