Author: gerrilee

“Survive & Thrive” Podcast

A new podcast has launched on our podcast network nearcast.ie Tallaght Local Drugs & Alcohol Task Force (TDATF) presents “Survive & Thrive”, a podcast which aims to empower and give voice to individuals, families and communities impacted by substance misuse.  Yes, there are many stories of poverty, suffering and trauma[Read More…]

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Brave – new audio drama

Listen now Mairead (50s) is thinking of applying for promotion whenever her manager Helen retires. She asks for Helen’s opinion on the matter, confiding in her boss that she’s autistic. Mairead is taken aback when Helen calls her ‘brave’ and ponders why disclosing her neurology should be seen that way.[Read More…]

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New Training and Broadcast course

We are particularly looking for people living and working in Dublin 17 to get involved. Are you interested in presenting on the airways? Have you ever listened to the radio and thought: ‘Why does no-one talk about….?, How come nobody sounds like me? Why are there not more women on air?’ Why[Read More…]

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Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery

The Full Series is now available online. Welcome to Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – an eight-part history lesson concentrating on a unique aspect of Irish culture, heritage, and experience – the Hedge School. With the participation of educational historians and practitioners, actors, and researchers from the community, we will[Read More…]

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High Spirits

New audio drama High Spirits by Méabh de Brún – Listen Now! Three siblings and one in-law gather after a patriarch’s burial to honour a very unusual letter of wishes. Their late father wants to be contacted in the afterlife, and so begins a dark comedy full of suspect séances,[Read More…]

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National Community Radio Day

Tune into your local community radio station on Friday June 16th from 11.00am-5.30pm National Community Radio Day celebrating Traveller community! With a mix of live guests and pre-recorded interviews by Near FM and our sister community radio stations Flirt FM, Liffey Sound, Phoenix FM, Athlone Community Radio, Loughrea Community Radio and[Read More…]

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Dr Noel Carolan will chat about using different routes to find your ancestors. The National Library of Ireland’s free genealogy service. Plus the National Newspaper Records. The National Library of [...]

Myra Gleeson speaks to Dr Noel Carolan who is a historian and lecturer in Irish History. Next month it will be a hundred years since the first Irish Census was [...]

Paula Wiseman chats with Sinn Fein TD Mark Ward about how 140,000 people have been prevented from applying for cancellation driver tests due to an RSA IT glitch. https://sinnfein.ie/news/140000-people-prevented-from-applying-for-cancellation-driver-tests-due-to-rsa-it-glitch-mark-ward-td/ 1st [...]

Paula Wiseman chats with Suzanne McGovern, Director of Operations at the DSPCA about issuing a warning to dog owners as temperatures are set to rise. info@dspca.ie 1st broadcast on 25/06/2025 [...]

Paula Wiseman chats with Event Manager, Marcus Lester from Plug Artists about this years DLR Summerfest, happening in Dun Laoghaire between 4th – 13th of July. https://www.eventbrite.ie/cc/dun-laoghaire-summerfest-2025-4th-13th-july-3169789 1st broadcast on [...]

First on the show we have: Name: Bronagh Moore Name of the organisation: Clean Coasts Topic discussed: Empowering Communities to Protect Ireland’s Coastlines Website: https://cleancoasts.org Summary of the interview: Bronagh [...]

Dr Rosalind Beere joins Emma Farrell to talk resilience, confidence, and the power of women in business and life. She shares her journey with Chi Fit Tea and how mindset [...]

Anita Miguel from Citizens Information joins Emma Farrell to discuss the Treatment Benefit scheme. [...]