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Integration Nation – Dublin Chronicle

George Mulcahy November 29, 2021

Near fm presents Integration Nation – Dublin Chronicle, produced and presented by Alice Chau, Stephen Hogan and Philip Behan. Alice Chau is joined on the programme by Eva-Maria Oberauer where they discuss the delights of Chinese Food. Philip Behan introduces us to…

Lifeline – How Swimming can help your Mental Health.

Paul Walsh September 29, 2021

Through the pandemic a lot of people took up swimming in the sea to help with their mental health. Debbie McMahon chatted to Victoria who talks about her own story on why she did this and how good she feels in her…

Lifeline: Daryl Noonan – Wolf Academy 14 – 09 – 2021

George Mulcahy September 14, 2021

George Mulcahy is joined by Daryl Noonan Co-Founder of Wolf Academy where they chat about their online wellbeing courses available for 2021 as well as discussing mental health and our approaches to the topic here in Ireland.

Alan Tuffery on What Makes People Happy

7th Seal June 15, 2021

Former academic Alan Tuffery joins Donie for his regular contribution and this time Alan discusses what makes people happy.

Hip-Hop Artist Sea High on Life During Lockdown

7th Seal June 2, 2021

Multi-instrumentalist, rapper, producer and spoken-word artist Craig AKA Sea High, joins Debbie McMahon to talk about his new single “Bad Habits” being released on June 25th. He also shares his passion for Hip-Hop and about how the Covid-19 Lockdown affected his moods…

Lil’Olympians Sports with Val Laszlo

7th Seal May 19, 2021

Val Laszlo, Founder and Director at Lil’Olympian Sports is running summer camps all around North Dublin for young children. Lil’Olympians Sports strive to tackle physical/mental/social health problems faced by the Irish youth of today.

Dr Ciara McEnteggart on Mental Health as COVID Restrictions Ease

7th Seal May 12, 2021

Be proactive about your mental health as COVID restrictions lift. Debbie McMahon speaks to Dr Ciara McEnteggart from perspectives Ireland who is a Psychologist & deals with mental health & well-being.

Singer-songwriter Patrick Dennan talks about one method of how to write a song.

John Connell April 30, 2021

Singer and acoustic guitarist Patrick Dennan tells NearFM’s John Connell about his method of composing a song. Patrick has worked on many projects with community groups around Ballymun. These projects have included everyone who are involved with community groups in tackling issues…

Covid-19’s Affect on Men’s Physical & Mental Health with David Knowles

7th Seal April 14, 2021

David Knowles from the Super Dad Fitness Project in his first of a few interviews over the coming weeks with Debbie McMahon on how Covid has affected men’s physical & mental health and why he wants to break the stigma around it.

TD Mark Ward on Government Fighting Families of Children with Disabilities

7th Seal February 18, 2021

TD and Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Mental Health, Mark Ward speaks to Adrianne Murphy on what he calls the Government’s failure to meet its statutory obligations by spending of over €700,000 fighting the families of children with disabilities.

George Wilson AKA Ziggy from Grange Hill

7th Seal November 25, 2020

George Wilson AKA Ziggy from Grange Hill joins Debbie McMahon on the phone to talk about his own mental health & his book “From Grange Hill to Bipolar and Back”. Photo credited to Rex Features and the BBC

Lockdown Gym Closures

7th Seal October 28, 2020

According to Mark Ward TD, closures of gyms will have a detrimental impact on peoples mental health. Debbie chats to the Sinn Fein TD this morning about the closures.