Broadcasting Thurs April 2nd at 1pm. Repeated Thurs April 9th at 1pm O’Donoghue’s Pub, Merrion Row, Dublin, is celebrated as the birthplace of The Dubliners and a home for spontaneous traditional and folk sessions—but behind the music lies a deeper story. In the 1950s and ’60s, as waves of young[Read More…]
Documentaries
A Wild Year on the Northside
Broadcasting in June – Thursday 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th at 7pm Listen to episode 1 now This new series will take a lyrical look at a year in nature on the Northside of Dublin City. Each of the four episodes will focus on a different season and give listeners[Read More…]
DERA – 50 Years Young !
DERA (Donaghmede Estate Residents Association) is 50 Years young and we are Celebrating! The 1960’s saw huge changes across Irish society including in the area of housing. Ireland was on a high, it’s people were buoyant and it’s here that we start our story. Dublin Corporation and County Council embarked[Read More…]
Dublin Punk Untold
Near FM presents Dublin Punk Untold. Beginning on Friday May 20th at 7pm! Dublin Punk Untold is a new three-part radio documentary charting the explosion of the punk music genre in the 1970s. It was one of the most exciting times in music, an era where parents quaked at the[Read More…]
75 Years on the Go
All aboard – CIE is 75 Years on the Go and we’re celebrating! Broadcasting Monday the 4th, 11th and 18th of October 2021 at 2 pm Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), is Ireland’s national public transport provider. The stats show the number of employees of the combined CIÉ Group at 10,046[Read More…]
50 Years a Growing
50 Years A Growing, a radio documentary will broadcast on Near FM on Wed Nov 25th at 2.30pm. Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Post Primary School in Coolock, is 50 years old and we’re celebrating! In Sept 1966 the then Minister for Education Donogh O’Mally, announced his plans for Free universal secondary education. This[Read More…]
Fleeing the war: Basques refugees in Ireland
Feature documentary, broadcasting on Good Friday, April 10th at 12 noon Gallastegi is not a particularly Irish sounding surname but on the 8th November 1962, Joseph Barron, Clann na Poblachta TD for Dublin South Central, put a question to the Taoiseach Seán Lemass in relation to an Irish citizen by that surname who[Read More…]
JJ’s wins award at New York Radio Festival!
Listen to the full documentary here Near FM present JJ’s a radio documentary about the revered Jazz and Blues music venue JJ Smyths which operated on Dublin’s Aungier Street for over 30 years. Listen in to hear the story of how JJ Smyth’s transformed from a function room above a[Read More…]
Gaelscoil Bharra – Inniu agus inné
Broadcasting Thursday 21st February at 3pm on Near FM 90.3 Gaelscoil Bharra – Inniu agus inné documents the highs and lows of Gaelscoile Bharra and the local Irish speaking community of Cabra. By talking to those involved over the years since the school was not more than a pipe dream of[Read More…]
The Dublin Public House
The Dublin Public House A new three-part radio series broadcasting on Near Fm at 3:30pm on November 6th, 13th and 20th The series is produced by John Casey with researcher Oliver Reid. The Dublin public house is that most enduring and clear example of communal experience in the country’s capital.[Read More…]
