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Niamh Ní Cholmain – Rose Festival 2014

admin July 22, 2014

As part of the Outside With Near Series, Near FM went LIVE from St Annes Park for the 2014 Rose Festival Noel Mc Guinness interviewed Niamh Ní Cholmain Dublin City Councils Community Biodiversity Officer.

“Things We Throw Away” – a Dublin City Council Public Art Commission

admin June 27, 2014

Fergus Sheil, Artistic Director of Wide Open Opera talks to Noel McGuinness about five new short operas that will be performed in public places in Dublin on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July. Fergus says that the operas are inspired by the…

The Darndale/Belcamp Park Project

admin June 9, 2014

Joe Byrne from the programme Off the Shelf talked to Susanne French of the Darndale/Belcamp Park Project and Madeleine Ebbs of Dublin City Council.

Donaghmede Residents Association

admin October 31, 2013

Bernard Byrne talks to Noel McGuinness about the tremendous work that has been done by the Donaghmede Residents Association and the awards that have been won by the area. He talks about the commitment that is made by members of the local…

Reading Together Part 4

admin July 17, 2013

Today we will be listening to A Little Cloud & After the Race, read by some of the Sweny’s pharmacy reading group. But first Wendy Conroy, one of the volunteers that works to ensure Sweny’s remains open as a landmark of Joyce’s writing and of…

Reading Together Part 3

admin July 11, 2013

Today we are travelling to Sphere 17, the Youth Centre for Dublin 17 in Darndale, where some of the youth involved in the project read from Araby and An Encounter. We spoke to Stephen Blayds, one of the Youth project workers about the…

Reading Together Part 2

admin July 3, 2013

Our series started with the last story of the book, as probably the best known, The Dead. The party at the Misses Morkan’s Annual Dance. The guests are enjoying the music, the dance and the drinks. Freddi and Mr. Brown are there,…

Reading Together

admin June 26, 2013

Reading Together, is a nearfm initiative, co-funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s Sound and Vision Fund. The nearfm crew travelled to different public locations where different readers from the local community read thirteen out of the fifteen stories that constitute James…

Culture Shots #49

admin December 18, 2012

Culture Shots #49 (Intercultural Dialogue through Community Media) by Near Fm on Mixcloud This programme marks International Migrants Day. Eoin Drinan interviews Declan Hayden of Dublin City Council’s Office for Integration. Later, we feature clips from recent workshop “Dublin Today – Listening…

Bike to Work Day

admin June 15, 2012

Bike Week 2012 takes place from 16th to 24th June and there are events throughout the country to encourage everyone to get back in the saddle. Paul Heffernan of Dublin City Council talks to Noel McGuinness on Northside2Day about the cycle event in…

The History Show Episode 2

admin January 30, 2012

On the Second episode of the History Show, Cathal Brennan is joined in studio by John Dorney of the Irish Story website, Ciaran Wallace of Trinity College and Rhona McCord of Trinity College. On this week’s episode, we discuss the history of…

Between the Lines: 22/01/2012

admin January 25, 2012

Katherine Gibney was joined in the studio by SIPTU sector organiser Louise O’ Reilly, regular contributor Brian Greene (the Socialist Party) and Johhny Fox of IMPACT. We talked about the privatisation of Dublin’s refuse collection in the context of the increased charges, ineffective change…