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…
Barbara Jennings interviews EMILIE CONWAY, Jazz Vocalist. She explains her latest projects and her musical influences to develop her actual style…
PETER CUNNINGHAM, Near Co-op treasurer rounds up the planned events for the Social Justice media seminar, the day before the event occured. He outlines the various speakers lined up, tells us how Minister Pat Rabbitte will deliver the opening speech. Amongst other speakers involved on the day will be Peter McVerry, Gavin Titley and Nessa…
NAOISE Ó MUIRI, Fine Gael candidate for Dublin Bay North, talks to Noel McGuinness about his election campaign and local issues. The former Lord major of Dublin talks about the difficult parts of an election like getting in touch with everyone and explains the most efficient way to vote. Ó Muirí studied at the National University…
In a special edition of Northside Today, Noel talks to the teachers and students of St. David BNS in Artane. Noel firstly speaks to DECLAN CAHILL who is the coordinator of the Bookworms Programme. He talks about the origins and objectives of the programme and his admiration for the staff to encourage students to read and how…
PETER MURRAY OF stoptheburglar.ie joins Sabrina Ryan about making your home more difficult to burgle. he says most burglars are there only for the goods and cash and want nothing to do with you. Peter outlines three main ways that burglars enter houses: Through the door, through the window, or by pushing past you. He…
Noel McGuinness talks to PATRICK FINNEGAN about this current issue of The North County Leader. Clare Daly gave an exclusive interview about her connection with Mick Wallace and its portrayal in the media. She said it was of great value to her to be linked to Wallace, but that she would never put any individual…
Local entrepreneur TONY MONAHAN brings some samples of his company’s products in to be tested on air by Mark Finnegan. The Radical Food Company offers a range of oat and yoghurt-based snacks – that are low in fat, high in protein, and very tasty, apparently – that has grown from Tony and his wife Miriam’s…
Noel interviews ANDREW ROBINSON from New Beginning about the situation at Priory Hall, after the council tried to move all the neighbours/ residents out of their houses because there was no fire escape…
Noel speaks to Cllr. MICHAEL O’BRIEN from the Anti Austerity Alliance about the removal of a literacy post in TARGET, Donaghmede. He talks the situation where the Education and Training Board is not funding a replacement for TARGET, the disruption that it may cause to people taking adult education in the area and the lack of…
John Healy chats to NEAL DOHERTY about his new book: A Complete Guide to Statues & Sculptures of Dublin. Neal is a true–blue Dubliner and Fáilte Ireland qualified tour guide who has been introducing tourists to the history and culture of Dublin for many years. He spent his career as a divisional manager in Nestlé,…
DONAL DALY of the EPA chats with John Healy about the exhibition, ‘Watertight: The Future of Irish Water’ which is taking place in The Science Gallery in Dublin. Donal outlines what the EPA do and what the purpose of the event is. He then goes on to talk about the panel involved and about also how…
BREN MURPHY of Underyourbed.org speaks to Eoin Drinan about his horror films blog and podcasting site. He speaks of the genres of Horror that exist and how certain genres have grown popular in recent times. Bren speaks of planning to do a “silent movie” special in the future and how horror movies have been prevalent…
JACK BYRNE, one of the founders of NearFM chats to John Healy about the station’s beginnings. North Dublin community radio station Near FM, which marks its 20th anniversary next week, had very humble beginnings. Its first studio was an empty car crate, wallpapered with egg boxes, located in a vacant school dormitory in Coolock. From…
PAULINE O’REGAN joins Barbara Jennings at the Killester Crafts Fair in St Brigid’s Resource Centre. Pauline tells Barbara about the facilities that the Centre provides and how it came to be. Apparently a lot of singing and dancing goes on there in popular theatre events, as well as activities like tai chi and yoga. They…
Noel McGuinness interviews PRIYA NATH, Policy and Advocacy Advisor, VSO International and Author of Women in Power. Their report brings together research carried out by VSO over the past number of years and put forwards recomendations about how the global society address this inequality to ensure that the role and participation of women in decision making is…