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Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy November 18, 2024

Emma Farrell and regular contributor, Alan Tuffery, talk about being ill and beingIn hospital. Both involve a loss of control Doctors and others tell you what to do and when. How can we hang on our individuality and establish some control?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy November 4, 2024

Donie Tarrant is joined by regular contributor, Alan Tuffery, as they consider the recent figures on increasing child poverty. The Government has postponed the introduction of increased child benefit for the worst off and shelved plans to eliminate Direct Provision. What values…

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

George Mulcahy October 21, 2024

Donie Tarrant is joined by regular contributor, Alan Tuffery, to tackle Voluntary Assisted Dying. Is the debate been too focused on safeguards and not enough on the question of who the law should try to help?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

gabor July 25, 2024

As Northside Today takes its August break, presenter Emma Farrell and regular contributor Alan Tuffery talk about holidays. How to get the best out that precious break and build pleasant memories. 1st broadcast on 22/07/2024

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery Grief & Loss

George Mulcahy July 8, 2024

Donie Tarrant is joined by regular contributor Alan Tuffery as he talks about Grief & Loss and people deal with them, also how they affect people differently.

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery Happiness

Jaye June 10, 2024

Donie Tarrant is joined by regular contributor Alan Tuffery as they ponder Happiness. Are some stages of life happier than others? Is it harder and harder to make us happy as we move through the generations? If so, why?

Northside Today: Emma talks to Alan Tuffery to discuss Bealtaine

paulwoodward May 15, 2024

1st Broadcast 13th May 2024 Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Emma Farrell to discuss Bealtaine, the May festival for older people and the arts. They examine how society views older people Are they undervalued and How do they contribute to society? How…

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

Bronagh April 8, 2024

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to talk about some features of language that irritate them. Do change in uses of language matter? Should we just accept that language changes and get on with it?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

Bronagh February 19, 2024

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to consider uncertainty. Why are we so afraid of it? How do we choose our explanations for the things we experience? Does it matter whether they are true or not? How can we cope better?

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

gabor November 14, 2023

Donie Tarrant is joined by regular contributor Alan Tuffery to ponder if a ‘Classical education‘is all it’s cracked up to be. What values does it teach? Are they suitable for a modern society? Or suitable for modern leaders? First broadcast on 13/11/2023

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

gabor September 19, 2023

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to discuss why it is so hard to admit to being wrong. In some areas of life being wrong seen to be almost shameful. Perhaps we should practice admitting our errors more often. 1st broadcast…

Northside Today: Alan Tuffery

admin July 25, 2023

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to talk about Modern Manners. What are manners? How have they changed? Are we all getting rude, less considerate? First aired: 24/7/23