The Dublin Council of Trade Unions, in conjunction with the Youth Committee of the ICTU and in co-operation with the Health trade unions, inaugurated a ‘Campaign for a Decent Public Health Service’ some time last year.

The Campaign hoped to bring together those who work in the Health Service and their trade unions, with patients’ advocates, Health and Hospital campaigners, concerned Health professionals, community and voluntary organisations, the trade union movement in general and the general public to demand a civilised Health Service.

DCTV recorded the meeting as part of our The Document series.

You can scan through profiles of our committee members over here.

History of Community Radio In Ireland (1/4) from Near TV on Vimeo.

Community radio is about involving people in local communities. It is designed to engage and empower people giving them an opportunity to explore their sense of identity and reflect the positive aspects of communities that are often considered too small to be featured in mainstream media.

In this documentary, The History of Community Radio in Ireland, we travel across Ireland visiting a variety of different community radio stations and investigating the work they do. We also get an insight into the history and evolution of the Community Radio Movement in Ireland by charting it’s struggle to be officially recognised as a legitimate form of broadcasting and the challenges it faced.

The documentary draws on the experience of many practitioners of community media over the last 30 years some of whom are still actively engaged in the continued development of the movement today.

Funded by the BCI under the Sound and Vision. Produced by Martin McGee and broadcast on DCTV

Community video exploring traveller culture through the eyes of the youth of the travelling community. They discuss housing, the difficulties accessing pubs and clubs, the different world view of male and female Travellers and their varying outlooks towards settled people. As one interviewee puts it: ‘What’s so great about being settled?’ Contributors: Bernard Collins, Thomas Collins, Paddy Collins, Martin Keenan, Michael McDonagh, Michael Collins, Lisa Collins, Kathleen Lawrence, Lisa McDonagh, Louise McDonagh, Anne Marie McDonnell.

Making Mayfield was produced by Frameworks Films in collaboration with the Mayfield Employment Action Project and explores the notion of the term ‘community’, through the example of Mayfield on the northside of Cork city.

DCTV’s crew were present for a screening of Community Response’s Hidden Voices 2, a drama dealing with Hep C sufferers in Dublin’s inner-city. The film received a good response and we were there to capture the discussion on the topic that followed. The footage has been captured and one of our members is volunteering his time to cut the footage this week.