This series was aired at 4.30pm on Thursday 12th June 2014. Titled “What is Irish Culture” and looked at aspects of Irish culture that make it uniquely Irish. Special guests were Katie Lowry of Creative Europe Desk Ireland,Mark O’Brien, Acting Director,axis: Ballymun and Jim Carroll, Irish Times music journalist, blogger[Read More…]
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Standing out from the homogeneous radio crowd
The Independent 07/06/2014 http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/standing-out-from-the-homogeneous-radio-crowd-30334423.html
Art Spaces
Art Spaces – a new six part radio series that explores six unique art spaces in the North of Dublin. Monday the 16th of June – Monday July 21st at 6.30pm on Near FM Art Spaces is a new six part radio series produced for Near FM. The aim of the series[Read More…]
James Joyce on Near FM
With Blooms day fast approaching we thought it would be a good time to highlight some of the James Joyce adaptions that Near FM has done and are all available to listen to online. Ivy Day In The Committee Room In a committee room, Mat O’Connor, a canvasser for Richard[Read More…]
Frank Harte – A Life In Song and The Week In Review win big at CRAOL
NearFm has won two awards at the CRAOL Achievement Awards 2014 for Frank Harte – A Life In Song won under the category commissioned 2 and one of the judges had this to say “This excellent programme demonstrated really strong Community awareness. Top quality”. The Week In Review won under the Category Talk[Read More…]
Europe on Air takes on Gender Equality
Programme 11 of the series aired on May 15th 2014 and looked at gender equality. Special guests were Debbie Hutchinson, Producer of “The Feminist Heart” radio series on the history of feminism in Ireland, Niall Hanlon, Lecturer in Gender Studies and author of Masculinities, Care and Equality: Identity and Nurture[Read More…]
Mad Scientists of Music
Starting on Thursday the 29th of May a new 6 part show about experimental music in Ireland, entitled ‘Mad Scientists of Music’. It will be covering everything from bedroom tinkering with Fruity Loops to technically and aesthetically sophisticated electronic ‘noise’ to Harry Partch style microtonal music. It’s produced by Gareth Stack[Read More…]
Live Q+A with local candidates
Have your say with local candidates from the Beaumont/Donaghmede ward
Europe on Air Programme 10(The Fishing Industry)
Part ten of the series aired on May 8th 2014 and looked at the fishing industry.
Europe On Air Programme 9 (Mental Health)
Part nine of the series aired on May 1st 2014 and looked at mental health issues from the viewpoint of someone who has suffered mental health problems as well as from people working in the area of mental health.
