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Near FM live from the Wood Quay Summer Sessions

Live every Thursday in July from 12.45pm until 2.15pm The Wood Quay Summer Sessions return for a fourth year of free concerts at the Wood Quay Amphitheatre, Dublin this July and Near FM will broadcast live each week. We are broadcatsing from…

Latin Music for Guitar and Strings

The Hugh Lane Concert series continues with a concert entitled Latin Music for Guitar and Strings with Gillian Williams, violin; Arun Rao, cello); Marco Ramelli, guitar. The concert features compositions by Niccolò PAGANINI, Andante Cantabile, Heitor VILLA-LOBOS, Augustín Pío BARRÍOS and Juan…

The Love of Small Appliances

A story about Artificial Intelligence, love, and the evolution of ‘helpful’ devices all connected to the Internet Broadcasting Friday June 28th at 6pm Set in an apartment of the near future, owned by Sive Chand, a futurist working in Galway. Sive is…

Of Love and Lamentation

The Hugh Lane Concert series continues with a concert entitled Of Love and Lamentation from Irish Mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty and historical harpist Siobhán Armstrong on the Italian baroque triple harp. The concert features compositions by John Dowland, Henry Purcell, Giovanni Battista Draghi, Sylvius…

Cold Memory

Broadcasting June 13 & 14th at 6pm on Near FM Cold Memory is a radio drama that deals with the acute pain of familial grief and how it unites people. Tara Bracken returns home for the first anniversary of her mother’s death.…

Buckle

The third audio drama in our series of plays by women writers. Buckle is available to listen or download now here Lily Albright’s teenage son is dead. The man who pleaded guilty to his murder is in prison. What compels Lily to…

The Art of the Collaboration

Listen back now here The Hugh Lane Concert series continues with The Art of the Collaboration. Renowned musician and coach Paul Roe has brought together a co-operative of musicians and thinkers to explore the variety of natures, qualities and experiences of differing…

EU Election Special Live

Tune into Near FM on Thursday May 16th at 8pm to hear from the Dublin candidates running for seats in the EU Parliament. In front of a live audience in the Northside Civic Centre in Coolock, candidates will have the opportunity discuss…

Walks through James Joyce’s Dublin

Walks through James Joyce’s Dublin is a brand new series from Near FM and the James Joyce Centre that follows the mercurial world of James Joyce and his characters through Dublin’s fair city. In this audio series Dublin comes alive through the Joycean…

Petals – Audio Drama

The second audio drama in our series of plays by women writers. Petals is the story of one girl and her journey towards the night of a lifetime along with the trail of lust, longing and loss she finds on the way.…