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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…

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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…

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Bunratty Maisonettes – Part 5

admin September 24, 2015

This series made in conjunction with Dublin City Council records the social history of the Bunratty Maisonettes in Coolock. The Maisonettes, built in 1965, were due for demolition in 2008 and NEAR fm, which is within a very close proximity, tells some…

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Bunratty Maisonettes – Part 4

admin September 24, 2015

This series made in conjunction with Dublin City Council records the social history of the Bunratty Maisonettes in Coolock. The Maisonettes, built in 1965, were due for demolition in 2008 and NEAR fm, which is within a very close proximity, tells some…

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Bunratty Maisonettes – Part 3

admin September 24, 2015

This series made in conjunction with Dublin City Council records the social history of the Bunratty Maisonettes in Coolock. The Maisonettes, built in 1965, were due for demolition in 2008 and NEAR fm, which is within a very close proximity, tells some…

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Bunratty Maisonettes – Part 2

admin September 24, 2015

This series made in conjunction with Dublin City Council records the social history of the Bunratty Maisonettes in Coolock. The Maisonettes, built in 1965, were due for demolition in 2008 and NEAR fm, which is within a very close proximity, tells some…

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Bunratty Maisonettes – Part 1

admin September 24, 2015

This series made in conjunction with Dublin City Council records the social history of the Bunratty Maisonettes in Coolock. The Maisonettes, built in 1965, were due for demolition in 2008 and NEAR fm, which is within a very close proximity, tells some…

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Writer’s Block 11th September 2015

admin September 20, 2015

Morgan O Reilly welcomes Amy Herron of the Irish Writer’s Centre back to the show in the busy week’s run-up to culture night, the centre’s open day and a host of other literary events happening around the city (2 mins). This week’s…

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Writer’s Block 28th of August 2015

admin September 3, 2015

Morgan welcomes Artistic Director of the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival, Kris Nelson, to the programme to chat about all of the upcoming events in Dublin as the festival gets underway (2 mins 50 secs). This week’s visiting writers are Kelly Shatter and…

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Writer’s Block 14th August 2015

admin August 20, 2015

On the 20th broadcast of Writer’s Block, Morgan O Reilly welcomes Vanessa O Loughlin back to the show for a third time to offer tips about how to get your work out there and to enlighten us all on the oftentimes intimidating world of…

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Writer’s Block 31st July 2015

admin August 4, 2015

Morgan O Reilly chats to the 3 men (Fionn Rogan, Andrew Kavanagh and Dylan Joyce-Ahearn) behind Cave Writings, one of Dublin’s newest and most innovative open mic nights (1 min 58 secs). In this week’s visiting writer slot, Morgan welcomes poet Tiziana…

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Block T 5th Birthday

admin July 23, 2015

Near FM attended the Block T 5th Birthday celebrations in the Tivoli Grounds on Saturday July 4th. Legendary Irish house DJ Aoife Ni Canna presents a programme featuring interviews and music with Block T Managing Director Laura Garbataviciute-Dovn and Programme Director Grace…

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