Politics

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 and debate key issues central to Ireland’s place[Read More…]

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Respect Words

Respect Words is a twenty part series of programmes produced and presented by Near FM on the topic of Hate Speech. Each episode Near FM presenters discuss various aspects of Hate Speech. Every form of communication is discussed such as the written word, the spoken word and of course social media.[Read More…]

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