Latest, Outside Broadcasts

Live from the Rose Festival

Broadcasting Tuesday July 30th at 2pm

Near FM Pop-Up radio studio and path in St Anne's Park, Rose Festival July 2024. Pictured to the right: Jan Brierton, Dublin poet and spoken word artis

Join Near FM on Tuesday July 30th from 2.00-5.00pm for a fun filled three hour programme we recorded at the yearly Rose Festival in St Anne’s Park. We hear from representatives of local community groups and various guests such as Deputy Lord Mayor Donna Cooney,  Louise Tobin, (Senior Librarian, Library in the Community, Dublin City Libraries’), Melissa Dowling (Purple Cloud Family Business), Stephen Kealy (DCC Sports and Leisure Facilities), Molly Aylesbury (Wildflower Walk in St Anne’s Park), Heather Gray (Art Maker Dublin), Declan Rice (District Officer, Fire Brigade Dublin), Rob Gandola (DCC Biodiversity village, Herpetological Society of Ireland), Craig Benton (DCC Biodiversity village), Jan Brierton (Dublin poet and spoken word artist), Mícheál Ó’Nualláin (Baile Átha Cliath Le Gaeilge) and Andy Coogan of the Brian Boru Band. 

Production team: George Mulcahy, Joe Byrne, Debbie McMahon, Gay Graham, Gabor Zajzon, Jaye Palmer, Mercedes Lopez, Declan McGlade, Dorothee Meyer Holtkamp.

Made with the support Dublin City Council.

Latest on Listen Again

  This week on Life Unfiltered, Maria McHale sat down with DCU’s Assistant Professor of psychotherapy Dr Ray O’Neill to talk about Ireland’s deeply complicated relationship with alcohol – not [...]

    Strech to Grow The Carlton Hotel Church Street Tyrrelstown Dublin 15 . Oranike Adesemwo and Esther Ologunola join Mary Oyediran to talk about this Event 1st Broadcast 17th [...]

Mary Oyediran reports back on the South Africa Human Rights Anniversaries Event organised by the African Cultural Project/African Institute Ireland 1st Broadcast 17th April 2026 http://africainstitute.eu https://dublincityppn.ie https://www.facebook.com/share/1X6frP9qbj / http://www.theimmigrant.ie [...]

Paul Harrison returns with the second series of reminiscences from the 50s, 60s and 70s. 1st Broadcast 17th April 2026 http://www.nearfm.ie   [...]

  Speaks to Curators Ola Majekodunmi and Daniel Flynn About the historic inspirational platform for diverse voices and artistic expression: OFF THE SCÉAL . 1st Broadcast 17th April 2026 https://libr [...]

Mary Oyediran talks to Lassane Ouedraogo Chairperson of ASCI on current news from the African Diaspora Ireland and African Continent 1st Broadcast 17th April 2026 http://africacentre.ie/ https://x.com/AfricaCentre https://www.linkedin.com/company/africacentreireland? originalSubdo main=ie [...]

    Dublin Port’s Heritage Director Lar Joye Talks to Phillip Smith about New Tours and 100+ Events Bring Dublin Port’s Heritage to Life This Summer. 1st Broadcast 16th April 2026 https://dublindiscoverytrails.ie/ https://www.dublinport.ie/new-tours-and-100-events-bring-dublin-ports-heritage-to-life-this-summer/   [...]

  “Buyer Agents Set to Drive Major Shift in Ireland’s Property Market as housing Pressures Intensifies” Estate agent Regina Mangan talks to Ger Leddin about a new proposal to have agents represent buyers  [...]