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Double Dealing

Broadcasting Fri August 30th at 6pm Continuing Near FM’s season of audio drama written exclusively by women, we present Double Dealing by Rose Byrne. Arthur Muldoon is an Irish hypnotist and con-artist, who use his powers to con people. He has a very professional approach to his work. After working[Read More…]

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Plain Speak

a tale of finding love in the Tinder age Broadcasting July 26th at 18.00 New audio drama from Dorothy Cotter. It’s a Saturday night in Soho and Siobhán and Danny are on a doomed first date. Tinder virgin Danny has a serious case of foot in mouth while Siobhán, weary[Read More…]

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The Camarilla Ensemble

The second series of Hugh Lane Concerts concludes with a concert by The Camarilla Ensemble from London.  The concert features compositions by  Mozart , Tomasi, Rivera, Beethoven, Brahms and#Gershwin In this special programme we hear the full concert interspersed with discussion around the careers of the musicians as well as the work[Read More…]

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Latin Music for Guitar and Strings

The Hugh Lane Concert series continues with a concert entitled Latin Music for Guitar and Strings with Gillian Williams, violin; Arun Rao, cello); Marco Ramelli, guitar. The concert features compositions by Niccolò PAGANINI, Andante Cantabile,  Heitor VILLA-LOBOS, Augustín Pío BARRÍOS and Juan Leovigildo BROUWER In this special programme we hear[Read More…]

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The Love of Small Appliances

A story about Artificial Intelligence, love, and the evolution of ‘helpful’ devices all connected to the Internet Broadcasting Friday June 28th at 6pm Set in an apartment of the near future, owned by Sive Chand, a futurist working in Galway. Sive is in a relationship with Jahzara Dunne, who is[Read More…]

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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…]

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Cold Memory

Broadcasting June 13 & 14th at 6pm on Near FM Cold Memory is a radio drama that deals with the acute pain of familial grief and how it unites people. Tara Bracken returns home for the first anniversary of her mother’s death. Back for an extended stay on the family[Read More…]

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Buckle

The third audio drama in our series of plays by women writers. Buckle is available to listen or download now here Lily Albright’s teenage son is dead. The man who pleaded guilty to his murder is in prison. What compels Lily to visit her son’s killer in prison? Yet she[Read More…]

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