The West Coast Rock Show

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Steven A

Lee’s Electronic Hour

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Steven A

Smokin’ Room Sessions

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Steven A

RCB Sports Show

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Steven A

Mikey’s Mix

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Steven A

The Genealogy Show: Explorations of Irish Surnames – Kenneth Nicholls – Series 14 Episode 57

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Steven A

Kilkee Civic Trust Presents
The Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Steven A

Date: Wednesday, 13th July 2022 at 8pm No. 2 of 9 Talks

Speakers:Peadar King
Rachael English
Thomas Lynch
Talk Title:
The Art of Place:
People and Landscape of County Clare
Talk Description:
Writer and broadcaster Rachael English and poet and undertaker Thomas Lynch in conversation with Peadar King.

About the Three Speakers:

Peadar King

Originally from Kilkee, Peadar King is a documentary filmmaker and non-fiction writer.
For the past two decades, he has filmed in over fifty countries across Africa, Asia and The Americas for the award-winning RTÉ Global Affairs series What in the World?.

Peadar King regularly contributes to World Report (RTÉ Radio One) as well as other radio stations. He has written for a number of other publications including Being Irish (2021).
His book War, Suffering and the Struggle for Human Rights was described by The Irish Times as: ‘A call to humanity in a world full of atrocity.’
Along with Anne Jones he is co-editor of The Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare (2022).

Peadar King is currently Adjunct Professor of International Relations in
University College Cork.

Rachael English
Born in Lincolnshire in 1969, broadcaster and writer Rachael English grew up in Shannon, Co. Clare. Her broadcasting life began on Clare FM and from there she moved to 2FM and RTÉ Radio 1.

As presenter of Drivetime, she was the recipient of a PPI Award for her coverage of the September 11 attack in the United States and since then as presenter of Morning Ireland has covered all the major domestic and international events.

An enthusiastic reader, she started writing only seven years ago. Her first novel, Going Back (2013), was shortlisted for the most-promising newcomer award at the Bord Gáis Irish Book Awards and spent two months in the Top 10. Her subsequent books include Each and Every One (2014), The American Girl (2017), The Night of the Party (2018), The Paper Bracelet (2020).

On her own writing she has said: “Sometimes, I find myself thinking that I’m not suited to writing. I tell myself I’m an imposter who should stick to what she knows. More often I wonder how I managed for so long without it”.

The Letter Home is her most recent book.

Thomas Lynch

Essayist, Poet, and Funeral Director – Thomas Lynch has written five critically acclaimed volumes of poetry, four books of essays and a book of short fiction.

His most recent collections include,

THE DEPOSITIONS
NEW & SELECTED ESSAYS (Norton, 2019)
and
BONE ROSARY
NEW & SELECTED POEMS (Bloodaxe UK, 2022)

A novel is forthcoming.
Thomas Lynch has written for the New York Times, the Times of London, The Irish Times, Newsweek, and Harper’s.

His book The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade (1997) won the Heartland Prize for Non-Fiction, the American Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award.

He has taught at Wayne State University Department of Mortuary Science, University of Michigan Graduate Program in Writing and Emory University Candler School of Theology. His work has been the subject of two documentary films, PBS Frontline’s “The Undertaking” and Cathal Black’s “Learning Gravity.” He divides his time between his home on Mullett Lake in Northern Michigan and his ancestral home in Moveen, County Clare.

Paulines Poems

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Steven A

An accomplished poet, Pauline is joined by Jasna Vukasovic, Julia Wright, Frances Daly, join Pauline Skehan and Rob Hopkins for zooms of poetic joy!

Radio Beams – Neil Hynes Videographer and Centre Manager of Miltown

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Steven A

Community Unity

Posted on July 19, 2022 by Steven A

Mikey’s Mix

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Steven A

Lee’s Electronic Hour

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Steven A

The Genealogy Show – John Grenham Latest Developments – Series 14 Episode 56

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Steven A

[Closed]Broadcast Assistant CE Position

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Steven A

Application Details

DOONBEG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

Ref: #CES-2233153

RCB, Kilkee, Dough, County Clare, Ireland

No of positions: 1

Community Employment Programme

Published On: 04 Jul 2022

Closing On: 15 Aug 2022

Eligibility to participate on CE is generally linked to those who are 21 years or over and in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for 1 year or more or 18 years and over for certain disadvantaged groups. Your eligibility will have to be verified by the Department.

More information on Jobs Ireland where you can register interest. Alternatively contact a case officer in your local Intreo Centre.

Job Description

This is a developmental opportunity, no experience necessary. Accredited training will be provided to support your career.

Studio desk operation
Archiving audio
Digital editing
Outside Broadcast sound operation
Location recording
Research for various programmes
Interviews
Documentaries
Computer file management particularly audio files
News Reading

Paulines Poems

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Steven A

Radio Beams – Frank Custy talks about his hurling,teaching and his music.

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Steven A

Community Unity – with todays guests Rhona, Lucas, Karsten Krieger and Daithi OConnel

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Steven A

On today’s Community Unity Show we spoke to Rhona Lucas from on Cat Dubh about the importance of Spaying Cats.
Teresa spoke to Carsten Krieger about how he came to live in West Clare, his photography and the books that he has written to date.
We were joined live in studio by Dáithí O’Connell Principal of Limerick School of Music who chatted about his career to date, and then played a few tunes on the violin.

Kilkee Civic Trust Presents
Rosita Boland – Breaking a Silence.

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Steven A

Date: Wednesday, 6th July 2022 at 8pm No. 1 of 9 Talks

Speaker: Rosita Boland
Talk Title: Breaking a Silence
Talk Description:

Breaking a Silence about Ann Lovett’s life and death after 34 Years – Rosita Boland will talk about her interview with Ricky McDonnell, Ann Lovett’s former boyfriend.
Ann Lovett, aged just 15 Years, died on a school-day, on a Tuesday, 31st January 1984, after giving birth to a boy at the Grotto in Granard, Co Longford – a tragedy that continues to resonate across the decades.

In 2018 – Ann’s former boyfriend Ricky McDonnell spoke publicly for the first time. Rosita Boland will explain how she got the interview everyone wanted, and will provide an insight into the weeks spent investigating Ricky McDonnell’s story, and the process of collaborating it prior to publication.

Then, she will explore and expand on the public reaction after the interview was published.
It is undeniable that hearing Ricky McDonnell ‘s voice – through Rosita Boland’s 2018 article – changed an Irish narrative that had stayed static for 34 years.

The interview was published in The Irish Times on 5th May 2018 and, for Rosita Boland, it won her both the “Scoop of the Year” & “Journalist of the Year in 2018”.

About the Speaker:
Rosita Boland is Senior Features Writer with The Irish Times, where she specialises in human-interest stories. Rosita has won several awards for her Journalism, including “Journalist of the Year in 2018”. She is also the Author of two essay collections, Elsewhere (Doubleday), and Comrades (Penguin). Originally from Ennis, Co. Clare, she now lives in Dublin.