Green Party TD Joe O’Brien joins Adrianne to discuss his General Election 2020 campaign, and his goals and visions as a TD for Dublin Fingal.

On this edition of Northside Today:

Near FM’s political analyst John Morgan previews the 2020 General Election, and tells Donie Tarrant where losses and gains could be made.

Broadcast: 20/01/2020

On the show Patrick was joined by triathlete Ger Redmond who told us about his incredible life story and his journey from serving time in prison to now been a professional triathlete.

Broadcast: 16/01/2020

Joey Kavanagh talks to Noel McGuinness about the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival 2020. In the Chinese calendar, this is the Year of the Rat and a wide variety of events will take place from 24th January to 10th February. For further information see https://www.dublinchinesenewyear.com/

Broadcast: 17/01/2020

Zdenka Thunder talks to Noel McGuinness about the Zero Waste Festival taking place at The Science Gallery on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th January 2020. It will show how waste output can be vastly reduced and how we can make simple replacements with products that have little or no waste. There will be talks, seminars and workshops as part of the Plastic Exhibition at The Science Gallery. For further information see https://www.zerowastefestival.ie/

Broadcast: 17/01/2020

Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Labour Party candidate for Dublin Bay North talks to Noel McGuinness about his election campaign including taxes and the Economy, education and the need for a Northside Crime Task Force.

Myra spoke to Aifric Ni Rourke from the Axis Theatre about their latest productions and community events that are taking place in the Axis.

Aoife Scott chats to Adrianne about her career, he latest tour, her new album and they discuss if being a member of one of the most famous musical families in Ireland is an advantage or disadvantage.

‘There is a link between dementia and hearing loss’ so says audiologist Leona Kane co-founder of Audi-Lab Hearing Practice in Sutton Cross and Raheny.  She explains to Karen Meenan that we hear with our brain not our ears and how important it is for us to get our hearing checked to ensure that we don’t suffer the isolation caused by hearing loss.  It’s never too late to improve our hearing.  www.audi-lab.com

Easy Treesie was founded by Orla Farrell, a primary school teacher who took early retirement to follow her mission to ‘Plant-for-the-Planet’.  She spoke to Karen Meenan about her goal is to motivate every child on the island of Ireland to plant one million trees by 2023.  Greta Thunberg has released a video with George Monbiot who describes a tree as ‘a magic machine that sucks carbon out of the air, costs very little and builds itself’.  www.easytreesie.com