Capital Irish - Wellington

Presented by Andy Kerr.

Andy is joined in studio with Trish Given. Trish, a native of Tír Chonaill (Donegal), chats with Andy about her decision to stand in the upcoming council elections and why. The music played in the show is KhakiKid, Saint Demarcus - Date Nite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN7O6WzOp1I

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Anthony Gaffney

Anthony is in the hot seat this week, and brings with us his usual mix of music and news, hope you enjoy!

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Jim Friel

This week on Capital Irish with Jim, we hear about a number of topics of Irish interest including the recent controversy with camogie player uniforms - Shorts Vs Skorts, how the Irish monasteries kept the torch of civilisation alive in Europe in the middle ages, and the hero of Clontarf - Brian Boru 

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Finbarr Murray

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Roy McGuinness

This week in the studio Roy is joined by good friends and musicians Murray and Sue who share a number of Irish folk songs with us.  We would like to wish all our mothers listening today a very happy mothers day. 

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003

Presented by Andy Kerr

This week in the studio we've got Andy Kerr, sharing with us a whole host of events happening around the capital in the upcoming weeks, along with his usual mix of music from artists you might not have heard of from home.

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Marian Grealis

This week on Capital Irish and in commemoration of ANZAC day, Marian plays a selection of music that was inspired by conflict.

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Alice Paul

This week on Capital Irish, Alice discusses the potential impact of US Tariffs to the Irish pharmaceutical industry and updates us on happenings in NZ with an Irish flavour, including Ceol Aneas in Nelson over the upcoming King’s birthday weekend in Nelson and Colm Toibin’s visit to New Zealand for the Auckland Writer’s festival.

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Andy Linton

This week on Capital Irish, Andy Linton talks about his latest reading and view and also shares a few traditional Irish tunes as well as some stories behind them.

Click on these links for further reading on Andy’s topics today

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40047263.html

https://www.goodreads.com/series/116999-stefan-gillespie

https://irishmusic.org.nz/

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.

Presented by Jim Friel

Jim is back in the studio this week, where he shares some wonderful stories from across the globe all with a distinctly Irish connection, along with some lovely music.

Jim even recites a few lines from an old Irish poem The Faeries, written by William Allingham, which you may have heard of. 

This program was also broadcast on Wellington Access Radio with the support of New Zealand on Air. 

Capital Irish has been making programs for the Irish Community in Wellington, New Zealand since 2003.