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SPORTS RADIO FOR PEACE
   
19 August 2010
Cross Border Sports Radio Series to launch in Dundalk
A unique series of ten sports programmes will take place over the next few months courtesy of Dundalk FM
in collaboration with Sports for Peace programme. These sports programmes will invite some of the
prominent heads of sports societies both in the North of Ireland and the border counties to discuss
how sport has been a key factor to finding peace in Ireland. The panel will consist of four members
of different sports organisations that have experienced first hand the problems that exist while trying
to bring communities of various ethnic, religious or political backgrounds together to play sport,
they will speak of the various projects they undertook and how the became successful and what strides
they had to take in order to ensure they remained a success.
The first of these programmes combined with the offical launch will take place next Tuesday 24th August
at 7:30pm in the Enda McGuill suite, Oriel Park on the Carrick Road.
Members of local sports organisations will be attending to ensure to put questions to the panel and to
experience a unique sporting project taking place. The programme will then be broadcast on
Dundalk FM 100 and on community radio stations troughout Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Members of the public are welcome to join the audience.
Sports Radio for Peace is supported by the European Union’s PEACE III programme as awarded
by Louth Peace and Reconciliation Partnership. For more details log onto www.dundalkfm.com
or call Alan Byrne at Dundalk FM 042 9395100 or email
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