RICC Radio Podcasts

2025

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Eddie Bohan from the Ringsend & District Historical Society about the upcoming Bloomsday events taking place over the 5 day festival starting June 12th including the lecture on "Ringsend 1904" presented by him on the 14th, the local walking tour from Ringsend Library and the brunch being held here at the centre.

On this weeks episode we listen back to Helen's talk with John Loughran, owner of The Sandymount Hotel about his decades of running the hotel his parents founded and how he dealt with challenges along the way.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Sonya Goulding, Senior Programme Coordinator for the NCI Early Learning Initiative about her Wellbeing classes that have started here at the center. We also talk with Robert Mullee, student center manager for UCD about the upcoming UCD Festival on June 7th.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Shauna Tilley, the founder of Danspire about her weekly Walk Fit classes here at the center on Mondays.

On Minding Your Own Self episode 33 Helen talks with Conor Wynne Walsh, head of athletic development in Belvedere College about his experience completing the famous 250km desert marathon the Marathon des Sables for the Gavin Glynn foundation. They delve into the topic of resilience and the power of focus in achieving goals.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Cormac F. Lowth of the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association about the upcoming Dublin Bay Regatta taking place between May 23rd to 25th.

The lads are back with another episode discussing the PGA Championship, 2nd major of the year.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we bring you the second entry in the recent Talks with Trinity series: "If Siri was your sister - Does it matter if AI is Male or Female?" presented by Prof Taha Yasseri. We also bring you some interview snippets from this year's May Day festivities here at the center.

On Minding Your Own Self episode 32 Helen talks with Finola Cassidy, spokesperson for the Irish Thalidomide Association about her battle with Thalidomide and her positive attitude to life.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Clayton Love about the Sandymount Fun Cycle on May 18th. We also talk with Sabrina Dekker about her work in relation to climate awareness and the upcoming Climate Action workshop being held on May 14th here at the center.

On episode 3 of the Culture & Arts podcast Conor talks with writer and producer Gary Brown about his upcoming production Ollie, One Love, One Life.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we bring you the first lecture of the latest Talks with Trinity series: Brain Health for Global Health by Prof Ian Robertson, co-director of the Global Brain Health Institute. The talk delves into the changes of the aging brain and how confidence is key to keeping it in shape.

 On Minding Your Own Self episode 31 Helen talks with community activists Betty Ashe and Bernie Walsh about the power of community and people coming together to make a difference.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Clara Butz from Smart Docklands about their upcoming event 'The Connective Detective' Exhibition on the 9th and 10th of May. We also have Aine Ni Chaoimh with The Poetry Circle.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with our very own Lorraine Barry, manager of RICC about the upcoming Easter Tea Dance on April 17th and updates on other happenings here at the center.

On Minding Your Own Self episode 30 Helen talks with TY students Eoin O’Connell, Jack Clarke and James Corrigan from Sandymount Park ETSS to discuss what it's like being a teenager in 2025.

We're back for a preview of the US Masters 2025

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Eddie Bohan, chairperson of the Ringsend & District Historical Society about the upcoming Easter Rising & Ringsend walking tour and exhibition taking place on April 12th.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Eoin Meegan and Louise Whelan from NewsFour about the April/May issue of the paper coming out on April 4th.

On Minding Your Own Self episode 29 Helen talks with Ken Kirwan, entertainer, author and kidney transplant recipient of 18 years about his health journey, history with music and recent book: Anything is Possible - Back from the Brink.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Susan O'Brien from Susan O'Brien Flowers about the seasonal experiences with flowers in her line of business with a focus on the current season and Mother's Day coming up.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Liz Watson, Mary Colclough and Shane Nolan about Trinity's Unit18 and their work for events in the upcoming Dublin Learning City Festival.

On episode 28 of Minding Your Own Self, Helen talks with Mark Fennell, Business Coach about change and possibilities, and the success of his new book Break Through.

On the Community Newsdesk this week we talk with Mary Colclough about the new series of Talk with Trinity lectures. We also talk with Orlaigh Flanagan about the upcoming drama classes she will hold here at the center.