BGIcon!

May27
by on May 27, 2017 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: blog

Board Games Ireland, the little board game meet up group I started back in November 2013 now has just shy of 3000 members.

So me and some of the other organisers decided to try out had at organising our own gaming convention. This will be a full day dedicated purely to just boardgaming, we won’t be going near RPGs, war gaming or LARPing. Just sticking to our strengths.

We normally host the meet ups in a pub. But the convention will take place in the big hall at the Teachers’ Club on Parnell Sq. It’s nice and bright and we’ll have lots of big tables ideal for board gaming.

So if you’re free that weekend please come in and play some games with us.

More details here:

BGIcon – Our First Gaming Convention!

The Ghosts of Priory Hall

May25
by on May 25, 2017 at 4:26 pm
Posted In: audio drama

The cast rehearse the script for the ‘Ghosts of Priory Hall’

I’m currently working on a series of Shakespeare plays that have been adapted to relate to contemporary North Dublin. The plays have been selected to fit in with the current Leaving Cert curriculum.

I’ve already recorded ‘Larry’ which was an adaptation of King Lear. Currently we’re rehearsing ‘The Ghosts of Priory Hall’ which is a contemporary version of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and set on a ghost estate. We’ll be recording next week and coming up after that we will be having open readings for the Macbeth adaptation.

Shopping for Beginners

Jan27
by on January 27, 2017 at 11:55 am
Posted In: audio drama

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A new audio drama that I produced airs next week.

Shopping for Beginners by Maurice Newman is a new 2 part audio drama that takes place in a shopping centre in north County Dublin as two older men from drastically different backgrounds strike up an unlikely friendship.

It broadcasts at 6.30pm on February 2nd and 9th on Near FM 90.3 and will be available here and on the podcast shortly afterward.

Made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee.

Boardgames Ireland Podcast

Dec06
by on December 6, 2016 at 1:03 pm
Posted In: Podcasts

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We just released the 4th episode of the Board Games Ireland podcast which is a spin off from the meet up group I set up 4 years ago. We just hit 2500 members in the group.

We experimented with recording a play through of game in the latest episode. You can hear all 4 episodes in the below play list:

Near Archive Website

Nov17
by on November 17, 2016 at 7:23 pm
Posted In: blog

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This is a new website I’ve been working on for the past year or so in Near FM.  And we launched it just last night.

Near Archive is a digital audio database of interviews, which were originally broadcast on Near FM’sflagship community affairs programme Northside Today between the years 2011 and 2016.

 The content reflects upon the themes of Irish Culture, Life and Experience with a particular emphasis on local arts and culture, local news, history, heritage and community events. There are currently over 1000 interviews in the database.

Near Archive has been assembled with the input of expert partners including the Digital Repository of Ireland and Dublin City Council Library and Archive. In addition a cross-sectoral approach to archiving has been established through CRAOL, the national body for community radio.

Near Archive can be accessed by visiting www.archive.ie where content can be streamed or downloaded and runs on a Creative Commons license.

Partners and Funders

Near FM www.near.ie

CRAOL (Community Radio Ireland) www.craol.ie

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland www.bai.ie

Digital Repository of Ireland www.dri.ie

Dublin City Library & Archive www.dublincity.ie

CDETB www.cityofdublin.etb.ie

INTREO www.welfare.ie/intreo