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Programme 1 – Smoking The fifth edition of the Health Behaviour in School-Age Children in Ireland report shows a continuing drop in the number of Irish children smoking: since the initial report in the late nineties, each one has recorded a drop in the rate of smoking in 10-17 year olds – from 21.2% in 1998 to 11.9% in 2010 to 8% in 2014. However, while this is cause for celebration, it still means that one in ten of Irish children between the ages of 10 and 17 are smoking. This programme will examine how prevalent smoking is amongst young people in Dundalk and what type of cigarettes they are smoking (including packets of cigarettes, rolled cigarettes and vaping). It will feature a role play focusing on peer pressure. Contributors will include representatives from the Dundalk Youth Centre (which provides a supportive environment for young people, who are encouraged to express themselves through creativity and the arts), who will give his views on the problem of young people smoking and a representative from the Irish Cancer Society, who will discuss ‘X-Hale’, their initiative which aims to prevent young people from taking up smoking. There will also be an in-studio panel of young people, to get their views on smoking. Finally, we will here from the local Gardai about how the trade in counterfeit (and thus cheap) cigarettes can tempt young people into taking up smoking. Programme 2 – Alcohol Abuse A recent European School Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) report on teenage behaviour across Europe showed that Irish teenagers will binge drink more than their European counterparts. Half of all 15-16 year olds surveyed in Ireland said they had consumed alcohol in the previous 30 days, which is 7 per cent below the European average. But when asked how much they had drunk on their last drinking day, the survey showed that Irish teenagers drank significantly above the European norm (Irish teenagers consumed 6.7cl of pure alcohol and the EU norm was 5.1cl) This documentary will feature interviews with the organisers of junior (under 18) discos, to gain an insight into their day to day dealings with this problem. It will also include a discussion with a representative from the North Eastern Region Drug and Alcohol Task Force and from the Cox’s Demesne Youth and Community Project. As with each programme, their will be a panel discussion involving young people, both those who drink alcohol and those who don’t. Programme 3 – Drugs (Part 1) This programme will be split into two parts as the content is so large. A recent report by irishhealth.com states that; ‘It is not known how many people abuse drugs in Ireland and, of these, how many are adolescents. Opiate addition is, perhaps, the best documented, as users are more likely to have a need to present themselves for treatment. Over 7,000 people have attended the Drug Treatment centre in Dublin since it was founded in 1980. The first part of this programme will involve identifying the various types of illegal drugs being used by young people, included cannabis, cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy). Contributors will include representatives from organisations that are there to help tackle addiction such as the North Eastern Region Drug and representatives from the Alcohol Task Force and the Adolescent Addiction Service. An Garda Síochána have recently attempted to address this issue by patrolling the perimeter of local secondary schools to prevent drug dealers from targeting adolescents. We will have a representative from the Gardai to discuss the success of this initiatives. Finally we will have an in studio panel of young people, to get their views about the availability of drugs to young people and their awareness of the dangers of drug abuse. Programme 4 – Drugs (Part 2) The second programme on this issue will focus on the work of organisations trying to prevent the spread of drug abuse amongst teenagers. We will be examining school guidance and counselling programmes of various schools in Dundalk, as well as discussing their substance abuse policies.  Contributors include representatives from the Positive Youth Education, a TY workshopthat works very closely with 1st Years to make them aware of the dangers of drug taking. Another contributor will be the local Youth Development Officer, who will talk about the problems being faced by him and his team with regards to drug abuse within local communities. Documentary 5 – Legal Highs In January of this year, Alex Ryan, 18, from Cork, died after reportedly snorting the drug ‘N-bomb’ (a legal high’ at a house party in Cork. Six young people were treated at hospital for taking the drug but Gardai believe Alex died because while the others swallowed this substance, he snorted it. N-Bombs (members of the NBOMe ‘family’ of drugs) are powerful hallucinogens, similar to LSD, which means they change the way you see objects and reality and often lead to hallucinations. The recent EU Drugs Markets Report 2016 emphasises the challenges Ireland is facing legislating for legal highs because new substances are being released faster than the government can ban them. The drugs are quickly made and easily disposable. When a ban is put in place on a particular drug, manufacturers are able to quickly replace it with another substance which is similar in effect but different in its chemical make-up – making it technically legal. A 2014 European Commission Report ‘Young People and Drugs’ stated that Ireland is the most common user of these drugs – with over 20% of 154 year olds surveyed saying that they had used “legal highs” at some point. Although the government banned ‘Head Shops’ in 2011, reports suggest that legal highs are still available, although they have now been pushed underground. This programme will explore how young people get hold of these products and look at their effects. Users of these substances will be given anonymity as we talk to them about their experiences. We will also examine the role of the internet in allowing young people to access these legal highs. Contributors will

  This is a series of two programmes about the life and accomplishments of the late Harold O’Sullivan as both a trade unionist and a historian. Much of the detail and nuance of Louth’s history might have remained both unknown and irretrievable without his decades of research. Harold O’Sullivan pursued a love of his local and national history after his trade union career. He received his PhD by completing an extensive history of the Trevor family of Rostrevor. He would go on to write an extensive medieval history of Louth, making accessible a vast amount of information that was previously buried. Having been in his 60’s when he completed a Masters in Literature and a Ph.D Harold seems to have disregarded age as any barrier to his literary career. After completing both the Masters and Ph.D, he published five books and two theses, becoming in the process the most authoritative source on local history in the Dundalk area. His work as a historian brought forward a frustration in him that a town like Dundalk which is steeped in such fascinating history, literary evidence of which is available as far back as the 12th century. Part 1 features Isabell Murphy, Dr Alison Lennon and Dr Raymond Gillespie. Harold O Sullivan – Part 1 Part 2 features Felix O’Callaghan and Shay Cody. Harold O Sullivan – Part 2  

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Storm the Orchard is an alternative music show with Danny O’ Hanlon on the first and third Wednesday from 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm.  

Radio Dogstar explores the night sky and picks up and retransmits the sounds of the future on Dundalk FM. On non football Friday nights we establish a link to Dogstar Radio which is 8.6 light years away and visible low to the south in the evening sky.       On Radio Dogstar this evening (24th March)  at 7pm join Jacky D, Sally Cadence, Tone Controller, the Kitchen Worker and the News Team for their Friday (Non Football Night) Transmission featuring Art of Noise, CameraKraftwerk,Thievery Corporation Daft Punk. This week the Dogstar Workers Recommendation is La Dusseldorf.   We will be beaming live from Dogstar on Friday 3rd March at 7pm. The Dogstar Kitchen Workers have chosen Moebius & Plank as their featured artist while the Coat Attendants picked Cavern of Anti-Matter, David Bowie, Yellow Magic Orchestra and FÖLLAKZOID.

Presented by Andrew Nulty, The Chart Show features the newest chart sounds and features an Irish musician each week. The show airs on Tuesdays at 8pm and Saturdays at 11pm.  

Wishing all our listeners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018 with a Dave Browne Christmas Takeover Special Edition. From Tracey and Ollie. This is a 7 minute clip featuring Amanda St John, Brendan Murphy,  Sinead McNally and Paul Cox   You can see the guests in studio on Tremaine Gregg’s youtube channel below. https://youtu.be/oBBC5HQ7jlk https://youtu.be/uDDeQmJvs9k https://youtu.be/CEGZA-LtIjo https://youtu.be/9AFNWzVwgJA https://youtu.be/PQTDdixUiBo   5th Unsung hero in the Irish music industry. A musician, former broadcaster of Totally PCfeaturing Irish artists, manager of Aine Cahill (my one to watch for 2017) & uncle to The Strypes. A big supporter of me when I started out with many appearances on Cavan TV, even standing in for him as show host. He is a hard man to pin down as he is so busy but delighted I Recently had him on Gigs Ireland presents The Takeover to share his musical journey with me. One day I would love to co present a TV show with this guy as it would be a cracker Thanks for being you Paul x   Today’s Takeover with Tracey Hanby featured Irish band Heathers (Ellie and Louise) talking about and playing the music that influences their sound. Ellie, Tracey Hanby, Ciara Byrne and Louise. — withTracey Hanby Gray and Tracey Gray. A great productive day in studio with Frank McNamara for The Takeover.