Dave Mac's Local Legend

John recently contributed to the History Matters podcast with Dave to discuss his latest book An Irish Folklore Treasury as well as the various stories in the book. One of which tells the story of how his Dad knew someone that was around at the time of the famine, and his recollection of it. Hear the full interview at: https://redfm.ie/podcast/john-creedon-on-an-irish-folklore-treasury-and-his-int...

Sinead stopped by to plug both the fact that she is taking over Red Hits for the next few weeks and is also contributing to the Three By The Lee Podcast alongside Cornelius Patrick O'Sullivan and Chris Kent. It goes out every Thursday. They will be covering topics such as...The fact that comedians don't wear watchesOnline parking discsNaked AttractionWarning it contains audio of a Sensitive Nature...

Speaking to Dave about her numerous sporting achievements, Valerie will be producing a segment for the Big Red Bench - Hear Me Roar. She will interview well-known and respected sports stars in all disciplines in Cork and further afield. The first episode aired on Sunday 15th of January, and it saw Valerie interview former pro golfer Lisa McGuire. Also contributing were the likes of former Ireland...

Elaine, who lives in Mallow and is involved with Clean Coasts, spoke to Dave Mac about what the environmental education branch of An Taisce is responsible for which includes sub-branches such as Clean Coasts. They're tasked with cleaning up the coasts, and working with Blue Flags, Green Schools, and Green Schools Travel. They were the driving force behind a recent campaign called Think Before You...

Kevin chats about how it has been for him to star in the Sleeping Beauty Panto at Cork Opera House, as Chester the Jester. It's running until Sunday 22nd of January. He also chats about the huge effort involved in trying to get a show of that scale up and running both on stage and behind the scenes. Aside from this, there are bits of fun, off-the-cuff devilment, and laughter throughout the show. T...

Kevin made the move to London in 2014 to learn musical theatre, with his friend PJ who is also from Cork and is involved in Theatre. The two decided they wanted to get involved in a creative project together. They were ahead of the curve in terms of producing podcasts for the Irish market, this was pre covid in 2019 when they came up with an episode every 2nd week. During the lockdown, it gained t...

t. Ruth is currently recording new music which will take you on a journey of self discovery. The highs and lows of life,overcoming the various challenges and growing inner confidence. Her music is something that we can all relate to. Listen to t. Ruth's music now at: https://www.facebook.com/ruthbrosnanmusic/ t. RUTH | music for your station playlist — iPluggers

GLOW has expanded this year & a series of free eco festive workshops have being taking place at GLOW at TEST SITE which is located on Kyle Quay by Cornmaket Street. This weekend a host of Christmas decoration workshops such as how to make pop up Christmas cards, how to make fresh wreaths and Darren O’Connor on how to make table centres using fresh foliage will take place. All workshops are fre...

Shane has been working with Cork Simon Community for 11 years. Starting off as a full-time volunteer, then progressing to doing casual work on their relief panel,following this Shane ended up getting a permanent position. Shane is tasked with developing care plans, referrals to mental health and addiction services as well as access to housing for service users. It's also about having compassion to...

Fiona chats to Fiona from National School,Scoil Chlochair Mhuire in Carrigtwohill ahead of the Red Patrollers surprise visit to the school on Friday. It's sure to be a day of Festive Fun and Games with a visit from Santa.

James is a CSN Music Management and Sound student,his band Mono-Poly are involved in CSN Live 'n' Gigging in the White Horse in Ballincollig on Wednesday. Along with numerous other acts such as...Fionnán Barrett, Black Lagoon, Tweezerz, Shane Reilly, Spare Parts, Mino Mars and of course Mono-Poly. Doors are at 7.30 pm, get tickets now at: CSN Live 'n' Gigging @ The White Horse Tickets, Wed 14 Dec...

The Arcadia was run by Thurles native Elvera Butler and her partner Andy Foster and was one of the few places in Cork city that would host punk bands. Butler had been the entertainments officer at University College Cork, and so the venue became known as the 'Downtown Kampus'. The punk scene that developed in the late at the Arc was an important turning point for emerging Cork punk music; until th...

Red Breakfast's Laura O'Mahony talks about this year's Improv Panto which is returning this Friday to Cork Opera House. The Adult only panto is making a welcome return after two years. Also making up the cast are Dominic MacHale, Cornelius Patrick O'Sullivan, the brains behind the operation Laura Harte and Declan Wolfe from Studio Wolfe. Grab your tickets now before it's too late at: The Improv Pa...

Aware is responsible for caring and treating people with depression and bipolar disorder. In the form of support services, a support line as well as a range of education programmes. Stephen is encouraging people to Dash,Dance or Prance for Aware on December 9-11th. It's a nationwide 5k event, you are encouraged to share pictures of the event to social media. You will also receive a medal which dou...

My Lovely Horse Rescue is aimed at helping ALL animals. Their mantra is to "Adopt Don't Shop This Christmas" when it comes to family pets. This is on the back of an influx of pets being brought back into rescue centres post covid. If you're interested in adopting a pet visit: mylovelyhorserescue.com - WELCOME

Declan from Rubyhorse spoke with Dave about the band's up coming gig in St Lukes and a Christmas song he has co-written that tackles the cost of living crisis. It's been recorded & released by The Derelict Debits. All proceeds go to homeless charities in the UK and Ireland. Hear the song now at: https://open.spotify.com/track/3rhd2Mwkn4xnNbWDZkr5Ls?si=ff4aef2a9949446d Get tickets to the St Luk...

Sean chats with Dave about how lockdown has created more opportunities for him having moved home from London. Both Sean and his sister Jane were living in their family home. They were both looking for employment and Jane bought 2nd hand Jewellery. Sean then took it upon himself to post pictures of the Jewellery on Instagram. Taking advantage of the fact that most people would be at home and online...

The CoCo Comedy Club is located upstairs in the Roundy in Daunt Square. We hear about some of the impressive stats behind the Coco Comedy Club. A club which hosts a variety of comedians such as emerging talent on a Thursday, local talent on a Friday and a national headliner will be playing on the Saturday (someone who is established within the industry)This weekend sees the CoCo Comedy Awards Cere...

Damien spoke to us ahead to Virgin Media's "Gamers Are Athletes Too" in Turner's Cross. Damien is Co-Commentator at the event alongside side former Manchester United player Darron Gibson. It will see David Meyler and Stephanie Roche take on Ireland's top E Footballers Tyrone Ryan and Ciaran Walsh AKA Team Wild. You can catch the battle live on twitch at 5pm tomorrow.

This Saturday in Goldbergs at 7.30 pm sees the return of the Santa Cycle. It is hoped that upwards of 500 Santa's will be cycling through the City in the 6th event of its kind. With the aim of spreading festival cheer while also raising much needed funds for a number of charities. It's a 30-minute cycle and members of the public are encouraged to turn out to support the event. This is off the back...

Cork singer Rebecca spoke to Dave about her love of the dance scene in Cork and being approached by Fish Go Deep to sing on a few of their tracks. As well as her travels to London to pursue music and the Netherlands where she settled down to have kids and work in software for 15 years. Only in the last year has Rebecca got back into creating music. I'll Be Alright is one of the two tracks Rebecca...

Former Irish Footballer David Meyler talks to Dave about the event that’s happening in Turner Cross next Tuesday.

Barbra McDonagh of Insight Insurance talks about Donate A Dinner that’s happening this Christmas.

Songstress Marguerite O’Connor speaks to Dave about her gig with Cork Harbour Cruises. She will be providing the entertainment on the evening for the Christmas cruises this year – listen in to Dave Macs Drive to win a Christmas party for you and a few mates.

Trish Harris from Cork Harbour Cruises talks to Dave about the Christmas parties they are hosting – listen in to Dave Macs Drive to win a Christmas party for you and a few mates.