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Lovers of Life – Part 1

admin September 23, 2015

Lovers of Life is a 4 part documentary series produced by Alan Weldon for Near FM, which captures a snapshot of the Dublin Independent Music scene in 2013. At a time when the music industry worldwide is having to continuously change and…

Poetic Lives Part Six

admin July 2, 2015

Ozgecan Kesici was born and raised in Munich, Germany, and has being living in Dublin for three years now. She came to Ireland to pursue a PhD in sociology, which looks at national identities. Her poetry deals with the history of migration,…

Poetic Lives Part Five

admin June 25, 2015

Joseph Horgan was born and raised in England of Irish parents. Returned and living in Ireland since 1999. He is a previous winner of the Patrick Kavanagh Award and has been shortlisted for a Hennessy Award. He is the author of two…

Poetic Lives Part Four

admin June 18, 2015

The fourth programme is about Nithy Kasa a law student at Griffith College Dublin born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but has lived in Ireland for 10 years. She started writing poetry at school, with her first poem “Teacher” published in…

Poetic Lives Part Three

admin June 11, 2015

The third programme in our series will feature the life of Nita Mishra originally from India, currently enrolled as a PhD student at University College Cork and is the current recipient of the “Strategic Research Fund Studentship” She is working on the…

Poetic Lives Part Two

admin June 4, 2015

Programme 2 of Poetic Lives tells the story of Dr. Theophilus Ejorh originally from Nigeria but now a naturalized Irish citizen and a PhD holder in Sociology from University College Dublin. Who worked as a newspaper reporter in Nigeria and has published…

Poetic Lives

Paul May 29, 2015

Poetic Lives is a 6 part series that follows the lives of 6 migrant poets not born in Ireland but now living and producing their art in Ireland, each poet will express their different experiences through the medium of poetry. The first programme is…

New Perspectives on Irish History Episode 8

Paul April 13, 2015

New Perspectives on Irish History is a brand new 8 part radio series devised by John Haughton, which takes a unique look at how our ancestors viewed their natural environment and how different periods of history co-existed with the natural environment of…

New Perspectives on Irish History Episode 7

Paul April 9, 2015

New Perspectives on Irish History is a brand new 8 part radio series devised by John Haughton, which takes a unique look at how our ancestors viewed their natural environment and how different periods of history co-existed with the natural environment of…

St Kevins’s V Benfica – Academy Cup 2015

Paul April 8, 2015

Northside Football 2 As part of the Northside Football 2 series Near FM broadcast live coverage of the Academy Cup from the home of St Kevin’s Boys in Santry/Whitehall. The St Kevin’s Boys Club Academy Cup Tournament, now in its 7th year,…

Bookworms Part 6

Paul March 31, 2015

Bookworms is a new 6 part series collaboration between Near FM and St Davids BNS, Artane; with Principal Dwain Moore and Ms Cahill’s 6th class boys. Each week the boys will read from the book “Gangsta Granny” by David Walliams, followed by…

An Irish Sanctuary Part 3

Paul March 30, 2015

An Irish Sanctuary: The History and Natural History of the North Bull Island is a 3-part series which looks at the fascinating history and natural history of the North Bull Island, home to over 1100 species of organisms including plants, insects, birds…