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  • Visa Factories or English Schools

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

    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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  • Novels, Plays & Schooldays

    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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  • Lost Easter Voices

    Lost Easter Voices

    March 14, 2016 at 11:49 am / Arts, drama, Latest, Politics, Programmes, Special Interest

    Near 90.3fm will broadcast a unique 1916 series during Holy Week (21st to 27th March). This series, titled ‘Lost Easter Voices’ offers listeners a chance to hear what is purported to be the last interviews recorded with the executed proclamation signatories, starting with Patrick Pearse and concluding with James Connolly. At the time of the 1916 executions, social historian, Richard Maxwell, a nephew of General Sir John Maxwell, Commander in Chief of British Forces in Ireland, obtained permission to bring […]

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  • Live Broadcast from Mercy College Coolock – Friday, 4th March from 11am to 1pm

    Live Broadcast from Mercy College Coolock – Friday, 4th March from 11am to 1pm

    March 3, 2016 at 5:30 pm / Latest, Outside Broadcasts, Programmes, Special Interest

    On Friday, 4th March from 11am to 1pm Near FM will Broadcast Live from Mercy College Coolock Mercy College Coolock are working towards achieving the Yellow Flag, which celebrates inclusion and diversity in schools. If awarded, they will be the FIRST secondary school in the Coolock/Artane region to earn the flag. The event is focused on showcasing the diversity of cultures in their school and promoting inclusion. As this fits perfectly well with the Near FM Northside Today program, Noel […]

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  • AXA Raheny 5 Road Race Live on Near FM – Sunday 31st January from 2.30 to 4pm

    AXA Raheny 5 Road Race Live on Near FM – Sunday 31st January from 2.30 to 4pm

    January 12, 2016 at 4:14 pm / Latest, Outside Broadcasts, Special Interest, Sports

    On Sunday, 31st January 2016 the 32nd AXA Raheny 5 Mile Road Race will take place. The event, which was founded in 1985 by former Olympian Pat Hooper is promoted by Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club and is now rated as one of the country’s leading road races. The race begins near the Raheny Garda Station and roughly incorporates an outside lap of St Anne’s Park via a series of left hand turns. As in previous year’s, Near FM will be […]

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  • Abeer Abu Ghaith

    Female Founders to Bank On

    November 19, 2015 at 10:24 am / Documentaries, Latest, Programmes, Special Interest

    FEMALE FOUNDERS TO BANK ON Broadcasting Thursday Nov 26th @ 3.30pm on Near FM Faced with the challenges of cultural constraints, political barriers, gender issues and access to capital, the odds are stacked against female entrepreneurs in Palestine. Palestinian women own just 5.4 per cent of all enterprises in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and, according to the International Labour Organisation, only around 20 per cent of Palestinian women work outside the home, compared to nearly 70 per cent […]

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  • 25th Nov – Panel Discussion ‘Stop Violence Against Women’

    25th Nov – Panel Discussion ‘Stop Violence Against Women’

    November 13, 2015 at 2:42 pm / Latest, Special Interest

    The 25th November is the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women and it is the start date for the 16 days of action campaign, against domestic violence. As part of Near FM’s contribution to the campaign we will have a Panel Discussion entitled ‘Stop Violence against Women’ broadcast here on Near FM 90.3 on Wednesday, the 25th November from 3.30 to 4.30pm. Guests will include representatives from Aoibhneas Refuge, Women’s Aid, Safe Ireland, People before Profit and Move […]

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  • 16 Days of Action Campaign – Against Domestic Violence

    16 Days of Action Campaign – Against Domestic Violence

    October 30, 2015 at 9:16 pm / Latest, Mentions in the Media, Special Interest

    WE WANT YOU to help us raise awareness on domestic violence. In association with Women’s Aid for their 16 Days of Action Campaign With the help of boys and girls/ men and women from the community Near FM recorded a radio campaign to raise awareness on domestic violence. The ‘16 Days of Action Campaign’ broadcast each day at noon, 3pm, 6pm and 9pm on Near FM, starting on November 25th, finishing on December 10th. Thank you for taking part! For more info […]

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  • Living Archives

    Living Archives

    June 12, 2015 at 1:34 pm / Latest, Programmes, Special Interest

    Broadcasting weekdays @ 9.30am from Monday June 22nd until Wednesday July 1st Living Archives is a selection of oral recollections on the growth and development of the north side of Dublin, told through the words of the people who experienced, firsthand, the gradual change from country to city life in the former countryside now known as the suburbs of North Dublin. In the summer of 2014, producer Alan Weldon recorded a series of interviews with residents of Coolock, Santry, Raheny, […]

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