Mark Finnegan is joined by Connor Cullen from Alcohol Action Ireland. Alcohol Action Ireland welcomed the proposed Public Health (Alcohol) Bill as signed off by the Cabinet on Feb 3rd. This landmark announcement signals the Government’s intent to regulate alcohol as a…
Mark Finnegan is joined by Sandra Irwin-Gowran, Director of Education Policy Change at The Gay +Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN). On the 4th of February Jan O’Sullivan TD, Minister for Education and Skills launched the first guide for primary teachers on homophobic and transphobic…
Mark Finnegan talks to Sarah Ryan, Director of Campaigns @ One Big Switch. Sarah tells Mark all about their latest campaign, The Big Holiday Switch. The Big Holiday Switch aims to unlock a Group Discounted Holiday Offer from Independent.ie Travel to help…
Noel McGuinness talks to Cllr John Lyons from People Before Profit. Following the arrests of anti water charge campaigners, including Paul Murphy TD, Noel talks to John about the situation. The pair also discuss what impact the arrests might have on the…
Dermot Higgins, Postmaster in Ballymun and the Dublin spokesperson for the Irish Postmasters’ Union talks to Noel McGuinness about the important social role played by the Post Offices. He also says that a Post Office Business Development Group was set up by…
Siobhan Kane talks to Noel McGuinness on Northside Today about Tinsmith’s Scoop, a literary and music event that will take place in Freemasons’ Hall, Molesworth Street at 7.30pm on Saturday 14th February 2015. Siobhan is the founder of a Dublin-based collective, Young…
Aedín McLoughlin of Good Energies Alliance Ireland talks to Noel McGuinness on Northside Today about some developments regarding fracking in Northern Ireland. She says that things are moving fast in Co. Antrim, both near the Giant’s Causeway and near one of the…
Gillian Bird of the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) tells Noel McGuinness about some of the events in the DSPCA’S Feline Friendly February. Included in this is the subsidised neutering of tom cats in an effort to…
Declan Meenagh – Activist Noel McGuinness is joined in studio by activist Declan Meenagh.Declan explains the origins and implications of the proposed TTIP Agreement. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a comprehensive free trade and investment treaty currently being negotiated…
Eamon Devoy – General Secretary Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) Mark Finnegan talks to Eamon Devoy , General Secretary of the TEEU.Eamon tells Mark how a recent historic agreement reached between Irish and American trade unions will enhance training and job…