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The Arts Show: Karen Meenan interviews author Vanessa Pearse about her debut novel Deniable Memories.

admin September 25, 2020

Karen Meenan speaks to Vanessa Pearse about her debut novel, Deniable Memories, published by Vulpine Press. This book charts the story of a charity worker’s adventure in Sudan in the late 1980s. A very relevant book in these contagion times.

Voyage Around My Brain: 14th September 2020

admin September 17, 2020

Voyage Around My Brain is a new series where Karen Meenan meets dementia experts to discuss Brain Health. Studio guests Canice Kelly and his daughter Lizanne share with us some of the ways they coped with Margaret’s sudden deafness which preceded her…

Voyage Around My Brain – Karen Meenan

George Mulcahy September 14, 2020

Voyage Around My Brain’ is a brand new weekly series exploring Brain Health with Karen Meenan. This week, John Gore-Grimes, a retired arctic explorer who is living with memory loss, and his wife award winning artist Kate Byrne, chat to Neuroscientist…

Reminiscence on the Radio: 1961

admin July 29, 2020

1961 was the year that Telefís Éireann was launched – 31 December live from the Gresham Hotel. John Doyle, a veteran of Near FM was in O’Connell Street that night and remembers walking home and hearing the Number One Army Band. Ann…

The Arts Show: Karen Meenan Interview with author of ‘Leonard and Hungry Paul’ – Ronan Hession

admin July 29, 2020

The Arts Show: Karen Meenan Interviews the author of ‘Leonard and Hungry Paul’ – Ronan Hession Leonard and Hungry Paul is a debut novel by local writer Rónán Hession which has already been nominated for seven book awards and is about to…

Reminiscence on the Radio: 1967

admin July 15, 2020

1967 was the year Ken Saunders left school to start life as an electrician, that same year his wife Mary Saunders got a scholarship to Loretto on the Green – free secondary school education was announced by Minister of Education Donagh O…

Reminiscence on the Radio: 1969

admin July 6, 2020

1969 was the year of the moon landing – Louise Edmonds remembers being carried down the stairs by her dad who told her that history was about to be made. Liam Kelly remembers going to Old Trafford as a fifteen year old…

Reminiscence on the Radio: 1964

admin July 1, 2020

1964 was the year Beatlemania caught fire, they still hold the record set that year with the Top Five singles in the charts at the same time, ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, ‘Twist and Shout’, ‘She Loves You’ ‘I Want to Hold Your…

Reminiscence on the Radio: 1962

admin June 24, 2020

1962 was the year that Marilyn Monroe wore the most expensive dress ever as she sang ‘Happy Birthday Mr President’ to JFK. She was found dead 2 months later aged just 36. It was also the year Dr Angus Roche discovered his…

Reminiscence on the Radio: 1968

admin June 17, 2020

1968 was a decade defining year in history – Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated , Anti-Vietnam peace movement continued to grow across America and Europe, the first Black Salute was seen on TV at the Mexico City Olympics and there was…

Fattening the Curve

admin June 5, 2020

On this edition of Lifeline: Debbie McMahon is joined by NearFM’s Karen Meenan to talk about a new illustration book brought out during the covid-19 pandemic by her sister in law Una Healy called Fattening the Curve. Broadcast: 03/06/2020

Reminiscence on the Radio: 1960

admin April 21, 2020

1960 was the year that award winning poet Paul Murray got married. He and his wife Lily went on honeymoon to Barcelona – a trip they never forgot… It was also the year that Cork born actress Brenda McSweeney’s younger brother, Paul,…

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