Near FM’s airs The Zapatista Podcast

Near FM will be airing from Monday 16th of August to Friday 20th of August (11.00 am) the series ‘The Zapatista Podcast – Lessons and Stories from Chiapas’. This is an educational and culturally immersive audio series that delves into the Zapatista movement from the early days of the uprising until the present day with news of their much anticipated European tour this year. Over this podcast series by the Galway Feminist Collective and Promedios Mexico, you’ll learn about who the […]

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Alarm Bells

Broadcasting Tuesday December 14th at 6pm, on Near FM Alarm Bells is a radio play written and produced by the Green Ember Arts collective. It portrays the escalating housing crisis through an anthology of short scenes in which a small fraction of those most affected by homelessness are represented. Alarm Bells examines the reality of the housing crisis and the contrast of a dominant media narrative of economic recovery. Ireland now has over 100,000 people on public housing lists and […]

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Paddy Goes to Petra

In advance of World Audio Drama day on Oct 30th 2021, this will play will broadcast Friday Oct 29th at 4.30pm. Paddy Goes to Petra is written by Aine Ryan and directed by Anna Nugent. The play is the latest in Near FM’s New Drama Hour series of plays by women playwrights. The play follows the story of middle aged farmer Paddy who, dealing with profound grief following the unexpected loss of a loved one, decides to travel to the […]

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Near FM stand against Racism

Racism is wrong and unjust! We are all one human race. Let’s treat each other with love, respect and dignity regardless of our nationality and ethnicity. We stand for an Ireland where we all take part in the fight for equality and equal rights in housing, jobs, welfare, justice, law, health and education. Let us create the conditions together to foster the love that spurs us to higher levels of tolerance and unites us to build a better society.We stand […]

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Get the Message Out

Broadcasting Thursday Sept 30th at 2pm Listen to inspirational speakers share their stories on how they have turned their life around and chose a different path following addiction and violence. Get the message Out – There Is Another Way is a group of community organisations that have a youth / addiction focus that were brought together by Northside Partnership following the increase in drug related crime and violence in the area. Near FM recorded the launch of the campaign on […]

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