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Outside With Near

Near FM will broadcast LIVE from The Rose Festival July 19th 2014 12.30-3.30 pm   Noel Mc Guinness and Leslie Murphy will present the 3 hour special, as part of OUTSIDE WITH NEAR, live from St Annes, with interviews from many of the exhibitors on the day. Pop down and say[Read More…]

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Europe on Air Programme 18 “Biodiversity”

Biodiversity can be described as the variety of life on Earth within and between all species of plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems within which they live and interact. .  The guests were Níamh Ní Cholmáin, Biodiversity Facilitator, Dublin City Council, Hans Visser, Biodiversity Officer, Fingal County Council and[Read More…]

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Europe on Air Programme 17

The programme  looked  at allotments, community gardens and growing your own food.  Special guests were Kathy Marsh, founding member of Sonairte, the National Ecology Centre, Robert Moss, secretary of Dublin Community Growers and Marion Kelly who is the first female chairperson of Dublin Community Growers and also campaigning for Dublin’s first[Read More…]

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Telling our own Story

” Near FM presents a four part radio series celebrating 30 years of community media on the Northside of Dublin “Since community radio emerged as a separate strand it has added to the plurality of voices that are on air it has also provided significant opportunity for people to develop[Read More…]

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BackTracking Nanu Nanu & Unit 1 Studios Feature

  This Thursday evening, the 19th June, from 18.00 – 20.00 we will be broadcasting a two hour BackTracking feature delving into the “Alien Pop” duo of Nanu Nanu and the work currently begin explored at Unit 1 Studios in Rathgar. “Following the last three years of over 180 gigs[Read More…]

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Europe on Air Programme 15

This series was aired at 4.30pm on Thursday 12th June 2014.  Titled “What is Irish Culture” and looked at aspects of Irish culture that make it uniquely Irish.  Special guests were Katie Lowry of Creative Europe Desk Ireland,Mark O’Brien, Acting Director,axis: Ballymun and Jim Carroll, Irish Times music journalist, blogger[Read More…]

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Art Spaces

Art Spaces – a new six part radio series that explores six unique art spaces in the North of Dublin. Monday the 16th of June – Monday July 21st at 6.30pm on Near FM Art Spaces is a new six part radio series produced for Near FM. The aim of the series[Read More…]

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Poet Patrick Gately joins Mary Oyediran to discuss and promote his new Poetry collection explores purpose and spirituality. 1st Broadcast 30th Jan 2026 https://www.f acebook.com/ share/1CjLtS oN3K/ https://x.com/ Wireservicec a/status/2000 [...]

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