Communicating Europe – Near FM

COVID-19 effects on European wide initiatives

Paul December 23, 2020

In this programme Sally Galiana talks to three experts about the impact Covid-19 has had/is having on the many EU partnership projects that take place across the EU every year, particularly Erasmus +. We examine how Irish projects have been affected and…

Inishowen resident, Jim Doherty on Brexit

Paul December 14, 2020

Inishowen resident Jim Doherty discusses the impact of a hard Brexit on border communities, businesses, and people who travel across the border each day for work. Jim lives in Donegal but works as an Associate Lecturer in Creative Media & Journalism at…

Border resident, Paul Hayes on Brexit

Paul December 9, 2020

Paul Hayes, Education Coordinator, with the Northside Partnership, lives outside Newry in County Armagh and commutes to Dublin for work. He talks about how Brexit creates anxiety in this area and how his normal life is about constantly crossing the border. As…

Michael Fleming on Brexit impact on Agriculture

Paul November 30, 2020

Donie Tarrant speaks to Irish Farmers Association (I.F.A) member and former chairperson of the forestry division, Michael Fleming. Michael explains how Brexit is going to effect every household and every county in Ireland. He explains how our agricultural exports to Britain and…

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on Brexit

admin November 28, 2020

Former leader of the Fianna Fail party, former Taoiseach and local northside resident, Bertie Ahern on NearBy Business talking to Dave Daly about how Brexit will affect Ireland in general and also small businesses locally. First broadcast on NearBy Business on 26th…

John Morgan on Brexit

Paul November 24, 2020

In this interview Donie Tarrant speaks to Near FM’s political analyst, John Morgan, in relation to the EU’s approach to the ongoing Brexit talks, the worries and fears of people in the border regions and the possible effects of a change of…

Brexit and its affects on Education in the EU

Paul November 10, 2020

Ciaran Murray interviews Jane Ohlmeyer to get her views on Brexit and challenges facing collaborations in education and civic society on both sides of the Irish border and UK/EU. Jane is the Chair of the Irish Research Council and Erasmus Smith’s Professor…

EU Election Special – Communicating Europe

Paul May 16, 2019

Broadcast live on Near FM on Thursday May 16th at 8pm. Six of the the Dublin candidates running for seats in the EU Parliament came together to debate European, national and local issues. In front of a live audience in the Northside…

Communicating Europe – Future of the EU Panel Discussion part 2

Paul November 26, 2018

The second of our special Communicating Europe programmes on the future of the EU and Ireland’s place in it. Hosted by Alan Braddish and joined by a panel of expert guests, we touch on the following topics: How the future of the…

Communicating Europe – Future of the EU Panel Discussion

admin July 24, 2018

Hosted by Sally Galiana joined by a panel of expert guests, we will look at the European project and the concept of European citizenship in the face of Brexit. The increasing presence of populist anti-European governments in central/eastern Europe and how this…

Communicating Europe Debate 2015

Paul May 14, 2015

As part of the Communicating Europe initiative, Near FM held a live panel discussion from Coolock Library on Wed May 13th. The facilitated discussion featured a Q&A from a live audience and centered on topics such as the value of the EU in…

Communicating Europe, Coolock library – Near FM 2015 (EN/GA)

DJP May 13, 2015

On Wednesday 13th May 2015 Near FM and Near TV hosted a panel discussion in Coolock library on the value of the European Union in our lives, our young people and employment. Darren J. Prior went to it and interviewed: 1) Lynn…