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…
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…
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…
Noel interviews LILIAN WHELAN, Development Librarian at Fingal Libraries, about the Fingal Annual Writers Festival, called “Writing 3.0”…
Near FM volunteer Ciaran Oglesby interviews Reporter ADRIEN MURPHY, member of the Enough campaign, who informs about the reason to protest against the EU/IMF deal and the effect it can have on Irish society…
Noel speaks to LIAM FENNELL about the fundraising night for little Molly McNally’s fight against cancer taking place at Craoibh Chiaráin GAA Club on 28th November. He talked about the amount raised so far for Molly’s treatment, the cancer that Molly suffers from, how the idea of the fundraiser came about, how Molly is getting…
Barbara Jennings speaks to local painter, MARGO BANKS in her Clontarf studio about the Origin Gallery exhibition, which she was a part of in the Harcourt Street Gallery. Margo speaks of her particular interest in painting Animals especially Hares and Birds, and also talks about the research she does for her paintings, her proximity to the Bull…
Conor speaks to LAURA LEI FOX ROBERTS from Deaf Sports Ireland about their 2nd annual Santa Fun Run. She talks about the details of the event, how it’s a fundraiser of Deaf Sports Ireland, how people can register and where in Phoenix Park that will take place. www.irishdeafsociety.ie…
EIMEAR CHAOMHÁNACH, programmes manager with Temple Bar Trust talks to Noel McGuinness about activities happening in Temple Bar, including the dance event ‘High Tea Hop’. Get active all year round and other events. The ‘High Tea Hop’ is one of the cultural activities designed for older people (55 and older). It involves dancing of the…
Pat Meehan is talking to PAT BOYLE Architect from Fingal City Council about EU Funding for Swords Castle. A total of €40 million in grant assistance is being provided for local authorities for designated gateway and hub towns across Ireland. Fingal County Council has welcomed the news that Swords is to be included in the…
PAUL LOUGHRAN of NEAR FM joins Noel McGuinness to outline NEAR FM’s involvement with Culture night 2013 and the events that they will be facilitating on the night. Paul tells that the station will be broadcasting live from the Hugh Lane Gallery and will be broadcast live across a number of Dublin Community stations. Paul…
Barbara speaks to NATASHA DUFFY from the Spirit of Folk festival 2012 in Navan, who talks us through the event, it’s purpose and what it entails. It is a festival with a difference as it is a family friendly festival with a number of family activities. They speak of the acts, the food vendors and…
MICHEAL MacDONNCHA (SF) talks to Noel McGuinness about the protests against the Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail plan to remove staff from Kilbarrack train station. MICHAEL believes it could bring big problems for disabled DART users. Councillor Mac Donncha has called on Iarnród Éireann/Irish Rail to reverse its decision to remove staff from the station. He said:…
Barbara Jennings speaks to artist MARTY GASCON from gallery 27. MARTY is a make up artist & studied in Ballyfermot college doing three dimensional in sculpture. She speaks about her work , working with real life models & how she actually paints on to the model’s body & the results are amazing…
Noel interviews JOE MOONEY about the East Wall History Week, where they show meaningful happenings in the history of the neighbourhood…
ANNE CAMPBELL Hon Secretary of Howth Sutton Horticultural Society chats with Conor Doyle about the society’s forthcoming annual Autumn Show. The Society has been running since 1943, and its shows go from strength to strength. The show will be held at St Nessan’s School in Baldoyle. Many plants will be available at the Autumn Show…
REBECCA and MICHAELA from St Mary’s Secondary School in Baldoyle tell Noel McGuinness about their forthcoming production of Grease, which is causing great excitement in the Dublin Bay North area. Whilst John Travolta himself cannot appear in the St Mary’s production the students feel that they may be able to produce some top dancing talent…