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Irish History Show Episode 25

admin May 27, 2014

Episode 25 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode, John talks about his new book, ‘Peace After The Final Battle – The Story of The Irish Revolution 1912 – 1924.’

Bookworms Programme 1

admin May 14, 2014

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…

Irish History Show Episode 24

admin May 6, 2014

Episode 24 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode the presenters are joined by Brian Hanley to discuss the murder of Senator Billy Fox in 1974. Dr. Brian Hanley is the…

Diamond In The Rough

admin April 29, 2014

Niamh Griffin travelled to Sierra Leone in September 2013 to explore how women and men are tackling sexual violence. High rates of these crimes in Sierra Leone are a sad legacy of a brutal decade-long civil war which ended in 2002, leaving…

Feminist Heart – Programme 4

admin March 31, 2014

In this, the final programme of Feminist Heart we look at what it means to be a feminist today and we assess the struggle for equal pay for women and the reality of the gender pay gap in Irish society. With women…

Feminist Heart – Programme 3

admin March 25, 2014

The third part of our documentary series Feminist Heart looks at the history and development of the women’s education movement in the working class communities of the Northside. We discuss how this seemingly simple approach to educating women did in fact result…

Feminist Heart – Programme 2

admin March 18, 2014

The second part of Feminist Heart traces the campaign to legalize contraception in Ireland in the 1970’s and we look at the key role the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement played in that campaign. We remember the famous Contraception Train that left from…

History Show Episode 23

admin March 14, 2014

Episode 23 of the Irish History Show on Near FM presented by Cathal Brennan and John Dorney. On this episode the presenters are joined by Pádraig Yeates and John Borgonovo to discuss the effects of the First World War on Dublin and…

To the End of the Earth: The Irish Military Diaspora in South America – Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara Lynch

admin March 12, 2014

The 5th and last part in our ‘To the End of the Earth’ – documentary series focus on the life of one of the most iconic revolutionaries of our time: Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara Lynch. We see that while some of the characters…

Feminist Heart – Programme 1

admin March 12, 2014

This first part looks at the foundation of the Irish Women’s Liberation movement, through conversations with IWLM founder Mairín De Burca. We look at the reality of being a woman in the 1960’s/early 70’s through conversations with local women and community activists…

To the End of the Earth: The Irish Military Diaspora in South America – William Brown

admin March 4, 2014

The 4th part in our ‘To the End of the Earth’ documentary series on the Irish Military Diaspora in South America takes us from Foxford in County Mayo to Argentina when we look at the life of Admiral William Brown founder of…

To the End of the Earth: The Irish Military Diaspora in South America – Bernardo O’Higgins

admin February 25, 2014

The third documentary in the ‘To the End of the Earth documentary series on The Irish Military Diaspora in South America’ focuses on the life of Bernardo O’Higgins (son of Ambrose O’Higgins) the liberator of Chile. His story is of heroics and…