February 26, 2026 – Near FM – Listen Again

The Arts Show: Robbie Kane and Ania Kudriavtseva

Declan McGlade February 26, 2026

The show contained an interview with Robbie Kane who recently lost his dad Des and I interviewed Ukrainian Ania Kudriavtseva about her play ‘Civil’. She wrote and directed In the Scene and Heard festival in Smock Alley, quite apt as its 4 years since…

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International Writers Network: Rough Draft Poetry

Declan McGlade February 26, 2026

A new creative phenomenon is taking Dublin by surprise. Rough Draft Poetry – Draft 4 For all artists a place to share ,a place to belong Special Guest 1.Alymat Aderayo Salam Poet/ Facilitator 2 Rough Draft poetry – Draft 4 Report back…

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2026 Raheny St Patrick’s Day Parade.

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Dennis McIntyre has a very interesting interview with Aoife O’Sullivan and Deirdre Farrelly organisers of the 2026 Raheny St Patrick’s Day Parade. 1st Broadcast 26 Feb 2026

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Ireland’s EU Presidency Part 3 : Competitiveness and Innovation – Social Innovation

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Joseph Lanzilotta, Student Entrepreneurship Programme Manager at DCU:Innovate and Lucas Spicer and his Hackathon team join Mercedes López to talk about 2026 Hackathon and social innovation. 1st Broadcast 26th Feb 2026 https://dcuinnovate.co m/team- members/joseph- lanzilotta

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Ireland’s EU Presidency Part 2: Competitiveness and Innovation

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Dr Ian Cooper, Senior Research Fellow at the Dublin European Law Institute and Brexit Institute, DCU, joins Mercedes López to talk about Ireland and Competitiveness and Innovation at the opening of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence COMPETE as part of our new…

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Ireland’s EU Presidency Part 1 : Competitiveness and Innovation

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Mr Massimo Fabio, Partner, Head of Trade and Customs, KPMG Italy, Mr Valerio Scollo, Partner, GSK Stockmann join Mercedes López to talk about financial markets and Competitiveness and Innovation at the opening of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence COMPETE as part of…

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DSGV among migrant women

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Dr Fabrizio Leonardo Cucu (DCU) join Mercedes López to talk about the conference “They are here too: Experiences of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence” 1st Broadcast 26th Feb 2026 https://www.dcu.ie/in stitute-research- genders-and- sexualities/news/2026 /jan/upcoming- conference-they-are- here-too https://www.eventbrit e.ie/e/they-are-here- too-experiences-of- domestic-sexual- gender-based- violence-tickets-…

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Trinity Sport and Social and Local music venues

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Gary Weldon will join Debbie McMahon to talk about the upcoming music gigs taking place in Trinity Sport and Social club in Donaghmeade 1st Broadcast 26th Feb 2026

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Irish Girl Guides

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Roisin Mills is a commissioner with the Irish Girl Guides. In this interview with Ger Leddin she chats about the ethos behind that organisation. The Mission of the Irish Girl Guides is to enable girls and young women to develop to their…

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SNA Protest

paulwoodward February 26, 2026

A Protest took place at locations across the country on Wednesday evening to highlight the ongoing concerns of parents, schools and Special Needs Assistants following controversy over the last week around SNA allocations for schools. Ger Leddin went along to both Buswell’s…

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