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Singer Declan Nerney

admin September 2, 2020

International singing star Declan Nerney chats to Adrianne about his music, his inspiration, his hobbies, and his hopes for the future and how radio has played such a huge part in people’s lives during lockdown.

Miriam Burke: Call for a one-off extension to maternity leave and pay

admin July 23, 2020

On this edition of Northside Today: Miriam Burke, Rollercoaster Editor & Mother-to-be joins Johnny to discuss the need for a one-off extension to maternity leave and pay for women who have been on maternity leave since the pandemic lockdown. Broadcast: 23/07/2020

Julia Thurman talks about living in a nursing home during lockdown

admin July 16, 2020

On this edition of Lifeline: Julia Thurman joins Debbie to tell us all about her amazing story. Julia has lived in a nursing home for the last 12 years, she developed an illness in her 30’s that left her paralysed from the…

Jim Scheer from SEAI

admin July 6, 2020

Jim Scheer head of data insights with SEAI joins Donie to discuss SEAI publishes data on energy use during first month of lockdown.

Attitude to Beauty since the Lockdown

admin June 24, 2020

Beauty editor of evoke Laura Bermingham joins Donie to discuss new survey finds how Irish woman attitude to beauty has change since lockdown began.

Fiona Power: How she got through lockdown day to day

admin June 18, 2020

On this edition of Lifeline: Fiona Power a local resident from Kilmore Quay in Wexford talks to us about how she got through day to day during lockdown by swimming each morning and how this helped her cope mentally. Broadcast: 17/06/2020

Dogs Trust: The Dangers of Heatstroke

admin June 4, 2020

On this edition of Northside Today: Melanie Kevlighan from Dogs trust tells Donie Tarrant that Lockdown will see many of us set our sights on sunny gardens, but the charity is warning of the dangers of heatstroke. Broadcast: 02/06/2020

How Doras Buí is coping with the Lockdown

admin May 29, 2020

Adele O’Connor from Doras Buí joins Donie to discuss the services they provide had how they are coping with the current situation.

Griff from New Secret Weapon on the NearFM Sessions

admin May 12, 2020

This week on the Near FM Sessions, Ed caught up with Eels Grifferson AKA Griff from New Secret Weapon over zoom. They chats about recording NSW’s 2nd studio album with legendary engineer Steve Albini, his new collaborations and experimental solo project Gaolbyrd,…

Elga Fox on the Near FM Sessions

admin May 1, 2020

First up in our batch of Lockdown interviews, the elegant Elga Fox chats with Noel over skype about her current lifestyle under the lockdown and about her new single Dynamite which is played at the end of the interview!