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Live from the Rose Festival

Broadcasting Tuesday July 30th at 2pm

Near FM Pop-Up radio studio and path in St Anne's Park, Rose Festival July 2024. Pictured to the right: Jan Brierton, Dublin poet and spoken word artis

Join Near FM on Tuesday July 30th from 2.00-5.00pm for a fun filled three hour programme we recorded at the yearly Rose Festival in St Anne’s Park. We hear from representatives of local community groups and various guests such as Deputy Lord Mayor Donna Cooney,  Louise Tobin, (Senior Librarian, Library in the Community, Dublin City Libraries’), Melissa Dowling (Purple Cloud Family Business), Stephen Kealy (DCC Sports and Leisure Facilities), Molly Aylesbury (Wildflower Walk in St Anne’s Park), Heather Gray (Art Maker Dublin), Declan Rice (District Officer, Fire Brigade Dublin), Rob Gandola (DCC Biodiversity village, Herpetological Society of Ireland), Craig Benton (DCC Biodiversity village), Jan Brierton (Dublin poet and spoken word artist), Mícheál Ó’Nualláin (Baile Átha Cliath Le Gaeilge) and Andy Coogan of the Brian Boru Band. 

Production team: George Mulcahy, Joe Byrne, Debbie McMahon, Gay Graham, Gabor Zajzon, Jaye Palmer, Mercedes Lopez, Declan McGlade, Dorothee Meyer Holtkamp.

Made with the support Dublin City Council.

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