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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Deirdre O’Leary and Alex Petcu in Concert
Broadcasting Tuesday June 20th at 2pm Recorded as part of the Sundays at Noon concert series in the beautiful surrounds of Dublin’s Hugh Lane gallery, on May 7th 2023, Near FM present a concert of clarinets and percussion by Deirdre O’Leary and Alex Petcu, performing works by Ross Edwards, Barry[Read More…]
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…]
MILES Media and Information Literacy- Evaluation and Strategies
(Photos taken at final project meeting in Budapest, April 2023. Please note, not all participants are present in the picutures.) This Erasmus+ partnership, MILES, is an exchange of concepts, ideas and experiences for teaching Media & Information Literacy (MIL). A collection of good practice and helpful resources was gathered, and[Read More…]
Jumping for Joy
New audio drama airing 4th May 2023 at 18.00 Jumping for Joy by Rachel Walshe A young woman decides to end her life on high point by jumping off a building before her happiness can turn sour. However just as she is about to jump, she is stopped by a[Read More…]
Jumping for Joy
New audio drama airing 4th May 2023 at 18.00 Jumping for Joy by Rachel Walshe A young woman decides to end her life on high point by jumping off a building before her happiness can turn sour. However just as she is about to jump, she is stopped by a[Read More…]
Hungry Gap, Fat Friars, Food Poverty
Broadcasting every Thursday at 2.30pm, starts May 25th, 2023. Welcome to our new three-part food history series Hungry Gap, Fat Friars, Food Poverty, produced by Berni Dwan. In this series we will explore food and drink production and consumption in Ireland and Britain over one thousand years starting at 1000[Read More…]
We stand in solidarity!
Joint Statement from members of the Northside Community Forum We stand in solidarity! The Northside Community Forum is a network of Local Community Groups that work in Dublin North-East. We collectively develop actions, campaigns and work on issues affecting the community and community-based organisations. Following the protests that we have[Read More…]
Billy O’Brien in concert
Broadcasting on Near FM on Tuesday March 7th at 2pm. Recorded as part of the Sundays at Noon Concert series, on Nov 20th 2022, Billy O’Brien (piano) performs a concert of Alexander Skriabin – 24 Preludes op. 11 and Olivier Messiaen – Premiere Communion de la Vierge from Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jesu.[Read More…]
Audio Drama – Blind Date
Thursday 23rd February at 18.00 Sophie and Karl are persuaded to go on a blind date by mutual friends. What have they to lose? A compelling and intense drama about looking for love. Sophie and Karl are persuaded to go on a blind date by mutual friends and long-term coupleHelen[Read More…]
