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Launch of Irish Feminists Judgement Project

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…

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Hundreds Facing Eviction in Tyrellstown

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…

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What is Finglas Heritage Trail?

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…

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The reality of Horses in Darndale in 2013

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…

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Raidió na Life Celebrates its 20th Birthday

MUIRIS O FIANNACHTA, Station Manager of Raidió na Life talks to Noel McGuinness about the station’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. Broadcasting in Dublin since 1993, Raidió na Life is a community-of-interest radio station set up to provide a community-oriented Irish language radio service to the Irish-speaking community of Dublin and surrounding areas on a non-profit basis…

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Lions Club Christmas Food Drive 2013

JOE SMITH of the Lions Club joins Noel McGuinness to discuss the Club’s 2013 Christmas Food Drive. They discuss the work of the Lions Club in over 200 countries worldwide over the past 60 years. In Ireland, the Lions Club liaise with a number of other agencies, including St Vincent de Paul and Women’s Refuges…

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Near FM’s culture night broadcast 2013

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…

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Larkin Centre

JOHN HEALY speaks with ANNE FLANNERY from the Larkin Centre about the opening of their new vegetable garden for unemployed men in the area…

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Clontarf Area Tourism

John speaks to DENNIS MCINTYRE from the Clontarf Area Tourism Patrol and the Bram Stoker Museum. He talks about his background and interest with Clontarf, how he feels the area is underrated as a tourism area in Dublin, the ambition to set up a year round tourism centre in Clontarf, his disappointment on the little…

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Robbie Reilly & Luke Cunningham on Guitars

Noel McGuinness interviews ROBBIE REILLY & LUKE CUNNINGHAM, and they have been busking with Spanish Guitars to raise €3500 to fund a trip to Calcutta for Luke. Both the lads attend Belvedere College. Noel Spotted them playing in the Rose Festival in St Anne’s Park. They also play in the market in Dun Laoghaire and…

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Assistance Dog for Autistic Child

Noel speaks to CATHY MURRAY from Irish Guide Dogs. She talks about her assistance dog, Zeta who helped her autistic son. She discusses why it was recommended for her son, the process and waiting period to get an assistance dog and how Zeta has helped her son. She also talks about the process in which assistance dogs…

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A New Star of Circus Ring and Burlesque Stage

FIFI LA ROUX is an Irish based Aerialist, Artist and Circus performer that has recently turned her interests to the sparkly world of Burlesque. Having made her burlesque debut at 2015’s Miss Burlesque Ireland finals Fifi has since worked on combining her circus skills and knowledge to the wonderful world of rhinestones to create new…

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RASP Official Opening

Mark reports from the RASP (Laneview Learning Centre) official opening. Mark firstly speaks with KEVIN BEHAN, chairperson of the Board of Management. He talks about why they wanted to move to Laneview, the objections and work that is done by RASP and the alternative methods they use to help people in need. He also talks…

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Ecological soundscapes

Eoin Drynan speaks to Author BERNIE KRAUSE beginning with talking about his recordings of ecological Soundscapes. He speaks of his recordings and what has inspired them. He speaks of “In the Wild Sanctuary” an album of soundscapes which he recorded and compiled using these natural sounds as an orchestration. They also speak of the sound…

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Dublin Roses’ Belarus Trip in Aid of Chernoble Children

Pat Meehan talks to Dublin Rose participant GEMMA ROSE O’BRIEN about trhe trip in aid of Chernobyl Children International. Over five days the Roses worked in an orphanage that looks after children wirth special needs. They played with children and cared for them. Some 30,000 children are affected by problems resulting from the infamous nuclear…

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uSwitch in Ireland, cost comparison service

EOIN CLARKE, head of uSwitch speaks to Noel McGuinness about what the company supply and how people can cut the cost of their household bills by using their service. Eoin speaks of many possibilities for households to change their cost plans or providers with both utilities such as gas and electricity as well as more…

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