Our award winning audio drama series returns this month with 6 new plays. Each one airs at 19.00 every Friday. October 31stHome by Carol RooneyDirected by Anna Nugent ‘Home’ is a monologue play following three generations of a Dublin family during the first half of 2020. Eileen a Clontarf native[Read More…]
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Catalysts for Change: Ireland and the EU in Conversation
The first interview with Lynn Boylan MEP will broadcast on Tuesday October 21st at 12.30pm. Across a series of six in-depth feature radio interviews and podcasts, Near FM will look at Ireland’s relationship as part of the EU, and how Irish lawmakers, academics and professionals are striving for positive changes[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series – Korros Ensemble
Broadcasting Tuesday July 15th at 2pm – Near FM presents episode 36 in our Hugh Lane Concert series with Korros Ensemble. The ensemble perform with the beautiful and unusual combination of flute, clarinet and harp. In the concert we hear works by Astor Piazzolla, Claude Debussy, Elizabeth Poston, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and[Read More…]
Dead Platoon
Dead Platoon can be heard on Friday, July 18th at 7pm. Young men, think twice before whipping out your spray paints after dark, hoping to have some fun at the expense of the defenseless dead in that old local cemetery near you. Dead Platoon a new radio drama, written and[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series – Susannah de Wrixon and Conor Linehan
Broadcasting on Tuesday July 8th at 2pm – Near FM presents episode 35 in our Hugh Lane Concert series with Susannah de Wrixon on vocals and Conor Linehan on piano, with a diverse programme of song and piano music including works by Shakespeare, Bucchino, Weill, Joyce, Gershwin, Sondheim and original[Read More…]
Charmers and Chancers, Chaucer’s Cheerleaders
Broadcasting every Friday afternoon at 3.30 from June 27th to July 25th Devised and produced by Berni Dwan, and funded by Coimisiún na Meán, Charmers and Chancers: Chaucer’s Cheerleaders, is a five-part series that attempts to link five key medieval professions – military, religious, legal, medical, trading – as depicted[Read More…]
A Wild Year on the Northside
Broadcasting in June – Thursday 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th at 7pm Listen to episode 1 now This new series will take a lyrical look at a year in nature on the Northside of Dublin City. Each of the four episodes will focus on a different season and give listeners[Read More…]
Trinity Talks: Dublin’s Hidden Histories
Broadcasting Thursdays at 6pm – April 24th, May 1st, May 8th, May 15th, May 29th and June 5th Listen back to previously broadcast programmes here Dublin’s Hidden Histories is the latest series of ‘Trinity Talks’ from the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute and Near FM. In[Read More…]
The Hugh Lane Concert series – The Art of the Fugue
Broadcasting on Tuesday March 11th at 2pm. In this special episode, Harpsichordists Rachel Factor and Yonit Kosovske present a duo performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue) BWV 1080. Composed in Bach’s final decade of life, this monumental masterpiece was scored for unspecified[Read More…]
11% of Dubliners Listen to Near FM
Amarach Research 2025 11% of people living in Dublin city and county listen to Near FM. Other Key Findings: Craol, with matched CBSS funding from Coimisiún na Meán has conducted an extensive audience survey in the Community Radio sector. The aim of the Amárach survey is to report audience feedback and[Read More…]
