Galway's Community of Interest & Student Station since 1995
Since their inception, Flirt FM has won multiple prizes in the annual Community Radio Ireland (Craol) Achievement awards, which recognise quality in production of community radio in Ireland. This year Flirt FM took home two gold awards at the Annual Community Radio Ireland Achievement Awards that took place on the…
Update January 16th: The temporary link is in, we’re back in business. [Whoop]. We’ll be replacing our main link over the summer and keeping the temp link in place as backup so this. never. happens. again. Update November 10th: Lightnet have been in, and installed our new internet mast. Our…
‘Harness Your Hopes’ is a series of 6 podcast episodes of 30 minutes investigating and showcasing fiction. Six of the West of Ireland’s upcoming authors have written a new short story inspired by the theme of ‘harness your hopes’. On the programme, the author reads the story and then speaks with the presenter…
Each autumn, the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children, Ireland’s flagship festival devoted exclusively to children and families welcomes thousands of children from 0 to 13 years, their families and teachers from Friday 14th to Sunday 23rd October. Baboró returns to a full programme of over 50 live events for…
Galway Arts Centre’s youth collective, Red Bird – Ireland’s only youth-led visual art collective for young people aged 15-24, starts a new project on 24th September. Working with sound artist Anne Marie Deacy, Red Bird will embark on a process of exploring the urbansoundscape and creating a sonic map of…
We have moved our regular Volunteer Induction Training into an eLearning format that you can complete whenever you like, in your stretchy pants, eating dinner, or doing a facemask… The first part of the course is the Station Intro & Radio Basics. Much like LinkedIn Learning, you watch a short video, answer a few multiple-option-questions and…
A brand new music festival for Galway city… Black Gate Introducing! Taking part in venues across the city from June 16th to 19th; experience some of the most exciting emerging songwriters and bands that Galway has to offer. Curated by local promoters Free House, A Modern Movement and Eclectics, the…
A radio show made by kids for kids 🙂 CÚRAM SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices’ Discover funded project, Science Waves, is a series of science radio shows and podcasts made in partnership with Foróige and Flirt FM. Episode 4: The Immune System – 11:00, Thursday 31st March (30min) made in collaboration with young people of…