Learn about radio broadcasting

Gerry Callaghan 2017-09-11

Would you like to record a radio programme? Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes in radio? Want to get your message out there?

Athlone Community Radio have received funding from the Community Foundation of Ireland to deliver a Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Accredited Level 3 Media Expression Course.

The course will be 30 hours long, this will include time in studio, time on location and you will get to record your own radio programme.

For further information please contact Deirdre on 087 936 4974.

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FAQ’s

We are a front line refugee support group mainly working on the Lissywollen Direct Provision site in Athlone. Our focus is on providing information and help to the 300 (on average) residents living there.

We also work on the Temple Direct Provision site in Horseleap, Moate.

Everyone in the DP sites in Athlone and Temple is what is described as a ‘Convention’ refugee. People who have arrived in Ireland under a United Nations resettlement program are known as ‘Programme’ refugees.

Convention refugees are people who have made their own way to Ireland and have applied for recognition of refugee status when they arrive.

Various official and unofficial routes and methods are used to travel to Ireland. These change continually, depending on weather conditions and enforcement levels at crossings.

On arrival people are normally housed for a few weeks in Baleskin, near Dublin airport. They are then dispersed to various direct provision centres around the country.

People can get protection if they meet the conditions set out in The United Nations Convention on Protection of Refugees.

See Definition of a Refugee

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