Michael Sullivan chats with Dr Mary O’Kane, Psychology Lecturer and Early Childhood Education Specialist about the importance of reawakening a sense of adventure in children in 2023.
Join local historian, Denis McIntyre, in the company of John Connell, through a series of episodes exploring the history, national heritage and environment of the Dublin North Bay Area. This week, Denis gives us the origin and background to Independent (Free State)…
Author Sandra Harris talks about her trilogy of novels, 13 Stops, 13 Stops Later and 13 Stops Earlier, set on the LUAS Green Line that runs from City Centre to the suburbs of South County Dublin. (Part 2 of interview). Sandra Harris is a Dublin-based…
Author Sandra Harris has written three novels, Thirteen Stops, Thirteen Stops Later and Thirteen Stops Earlier, all based on the Dublin LUAS Tram Green Line that travels from Stephen’s Green in the centre of Dublin City to Dundrum. In this interview (Part 1 of…
I spoke to Rob Savage and Roger Bolton ahead of an event titled ‘Censorship, Media and Conflict; The case of Northern Ireland’, in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin which was co-hosted with Boston College.…
Join local historian, Denis McIntyre, in the company of John Connell, as he starts a series of episodes exploring the history, national heritage and environment of the Dublin North Bay Area. DublinNorthBayTourism@gmail.com
Paula Wiseman chats with Irish singer/ songwriter, Sean Millar. Probably better known as Doctor Millar, Sean has just released his sixth solo album and is a long established face on the Irish music scene. He chats about his origins and journey as…
Veteran Trade Unionist Jack Gannon talks to Near FM’s John Connell about his unexpected opportunity to study in Oxford in the early 1970s. Jack speaks about the gradual changing attitudes in the Labour Movement, both in Ireland and Britain, on the issue…
Shea Walsh talks about his children’s novel, The Irish Experiences of Bearly Able and Gonzo Book 3. A tale of two bears who journey by boat as stowaways from America to Ireland and explore South-West Ireland from Cork to Galway and back…
Michael Sullivan chats with Professor Seán Kennelly, co-lead of Dementia Trials Ireland (DTI) about the newly launched Dementia Trials Ireland. For more information, please contact www.dementiatrials.ie Or www.understandtogether.ie Or www.alzheimers.ie
Jack Gannon has been described as a Left-leaning Dubliner. John Connell sat down with him to talk on many matters regarding Irish culture, Irish language and literature, plus the changing attitudes of Irish people down the years in such things as religion,…