Near FM – Listen Again

With over 20 years in the business of healing, Marie Angeline Lascaux joins Donie Tarrant to discuss her book debut ‘Inner Gift’, a Guide to Self-Healing and the various healing therapies she can offer a very stressed population in these troubling times.

George Mulcahy is joined by Alice Chau, Cat behaviour Consultant where they chat about cat behaviour and how we humans should view our feline friends.

Policy and research officer Ciaran O’Driscoll joins Donie Tarrant to discuss a Secure Future, Cyber Security and the EU. What are the chances of another cyber attack? Where will it come from? What are the likely targets?

Web Link:https://www.europeanmovement.ie/a-secure-future-cybersecurity-and-the-eu/

Christmas is celebrated in different ways in different parts of the world, and with Ireland now a very multi-cultural country, Christmas is also celebrated differently by different communities in Ireland. Donie Tarrant is joined by Ciaran Murray to tell me a little about German Christmas, where gifts are exchanged today December 6th.

Ivan Cooper from The Wheel joins Donie Tarrant to discuss how Communities North and South on our shared island face a range of challenges and opportunities that are best addressed together. The Shared Island, Shared Practices initiative is designed to explore and identify areas where civil society North and South can work together on crucial themes like:

• Rural sustainability

• Recovery from COVID-19

• Developing the island economy

• Digital inclusion

• Achieving a just transition to a de-carbonised island.

Web Link: [email protected]

Black Cherry is written by Krystal Sweedman and directed by Anna Nugent. The play is the latest in Near FM’s New Drama Hour series of plays by women playwrights.

In Black Cherry a catalytic event ripples through the generations. There’s Paul, who was accused of a raping a young woman, when he was a teenager, and is still dealing with the consequences. Leonie, who married him, knowing this. A sex coach who has everything she believes challenged when something happens to her daughter. April, their daughter, who is navigating her sexuality despite her mum’s interference, and Jade, April’s best friend, who is dealing with the consequences of being told nothing about sex but who’s longing for connection. Black Cherry contains themes of sexual politics, consent, sex education, violence and autonomy.

Cast – Abdul Alshareef, Gina Costigan, Jessie Doyle, Mo O’Connell, Eoin O’Sullivan, Paul Nugent and Fiana Toibin.

Made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the Television license Fee.

Michael Sullivan chats with Brendan Lennon, Advocacy, Research and Public Affairs Director at Chime, about deaf and hard of hearing children having three times the rate of socio-emotional difficulties.

For more information visit:  www.chime.ie

Michael Sullivan chats with Shane Brannigan Senior Fundraising & Marketing Executive Blossom Ireland about ‘Just Like You’ a new campaign developed by Blossom Ireland

For more information visit:  www.blossomireland.ie

Michael Sullivan chats with Eimear Greene, consumer adviser at the HIA about the authority’s new campaign to raise awareness of their services.

For more information visit:  www.hia.ie

Patrick Donohoe was joined by former Irish soccer International Olivia O’Toole. Olivia is the all time top scorer for the Republic of Ireland with 54 goals.  Olivia chatted about Ireland’s incredible 11-0 win over Georgia. She also chatted about the growth of the Women’s game in the country and her hopes for the future of the game.