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Writer’s Block 25th March 2016

admin April 3, 2016

Morgan’s first guest on the centenary weekend is the Gutter Bookshop’s Bob Johnston. Bob is one of the presenters of the Bookish podcast and has been a book seller for over 20 years. This week, Morgan’s in-studio guest is Skerries author Patrick…

Academy Cup

admin March 30, 2016

At half time of the St Kevin’s Boys vs Barcelona game in the Academy Cup, Near FM Presenter Fergus Carroll chats to Nicky Byrne about the First half of the match and also Nicky’s career as a footballer.

Writer’s Block 26th February 2016

admin March 10, 2016

Morgan returns to Dublin Castle to visit Caoimhe Creed and her team of young writers as they host a public reading of their work in the castle’s Chapel Royal (2 mins 13 secs). This week’s visiting writer is Paul Rooney. He and…

The Week In Review – Launch of 3 Year Sponsorship Deal between Northside Shopping Centre and Parnells GAA Club An Cumann Parnell C.L.G

admin February 2, 2016

Listen back to Declan Ralph attending the launch of the special 3 year sponsorship deal between the Northside Shopping Centre and Parnells GAA Club An Cumann Parnell C.L.G on Saturday, 30th January. This agreement will see Parnells and the NSSC work together…

Writer’s Block 22nd January 2016

admin January 29, 2016

Amy Herron, events co-ordinator of the Irish Writer’s Centre, once again joins Morgan to discuss what’s in store for 2016 at Parnell Square (15 secs). This week’s visiting writer is Swords native Seán O Halloran (11 mins 40 secs).

Radio and TV as Learning Resources Conference

Paul December 1, 2015

Special report Near FM’s Flavia Mosca Goretta attended the Radio and TV as Learning Resources Conference and guaged the opinions of the speakers and attendees. The BAI funded Radio and TV as Learning Resources Conference took place in the Teachers Club, Dublin on Saturday 7th…

Writer’s Block 27th November 2015

admin November 29, 2015

Morgan O Reilly welcomes Olivia Smith and Kevin Barry to the show to talk about the newly published Irish arts journal Winter Pages, off which they are editors in-chief (1 min 50 secs). This week’s visiting writer is Dublin born and bred Kenneth…

Female Founders to Bank On

Paul November 26, 2015

FEMALE FOUNDERS TO BANK ON Faced with the challenges of cultural constraints, political barriers, gender issues and access to capital, the odds are stacked against female entrepreneurs in Palestine. Palestinian women own just 5.4 per cent of all enterprises in the West…

Lingo Festival – Paula Meehan

Paul October 29, 2015

An interview with Ireland Professor of Poetry Paula Meehan, given to Near FM in advance of the Lingo Festival 2015. Paula discusses her thoughts on the emergence of the festival and the importance of poetry in all its forms. Interview conducted by Paul…

Lingo Festival – Stephen Clare

Paul October 29, 2015

(Listener warning: some Dublin vernacular may occur) A performance from Stephen Clare at the Tongue Fu spoken word event as part of the opening night of the Lingo Festival on Friday Oct 16th 2015 in The Workman’s Club, Dublin. For more on Stephen…

Writer’s Block 9th October 2015

admin October 11, 2015

One week before the Lingo Festival kicks off, Co-director Phil Lynch joins Morgan on the show to discuss the status of the spoken word in Dublin (2 mins). This week’s guest is critically acclaimed poet Angela Carr whose debut collection How to…

Writer’s Block

admin September 27, 2015

Caoimhe Creed comes back on to Writer’s Block to Morgan a private tour of Dublin Castle before introducing him to the Dublin Castle writer’s group, a collection of very talented teenage writers (2 mins 50 secs). This week’s guest is Madeleine Grace…