Near FM – Listen Again

Neil Bruton from Migrant Rights Centre Ireland joins Johnny Holmes speak about the need to address the significant gap in pay experienced by migrant men & women

working in Ireland.

Podcaster, Director and Producer of Irlanda Talk Show joins Mary Oyediran to talk about his passion for creating this podcast and future plans.

 

Hannah Celsie who is representing Ireland in November of this year in the Middle East at the Nations Cup Circuit Racing talks to Donie Tarrant about her interest in motor sport. Hannah explains where her love of all things car came from and her preparation for the Nations Cup.

 

Regular contributor Alan Tuffery joins Donie Tarrant to discuss the campaign for Voluntary Assisted Dying

Why is it necessary? Where is it now? What is the government doing about

it? What are the prospect for introduction of VAD in Ireland.

Paul Hackett CEO of Click & Go joins Donie Tarrant to discuss the fact that Irish peoples disposable income has reduced significantly in the last six months.

Paul Hayes from the Northside Partnership joins Donie Tarrant to discuss the latest phase of their Communiversity programme. The Communiversity programme is a gateway for people to enter higher education, but it’s much more than just another education project or programme.

Dennis McIntyre speaks to John Connell on the Lifeline morning programme about his new book, Customs House to Howth Head: A History and Guide to the Dublin North Bay Area.

Dennis launched his new book on the first day of Spring, 1st February 2023, Saint Brigid’s Day. He discusses the relic of Saint Brigid in St. Brigid’s Parish Church on the Howth Road, Killester, the older St. Brigid’s Abbey down the road, the last tram on the Hill of Howth and the array of famous writers that once lived in the Dublin North Bay Area.

The book is available from TMP Publications

Neil Farrelly drops in to the studio to talk about the new indieRE radio project that he will be producing for Near FM.

The Independent Radio Exchange (Indie-RE) is a music programme playing new, independent music from across Europe. Broadcasting on Near FM every Friday at 7pm. The series is produced by a team of community radio stations from 8 European countries. Near FM are in partnership with Radio Student (Slovenia), Radio Corax (Germany), Radio Helsinki (Austria), EMA (Spain), Civil Radio (Hungary), Campus Radio (France) and Radio Student Zagreb (Croatia). Tune in each week for music and interviews from the best up and coming music artists from across Europe.

The series will also broadcast on three Irish radio stations, Flirt FM (Saturdays at 6pm), Community Radio Kilkenny and Phoenix FM (Sundays at 6pm).

If you are an up and coming Irish based band /artist, or you know one, you can submit tracks for consideration to [email protected]

Michelle Clarke captain with the Killester woman’s basketball team joined us to chat about her sides victory in the National Cup final last Sunday. Michelle spoke about her joy in the victory last weekend and about her hopes for the rest of the season.

On the show Patrick was joined by Hassanane Balal of the Iraqi football podcast who joined us to reflect on Iraq’s recent success in winning the Arab Gulf Cup. Hassanane discussed the significance of the event being held in Iraq and his hopes that Iraq can host all its future matches in Iraq.