Dave Mac's Local Legend

Liam Daly - lead singer of band Little Known talks to Dave Mac about their brand new single Listen and their gig in Fred Zeppelins.

Caoimhe Barry speaks to Dave about the Cabin in Knocknaheeny and her as a tutor. Also talks about the 10 years of Music Generation in Cork – with a concert in The Everyman on Monday 21st

Comedian Chris Kent talks about his brand new gig as an MC in the Comedy Club in the White Horse in Ballincollig and the event happening in The Bróg on Wednesday 23rd of November at 7pm. Win tickets here on Corks RedFM.

Programme Co-Ordinator of Cork Science Festival Mervyn Horgan talks about events that are happening for Cork Science Week 2022

Myles Gaffney talks about his brand new album Soldier On with the leading single of the same name – also his gig on in The Cork Arts Theatre November 12th

Christian McCallum - AKA The Belly Man speaks about The Cork International Film Festival and the film The Harder They Come.

Fiona Clarke talks about the Cork International Film Festival ahead of the opening and the movies that are to come throughout including the Irish film Aisha.

Connie Wiseman speaks to Dave Mac about The Cork Santa Cycle 2022 happening on Sunday 4th of December with all proceeds from the event donated to Marymount Hospice.

Christopher O' Leary chats to Dave about The Comedy Cavern in Coughlans on Douglas Street offering up Cork's finest comics and where they run free gigs on Tuesdays. He talks about a show on in The Comedy Cavern on Saturday 12th of November Kiri Pritchard-McLean - Home Truths.

Thomas O'Donovan from West Cork has blown up on TikTok over the past year with more than 6 million views and 42K followers. He has built a following on Spotify of 12K monthly listeners and gotten over 200K streams. He speaks to Dave about his new single Far Away that is released on Friday November 4th.

Comedian Andrew Ryan talks about bringing his new show to the Everyman Theatre Saturday November 5th.

Jan is after partaking in the Jack and Jill Up the Hill Challenge, to gather much needed funds for the organisation. Even though the event is supposed to take place in November Jan climbed Carrauntoohil as the appropriate conditions are not guaranteed. You can either gather funds by registering online and giving €18 which will provide an hour of nursing care or getting sponsorship is another optio...

The 11th annual Fort 2 Fort charity cycle is taking place on Saturday 29th of October. Registration for the event is still open online until 1pm on Friday 28th of October. Or alternatively you can register at the Raddison Blu Hotel from 4.30- 8 pm also on the Friday, the final chance to register is at Crosshaven Soccer between 8 and 9 am. The event is raising money for the Mercy University Hospita...

In association with Cork County Council, Re-use Republic took place in the IRD (Irish Rural Development) Duhallow headquarters in Newmarket Tuesday 25th from 2-7pm. It involved exhibits, workshops in recycling furniture and also Trisha of Trisha's Transformation will be wrapping up proceedings on how not to waste food. The event is all about showing local businesses how to start being green friend...

Out of the 5 acts shortlisted Ruby was winner and became the Red FM representative of Irish Music Month. London based Ruby is now back with a new single "Precious". Which is a R&B style tune. To hear more of Ruby's Music visit: ‎Ruby Ivy on Apple Music

Steve was kind enough to give us some of his time while the Kodaline lads and himself were on tour in Poland. The tour is aimed at promoting there new album Our Roots Run Deep. Which is an acoustic live album of the bands songs to date. It was recorded in the Olympia and is out now: https://goldendiscs.ie/collections/our-roots-run-deep-kodalineKodaline will be playing in Musgrave Park on Friday 23...

Paul Moore and the team at Rebel Chilli are one of many businesses across Cork City and County to pick up awards at Blas na hÉireann 2022 . Rebel Chilli won silver awards for their Korean BBQ and Siracha sauce. On top of winning an award 8 years ago when Rebel Chilli was founded, Paul was fresh out of college and producing the products from his mother's kitchen. To avail of Red Chilli's products v...

Julie Jay chats to Dave ahead of her run at the Everyman at 8 pm tonight. Where she will be wearing red latex and will be draped in a plastic snake. Comedian Tommy Tiernan is a big supporter of hers, so much so that she has opened for him on his "Paddy Crazyhorse" tour The show is a dark comedy love letter to Britney Spears, it starts in the 90s and goes through to the noughties.

Anne talks about the significant but lesser known role Cork women played in the struggle for Irish independence and the book produced on 5 of such women - "Ordinary Women in Extraordinary Times" - the MacSwiney sisters, Muriel MacSwiney, widow of Terence, and the Wallace sisters. Now a Frameworks films documentary recently screened as part of Indie Cork 2022.You can listen back to the full intervi...

Mary- Lou from Summerhill North brings ‘The Dead Letter Office’ to Graffiti Theatre Blackpool The show opens on Wednesday 19th of October in the Graffiti Theatre until Saturday the 22nd of OctoberElizabeth is a dead letter detective and knows everything there is to know about lost post. She loves her job… but people don’t send letters anymore. Days before the closure of her beloved Dead Letter Off...

Clodagh who is originally from Montenotte but has relocated to Park Avenue in New York City is part of a Board Bia Graduate Programme that are responsible for marketing Irish Food and Drink in the US. It is a two-year role which the French and commerce graduate is undertaking. She moved over in July 2021 in a pre-covid like NYC. Clodagh talks about the Food and Drink that the Irish are renowned fo...

Fiona chats about Holy Island a film that premiered in last year’s Cork International Film Festival currently screening at Triskel Arts Centre. Directed by Robert Manson; it's set in a port town where the two main characters are trapped and it follows their mission to get a ferry ticket for a way out of the mysterious town. In the black and white, suspense, experimental feature film Fiona's role h...

The Burma is made of Tony O Donovan (Vocals and Rhythm Guitar), Peter Piggott (Lead Guitar, Synths and Backing Vocals) and Cian Doherty (Drummer and Percussionist). Despite having released numerous EP's Tony and his band The Burma are only now after releasing their debut album "Sucker for Stars". They Play Sea Church, Ballycotton Friday Oct 21st. We heard the Burma's new single "Hard to Say".To he...

In this people’s history of Ireland, John Creedon introduces a fascinating collection of stories from the Schools’ Collection. This treasure trove of old stories, ways and wisdom, which could have been lost for ever, was collected by schoolchildren as part of a nationwide project set up in the 1930s to preserve Irish folklore. Published here for the first time, this ‘best of’ selection includes ch...

The Enactus society is a global network of Student Entrepeneur's who want to make a difference to society or the sustainable development programme. UCC recently saw off 10 other Universities, winning a competition that involves presenting projects on various topical issues every year. The winner in terms of having impact and innovation with their presentation will go on to represent Ireland on the...