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…
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…
Ger Leddin reports from the JFK Memorial in Wexford on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s death. Lieutenant AOIFE SHANLEY tells Ger about the planned procession and band fanfare as they prepare to lay a wreath on the memorial. Minister Brendan Howlin will inspect Guard of Honour. Ministers Keogh and Howlin…
MARTIN EMPSON, leading member of the campaign against climate change in England, addresses the audience at the People Before Profit Anti Water Charge Conference. He suoports the Anti Water Charge movement explaining the importance to address this kind of environmental issues and criticizing use of natural resources by governments…
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to CLAIRE SHANNON from the Peter Mc Verry trust which is a charity set up by Fr Peter Mc Verry to reduce homelessness and the harm caused by drug misuse and social disadvantage. CLAIRE talks about the different fund raising events they organise throughout the year & about the event which…
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 believe that fluoridation of water is harmful to peoples’ health. More on the campaign http://www.fluoridefreewater.ie/…
EOIN GAFFNEY of Leinster Open Sea Committee talks to Pat Meehan about the next Liffey Swim. The Dublin City Liffey Swim (Irish: Snámh na Life, Bhaile Átha Cliath) is one of the most famous open sea races throughout the world. It was first run in 1920 when it was devised by Bernard Fagan an engineer…
Soprano GRACE BERMINGHAM joins Pat Meehan to discuss an upcoming fundraiser concert “A Celebration of Music and Song” in Phibsboro. The concert’s proceeds will help fund her Masters Degree studies in Wales from 2013-2015. Tommy Moore, Damien Kelly, and Jamie Cahill amongst many others will be involved in the concert. Grace hopes to sell 300…
Pat Meehan is talking to DEARBHLA DOYLE, who is an artist and created a mural commemorating 1916. This mural depicts, what is universal to everybody, including the Proclamation, the GPO, the seven signatories and more which reflect Easter Rising…
GRACE WILENTZ pops in to update Noel McGuinness on the progress of the Near FM & MediaCorp Intercultural Project. With her she has two members of the latest group to come together: Celine, from Donaghmede, and Sylvia from Balina. At this point there are 17 participants in the project. They are learning a wide range…
ODILE LEBELOCK of Stop Food Waste talks to Noel McGuinness about the many ways in which we can save food and resources by simply thinking about what we buy and when. Big supermarkets are very keen to see us buy more than we need and encourage us to do so. Odile gives a few tips…
Noel McGuinness interviews JOHN FAHY from the Ayrfield Parish about the Christmas Mission…
BARBARA JENNINGS speaks with JOHN, KERRY, ROBBIE, GILLIAN, NIALL, & STEPHEN from Volunteer Ireland in Northside Shopping Centre, where they are having an open day & are looking for people to become volunteers…
Pat Meehan is talking to DEIRDRE FLYNN from Rush about the song she has written to raise funds for homeless charity. Mother-of-five Deirdre Flynn, who lives in Rush, wrote the lyrics to ‘A Place Called Home’ last October. The song is based on Deirdre’s experiences working as a volunteer with Focus Ireland. She is hoping…
Mark Finnegan speaks to PAUL MC AULIFFE from Fianna Fail about the events surrounding president Higgins recent visit to Colaiste Eoin in Finglas. They talk about the effort that was put in to the visit from both student’s & teachers & how the atmosphere was changed because of the protesting against President Higgins signing the…
BARBARA JENNINGS speaks with DYMPNA MURRAY & SHEILA GRANT from the Irish Country Women’s Association about the ICA & the events they are organising throughout the year…
Noel Mc Guinness speaks to DERMOT HIGGINS who is a Postmaster in Ballymun & he is also the Dublin Spokesperson for the Irish Postmasters union. DERMOT talks about the threat of a lot of post offices closing & why the government want the country to go cashless. He talks about how important the post office…