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Babel Átha Cliath

Babel Átha Cliath is a three part series funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Airing on Wednesday August 14th, 21st and 28th at 6pm. Dublin has been a city with a multilingual population for many years, medieval Dublin was already a city where several languages coexisted, the Vikings spoke[Read More…]

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Near FM wins sports broadcast award

The annual Kanter Media FAI Communications Awards were presented on Friday at the Arklow Bay Hotel. The awards, now in their third year, applaud those who use various communications tools to tell a particular story about, or promote an aspect of, all levels of Irish football. Near FM were  recognised[Read More…]

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The Critics Choice

The Critics Choice is a new 6 part comedy series beginning on July 22nd 2013. Every Monday at 6.30pm Near FM will be broadcasting 30 mins of Susan Collins hilarious new comedy series. Daniel is just your ordinary, run of the mill kinda guy. A food critic by trade, albeit[Read More…]

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Reading Together James Joyce’s "The Dubliners"

Reading Together James Joyce’s “The Dubliners” every Friday at 6 pm Why read on your own, when we can read together? The stories and characters come to life through the voices of our readers. Dubliners by birth or by choice, but all reading James Joyce’s Dubliner’s, the book chosen would[Read More…]

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The Harkangels

The Harkangels celebrates the contribution made to aviation in Ireland by female pilots and the evolution of commercial female pilots from the 1970’s up to the present day. In this 2 part radio series we’ll meet Grainne Cronin, Maria Hetherington and Susan Kavanagh, of whom former President Mary Mc Aleese[Read More…]

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Story? – A new five part youth radio series

Story? is a five part radio series exploring topics that interest and affect young people from the Darndale & Coolock areas of Dublin. The series is produced by 15-17 year olds who attend the Sphere 17 Regional Youth Service in Darndale, Dublin 17.  Prior to production the young people engaged[Read More…]

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Village Magazine – NEAR FM presenters Article

April – May issue of Village. Gerard Cunningham has contributed to local and national radio stations as a reporter and researcher and is one of the contributors to Scibernia, a science podcast also broadcast here on NEAR FM. Here is a link to Gerards website; http://faduda.net/

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Traveller's Stories – Relive the groundbreaking Radio series

To celebrate Traveller Pride Week Local events May 20th-24th, Near FM are delighted to broadcast the first 4 programmes in the Traveller’s Stories series between 6-8pm on Friday 24th May. Tune into Near FM 90.3 or  listen online http://nearfm.ie/listen-online/ Traveller’s Stories – North Dublin through the eyes of the Travelling Community[Read More…]

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