NICKO MURPHY of the Darndale Comunity Pride project joins Yvette Reid to discuss the issue of loose horses in the area which at the time of the interview is a large problem. They discuss the lack of a tagging system in identifying the owner and how 78 horses were reported in the course of five…
DONIE TARRANT went to Finglas in north west Dublin to meet THOMAS MCDONNELL, a tin smith keeping the craft alive. Thomas invites Donie into his home to demonstrate the art of tinsmithing, an important part of Ireland’s craft past. Donie captures Thomas moulding a length of Tin into a mug, and Thomas explains how he…
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…
Cllr PAUL DONNELLY from Sinn Féin talks to Noel McGuinness about the facing of the eviction in Tyrellstown. More than 100 families in Cruise Park Drive face losing their homes as the fund that owns the properties seeks to sell 103 houses in the area over four years. It is understood 40 households in the estate have…
Pat Meehan is joined by PAT MURPHY an historian and they’re talking about this year’s commemoration of the Asgard .He presents the life of this famous yacht from her launch in 1905 to its current conservation in Collin’s Barracks Museum. Her 23 day voyage to collect guns and ammunition for the Irish Volunteers and the…
JACKIE O’REILLY joins Pat Meehan to discuss the launch of the Finglas Heritage Trail, a trail of fourteen heritage sites. The trail was officially launched by councillor Naoise O’Muiri along with Dublin City Council. They move on to discuss the book “The Peoples Portrait” of Finglas. Jackie carries on to explain the tour itself and how one…
Iseult Ward from “Food Glorious Food”, an initiative set up to bridge the gap between food waste and poverty, speaks to Yvette Reid. Iseult explains the goals of the initiative and how they hope to implement it by collecting leftover foods from restaurants, farmers markets and butchers and arranging to distribute them to those in…
Mark speaks with FINIAN MCGRATH TD about the latest developments with the Clontarf Sea Wall Construction. He talks about the emergency meeting regarding the situation by the Dublin City Council, the reasons for the meeting, the next steps in the construction, his predicted timeframe on the situation to be resolved and the general concern of everyone in…
Noel MCGuinness is talking to JIMMY DIGNAM Workers Party candidate for Dublin North West about his election campaign and the New Educate Together Secondary School in Whitehall. Jimmy Dignam is an anti-austerity activist and has been active in socialist politics for many years. He is a member of the Campaign Against the Household and Water…
JILLIAN VAN TURNHOUT of the Irish Girl Guides organisation talks about the Journey Programme. The Journey Programme is designed to ensure that we achieve the Irish Girl Guides’ mission “to enable girls and young women to develop to their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world.” The Journey Programme has three elements in each…
NOEL McGUINNESS reports live from a water charge protest in Clare Hall. The police have been in attendance since early morning but seem somewhat ineffectual. The residents of Clare Hall and the Irish Water workers are in a stand-off position…
Sound engineer JOE CLEAR and some of the musicians and technicians from Axis Theatre, Ballymun chat to Noel McGuinness about the forthcoming ‘High Hopes’ gig that will celebrate ten years of the Axis in Ballymun. This special gig will feature some of the finest young musicians from the Northside of the city who have been…
Noel McGuinness interviews EITHNE BYRNE from Coolock, who won the Comfort Keepers Carer of the Year award. She’s explaining the methods they’re using in the Comfort Keepers and talks about the work they do…
GER LEDDIN reports from the 2013 Derry Festival of Light. Derry is the UK City of Culture 2013. He details the purpose of the festival and gives a brief history of the city. The piece contains vox pops with people at the festival. Gene Wilde, the Festival’s public relations officer, speaks to Ger about the…
GARY MEATH is the organiser of entertainment events at Parnells GAA Club in Coolock. Here he talks to Noel McGuinness about hosting the Talent Contest for singers that starts at Parnells GAA Club, Coolock, on Thursday 23rd July. This will have eight heats, a semi final and a final and is open to all singers…
Journalist GER LEDDIN joins Sabrina Ryan to discuss the “School for Spies”, an international conference held every second year in Co Waterford for members of the global security organisations such as the FBI and CIA. The conference’s appearance in Dungarvan is the result of Dungarvan ‘twinning’ with a town in the USA. Ger says there…
Ronnie O’Brien speaks to part of the group “Claiming our Future”. The group lobbies to create a more sustainable Ireland. They discuss the group’s “Plan B” (Plan A being the government’s plan to fix the economy). They speak about the details of the alternative plan that they have put together and the changes they would suggest…
JOHN HEALY speaks to LORCAN O’ TOOLE about Fingal County Council proposing to erect a huge sewage plant in the Rush/ Lusk area of North County Dublin. Residents are not happy about this, listen in to hear more…
AOIFE DUNNE and OSCAR LEONARD talk about their experience at Scene Not Heard…
Noel McGuinness interviews DAVE O’CONNOR from Near Media Co-op about the new shows coming up at Near FM and the different projects both Near Fm and Near TV are taking part in at the moment…
Noel McGuinness speaks to JACKIE RYAN from Kilbarrack Jobs Club about an employers networking event which is taking place next week. Job seekers that are on the jobs club ...
17 Apr 2015
John Healy speaks to EVE BULMAN of the Fingal Women in Business Network. They discuss how the network aims to support small business owners by sharing information within the ...
05 Dec 2012
John Healy is talking to CLARE DALY who is an Irish Independents 4 Change politician about the general Election campaign 2016 and about the feedback she gets during that ...
24 Feb 2016
Noel McGuinness interviews GAY MCKEON, CEO of Na Píobairí Uilleann, who explains their work to promote Uilleann Pipes and talks about an upcoming pipe making ...
31 Jan 2014
Paula Wiseman speaks to CATHERINE O’HALLORAN about the creation of the hip hop festival, and how it grew in a short time from the original idea. Catherine spoke of ...
28 Jun 2012