Broadcasting every Friday at 3.30pm, starts Friday October 11th. Unearthed is a five part series that captures a wide diversity of Dubliners reading their original poetry and prose. In many cases we hear Dublin working class accents and voices not often associated with the literary world. Many of the writers[Read More…]
Arts
Shine a Light Fantastic
Don’t miss our brand new Creative Writing Series “Shine a Light Fantastic”. North East Dublin post primary school students have been busy writing, reading and presenting this showcase of young Irish literary talent. If you like stories & poems you’ll love our 3 part radio series “Shine a Light Fantastic”[Read More…]
Seven Stages for Seven Ages
Broadcasting Every Friday at 3.30pm. From February 2nd to March 15th Shakespeare covered the seven stages of life better than most in a speech called The Seven Ages of Man in a play called As You Like It. Shakespeare’s speech was all about boys and men, but our series is[Read More…]
Elizabeth Hilliard in concert
Broadcasting Tuesday Nov 1st at 2pm As part of the Hugh Lane Gallery’s Sundays at Noon series and in association with the Contemporary Music Centre, Elizabeth Hilliard presents this recital of works written for her voice by three distinguished composers. The opening work is a world premiere: Sleepsong by Siobhán[Read More…]
Growing up Between the Dustjackets
Broadcasting every Friday at 12 noon from April 22nd Want to know more about coming-of-age novels and films and how they continue to inspire and motivate us today? Join Berni Dwan, and her intergenerational guests, on a brand new eight-part series – Growing up Between the Dustjackets – to discover[Read More…]
The Opalio Trio
The third series of Hugh Lane Concerts continues with a concert by The Opalio Trio comprising of Eoin Ducrot on Violin, Aoife Burke on Cello and Chiara Opalio on Piano. In this special concert as part of the Sundays at Noon concert series, they perform Piano Trio works from Haydn,[Read More…]
Virginie Despentes: Sex, Femininity and Cynicism
Broadcasting Tuesday Jan 21st @ 3.30pm Listener advisory: This broadcast contains discussions on sexual violence and very strong language. Listener discretion is advised. If you are affected by anything you hear on this programme you can call the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in confidence on 1800 77 8888, email counselling@rcc.ie[Read More…]
Women’s Stories
Women’s Stories is a new radio series featuring professors and researchers from Trinity’s Arts and Humanities talking about women throughout the centuries and challenging dominant narratives about women today. From history to film, and music, the series will feature free talks and discussions recorded in front of a live audience[Read More…]
Donaghmede Literary Festival Live
Tune in to Near FM on Thursday September 26th from 5.00-6.30pm for a special live programme from the inaugural Donaghmede Literary Festival. Presented by Enda Roche, we will have interviews with the organisers, authors and facilitators of the amazing workshops. Come and say hello, we will be coming live from[Read More…]
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 Leopold Weiss and Barbara Strozzi. In this special[Read More…]
