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  Visa Factories or English Schools

  September 19, 2016 at 8:52 am / Documentaries, Latest, Special Interest

  Over the last three years, the English language Industry in Ireland has suffered many school closures, exposing the malpractice taking place in some schools and resulting in hundreds of international students losing large sums of money. This hour-long documentary, produced by Sarah-Jane Fortune and funded by The Mary Raftery Investigative Journalism Fund, explores the effects of the closures on students while discovering how the industry is regulated and assessing what the future holds for the industry in Ireland. To be […]

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  Best Community Radio award at the Pure M magazine awards

  September 13, 2016 at 11:46 am / Latest, Mentions in the Media

  Near FM have been recognised for our commitment to local and new Irish music by winning the Best Community Radio award at the Pure M magazine awards Thanks to all our presenters for playing new, up and coming music ! http://www.puremzine.com/puremzine-music-art-culture-magazine/2016-pure-m-awards/  

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  Radio Culture Night – LIVE 16th Sep

  September 9, 2016 at 12:17 pm / Latest, Outside Broadcasts

  Radio Culture Night 2016 Dublin Community radio present live coverage of Culture Night 2016 from the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street on Friday Sept 16th from 4-9pm. This unique radio event will be jointly produced and broadcast live by Near FM, Dublin South FM, Phoenix FM & Raidio Na Life. This year’s programme will be concentrating on the Trinity and South Georgian quarter and the broadcast will feature artists, musicians, writers and museum/gallery curators to showcase the best of Culture Night. In addition to […]

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  LIVE OB at the Launch of the All New Northside Shopping Centre on Saturday, 10th September

  September 5, 2016 at 2:22 pm / Latest, Outside Broadcasts

  Northside Shopping Centre is back…. With a bang!! All glammed up, but with the same great heart and a welcome that only comes from an old friend who has been right in the heart of the community for 46 years, since 1970. The much needed revamp has brought the Centre back to life and to celebrate the relaunch Northside Shopping Centre will be having an explosion of entertainment taking place on Saturday, 10th September and Near FM will there broadcasting LIVE from […]

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  Golden Years

  August 17, 2016 at 3:19 pm / Programmes, Specialist Music

   

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  Live Broadcast from The Rose Festival in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny on Saturday, 16th July from 12.30 to 3.30pm

  June 29, 2016 at 4:33 pm / Latest, Mentions in the Media, Outside Broadcasts, Programmes, Special Interest

  It’s that time of year again! Yes, the Rose Festival will be taking place on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th, July in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny and NearFM will be there broadcasting LIVE from the event on the Saturday (16th July) from 12.30 to 3.30pm. NearTV will also be there to capture the event for a special TV broadcast to be shown on DCTV later that evening. The Rose Festival is a great community event, which celebrates the fantastic amenity that is St. […]

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  Let Us Tell Our Own Stories: Diversity In The Media

  June 7, 2016 at 1:44 pm / Latest

  An article by Nadia Bellardi  on the media diversity panel in Perugia has been published today by the European Journalism Observatory. http://en.ejo.ch/ethics-quality/let-us-tell-our-own-stories-diversity-in-the-media pic credit: Flickr Creative Commons Rose Morelli ‘When the refugees arrived’ April 2016

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  Novels, Plays & Schooldays

  June 3, 2016 at 10:26 am / Arts, Education, Latest, Programmes, Special Interest

  Novels, Plays and Schooldays is a new 9 part radio series produced by Near FM with financial support from The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The series looks at the novels and plays that form part of the Junior and Leaving Certificate English syllabus and discusses potential questions and approaches to those questions. The series features panel discussions with local schools and their teachers and dramatic interpretations of the works. Prog 1 – Of Mice and Men with students from inner city school, Larkin Community College Prog 2 […]

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• Audio Drama

  May 25, 2016 at 10:49 am / Uncategorized

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  Telling Tales

  May 23, 2016 at 11:07 am / Education, Latest, Programmes

  Programme 1 of ‘Telling Tales’ is presenter by Mya O’Shaughnessy and Sean Paisley. With fantastic stories and poems from post primary schools across our catchment area including: Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Coolock, St Mary’s Holy Faith, Killester, Ardscoil La Salle, Raheny, Our Lady Of Mercy College, Beaumont, Donaghies Community School, Donaghmede, St. Aidan’s C.B.S.,  Manor House, Raheny,  Maryfield College, Griffith Avenue and Chanel College, Coolock. A real treat is in store for the listener. So don’t miss it! Programme 2 of ‘Telling Tales’ […]

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