Near FM’s Adrianne Murphy spoke to Judy O’Leary, chairperson of the DUHallow women’s forum and Mary Creedon who is a community worker with the DUHallow IRD (Integrated Rural Development) at the National Women’s Council of Ireland ‘Women for Change’ event. Adrianne began…
Situated 295 km southeast of Calgary is the town of Medicine Hat which despite having a rough sleeping issue equal, per head of capita, to that of Calgary in 2015 their Housing First initiative officially declared that they had eliminated rough sleeping,…
Debbie McMahon spoke to Tommy O’Connor, whose wife – Joanne O’Connor – suffered a brain aneurysm back in 2017. She had surgery in Beaumont hospital & was transferred back to Tullamore hospital where she has been since. Joanne wants to come home…
Permanent signage now in place at Spanish Point and Whitestrand Miltown Malbay beaches in west Clare hopes to rid the beaches of the scourge of plastic litter. The stone signs ask beachgoers to take away three pieces of plastic each time they…
Luke Peter Silke shares a poem before allowing two Tuam survivors – PJ Haverty and Walter Francis – to share their stories. He later talks to historian Catherine Corless as NUI Galway hosts an event to mark “Archiving Personal Histories” of the…
Stephen Large, Threshold Ireland joins Johnny Holmes to talk about Action on Housing Proposals for those newly elected to the Dail, also about additional fees charged by landlords and pods in shared bedrooms
Patricia Gutteridge & Teagan Stanley, Irish Girl Guides join Johnny Holmes to talk about IGG’s “Responsible Consumerism Initiative” to reduce plastic waste and about their trip to world Guide Centre in Pune, India
Michael Sullivan speaks to Patricia Richard Clarke,Chairperson of Safeguarding Ireland,about safeguarding Ireland’s new campaign to call for more people to document their wishes on place of care.