To celebrate world mental health awareness for the month of may sea change the national Stigma Reduction partnership is rolling out a month long national green ribbon Campaign to get people talking openly about mental health problems. Here on Near fm Lifeline…
To celebrate world mental health awareness for the month of may sea change the national Stigma Reduction partnership is rolling out a month long national green ribbon Campaign to get people talking openly about mental health problems. Here on Near fm Lifeline…
Niamh Griffin travelled to Sierra Leone in September 2013 to explore how women and men are tackling sexual violence. High rates of these crimes in Sierra Leone are a sad legacy of a brutal decade-long civil war which ended in 2002, leaving…
Declan Cahill is the director of “A Friend in Need”. This is the upcoming production of the Riverside Drama Circle and he talks to Noel McGuinness about the play and the cast. The comedy by Jimmy Keary will take place at 8pm…
Malcolm Quigley, Director of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) talks to Noel McGuinness about the organisation and their celebration of being in Ireland ten years. He outlines VSO’s work in fighting global poverty and the many Irish volunteers that have taken part in…
Aoife Healy is the coordinator of this year’s Dublin Bay Prawn Festival. She talks to Noel McGuinness on Northside Today about the festival including the locally produced food that will be available in the beautiful surroundings of Howth Harbour. There will be…
Paul Barnes, Events Officer, Fingal County Council tells Noel McGuinness about the many events taking place this weekend in Swords to commemorate 1014 and the Battle of Clontarf. Included in the events are a fire and torch parade, a fireworks display and…
. Alan Braddish, Near fm . Kai from Mauritius (undocumented care worker who has been here 9 years) . Shannette Budhai, born in Guyana, brought up in New York, now livong in Ireland . Jerry O’Connor of the Immigrant Council of Ireland…
Mark Finnegan is joined in studio by Robert Williams to talk about his upcoming show in The Viking Theatre ,Clontarf on May 11th. Robert is a mentalist and stuns the studio with some demonstrations of his abilities. Tickets for his show can…
Mark Finnegan talks to Michelle Murphy from Social Justice Ireland about their annual Socio -Economic Review. The review has revealed that 30,000 families or individuals in need of Social housing have been on waiting lists for over 4 years. Michelle also discusses…
Leslie Murphy speaks to fashion stylist Maureen O’Halloran about Menopause, the Durty thirties, Horney forties, Nifty fifties and Maureen also shares her own story with us.