Northside Today: John Healy Speaks with Surrealist poet Kevin Bateman discussing his latest event “When We Dream” a Spoken Word charity event for Saint Vincent De Paul.

Broadcast on Wednesday 16th December 2020

Head of Veterinary Services Una O’Toole from The Irish Blue Cross joins Donie to discuss Think twice before getting a pet this Christmas

Managing Director & co Founder of ThinScale Technology Brenden Kiely joins Donie to discuss examining the challenges in maintaining productivity and connectivity while working remotely

Scorie Walls chats about the new massive interest in in winner Sea Swimming.

Brian Joyce chats about the worlds Air Traffic Control Centres, working hard to make sure Santa’s massive journey runs smoothly no matter what the weather.

George Mulcahy is joined by local resident Alice Wall where they chat about Alice’s involvement with CASA ( Caring and Sharing Association ) as well as chatting about how Covid 19 has affected the services that the association deliver.

George Mulcahy is joined by Marathon Runner Mark Conlon who is trying to help raise funds for local resident Freya Doyle for essential renovations to her home.

John Connell from NearFM speaks with Maynooth-born poet John Doyle about his own method of composing poetry. John has had six poetry books published since 2015. He reads out seven poems from his published work. These poems are, –  Man of the Hinterlands; The Fox; Buckowski Reads On Sunday Miscellany; Saturday Night Sunday Morning; Knight Rider; Slacking Off In The Warehouse, Summer 2005; Box Cars With Burlington Northern Written On Them;. John Doyle now lives in Donnycarney.

 

Grace Kelley introducing “Paper Lanterns” issue three, the new teen and YA literary journal with lots of exciting content for teens and adults alike.

Padraig Conlon of the Northside People newspaper on how NSP managed to be up and running again after their closure in 2020 due to the pandemic.