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Best Community Radio award at the Pure M magazine awards

Near FM have been recognised for our commitment to local and new Irish music by winning the Best Community Radio award at the Pure M magazine awards Thanks to all our presenters for playing new, up and coming music ! http://www.puremzine.com/puremzine-music-art-culture-magazine/2016-pure-m-awards/  

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Radio Culture Night – LIVE 16th Sep

Radio Culture Night 2016 Dublin Community radio present live coverage of Culture Night 2016 from the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street on Friday Sept 16th from 4-9pm. This unique radio event will be jointly produced and broadcast live by Near FM, Dublin South FM, Phoenix FM & Raidio Na Life. This year’s[Read More…]

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Let Us Tell Our Own Stories: Diversity In The Media

An article by Nadia Bellardi  on the media diversity panel in Perugia has been published today by the European Journalism Observatory. http://en.ejo.ch/ethics-quality/let-us-tell-our-own-stories-diversity-in-the-media pic credit: Flickr Creative Commons Rose Morelli ‘When the refugees arrived’ April 2016

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Novels, Plays & Schooldays

Novels, Plays and Schooldays is a new 9 part radio series produced by Near FM with financial support from The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The series looks at the novels and plays that form part of the Junior and Leaving Certificate English syllabus and discusses potential questions and approaches to those questions. The[Read More…]

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Telling Tales

Programme 1 of ‘Telling Tales’ is presenter by Mya O’Shaughnessy and Sean Paisley. With fantastic stories and poems from post primary schools across our catchment area including: Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Coolock, St Mary’s Holy Faith, Killester, Ardscoil La Salle, Raheny, Our Lady Of Mercy College, Beaumont, Donaghies Community School, Donaghmede, St.[Read More…]

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