Almost 50 years since it was built, demolition has started on Joseph Plunkett Tower, the last of the notorious Ballymun flats. BRIAN MONGEY, senior community officer with DCC talks to Mark Finnegan about this momentous occasion. Joseph Plunkett tower, completed in 1967, was one of seven 15-storey blocks, along with 19 of eight storeys and…
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RONNIE O’ BRIEN speaks to SEAN HEALY from Social Justice Ireland about the work they do and their plans for a more equitable ...
28 Aug 2011
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Pat speaks to MAJELLA WARD about a new yoga studio opening in Swords. She talks about the yoga that is already taking place in the area, how yoga can ...
08 Oct 2015
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Pat speaks to PHILIP O’CONNOR, local historian from the Howth, Baldoyle and Sutton 1916 Commemorative Committee. He talks about the origins of the committee, the events that they are ...
03 Dec 2015
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FERGUS CARROLL is live from Castle Avenue to broadcast the cricket match between Ireland and ...
20 Sep 2011
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Noel speaks to CORMAC LOWTH from the Irish Maritime Archaeological Society about the history of the Trawlers of Ringsend. He talks about the lecture to be given in the ...
30 Oct 2015