Mercedes Lopez – Near FM

National Integration Conference 2026: Researching integration

paulwoodward June 18, 2026

Keire Murphy, ESRI EMN Ireland Senior Policy Officer in conversation with Mercedes López about the work from the ESRI researching local and national integration and migration in Ireland 1st Broadcast 18th June 2026 http://www.esri.ie/people/keire-murphy https://www.esri.ie/

National Integration Conference 2026: Migration in Europe

paulwoodward June 18, 2026

Dr Thomas Huddleston, independent migration expert, talked to Mercedes López about the situation and work of the EU on migration and integration. 1st Broadcast 18th June 2026 https://www.migpolgroup.com/ http://index.php/staff-member/thomas-huddleston/ http://scholar.google.be https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-huddleston-74b6064/

National Integration Conference 2026: sustainable organisations

paulwoodward June 18, 2026

Alice Chau, Cantonese in Ireland’s vice chair and Near FM’s Asian Talents host and Dr Max Yu, Cantonese in Ireland’s chair and Maynooth University joined Mercedes López to talk about running sustainable community and migrant organisations. 1st Broadcast 18th 2026 https://www.instagram.com/cantonese.ireland/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/cantonese-ireland https://alicecatexpert.com

Culture/Screentime

paulwoodward June 18, 2026

Screentime with Mercedes López. This week, Emma Farrell and Mercedes López, select and recommend their current favourite shows streaming now in Ireland. The OA(2016-19) by Emma Farrell and Made in Korea (2025-26) by Mercedes López https://www.netflix.com/title/80044950 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4635282/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHJtez2IlY https://www.disneyplus.com/en-ie/browse/entity-5acf7909-5d2f-494e-91a9-2fe0555c220f 1st Broadcast 18th June 2026

Fingal County Council Inclusive Sports

Rodrigo June 16, 2026

Nuala Casey, Fingal County Council’s Active Cities Coordinator joins Mercedes López to speak about Fingal County Council Inclusive Sports and its Watersports Camp 2026.

The Working Mind

Cait June 9, 2026

Jacqui Mulligan, Project Co-ordinator for The Working Mind and Mental Health First Aid Ireland, joins Mercedes López to talk speak about the programme launch and its application at Irish workplaces.

2026 Immigrant Council of Ireland’s National Integration Conference 1

paulwoodward June 4, 2026

Teresa Buczkowska, CEO Immigrant Council of Ireland joined Mercedes López to talk about current migration policies, realities and communities in Ireland and Europe. 1st Broadcast 4th June 2026 https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/campaign/integration/integration-conference https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/team/teresa-buczkowska

2026 Immigrant Council of Ireland’s National Integration Conference 2

paulwoodward June 4, 2026

Brian Killoran, National Coordinator Ukraine Civil Society Forum, talked to Mercedes López about the situation of Ukranian refugees. https://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/campaign/ukraine-civil-society-forum

2026 Dublin Tech Summit: Genotone

Rodrigo June 4, 2026

Andrew Melchior, Genotone’s founder & Massive Attack’s CTO in conversation with Mercedes López at the 2026 Dublin Tech Summit about AI and technology impact on history, culture and society and protecting creators.

2026 Dublin Tech Summit: Cybersecurity

Rodrigo June 4, 2026

Robert McArdle, director of Trend AI’s Forward looking Threat Research (FTR), Adversary Intelligence and Monitoring (AIM), Munster Technological University (MTU) and University College Dublin (UCD), lecturer talked to Mercedes López about cybersecurity.

Fair Trade

paulwoodward May 21, 2026

How fair is Fair Trade for women tea workers? Rebecca Bricchi, Queen Mary University London, talked about Fair Trade and Darjeerling women tea workers to Mercedes López at the 2026 DCU Ireland India Institute, Ninth Annual South Asia Conference 1st Broadcast 21 May 2026 https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research/research-centres/clgp/ https://www.dcu.ie/ireland-india-institute/

Asian Communities in Ireland

paulwoodward May 21, 2026

Mercedes López interviewed Prof. Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain, Professor of Sociology, Maynooth University, about Asian Irish TikTokers and Asian Irish Identity and to Dr Hadiqa Mir about The Media Framing of Asian Communities in Ireland, at the 2026 Asian & Irish Community Connect and Trinity Centre for Asian Studies’ conference “Speaking Up, Stepping In: Asian Communities…

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