Playlist for Monday 31.8.15

4-5
Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardner
Johnny Cash - The man comes around
Ryan Sheridan - Hearsay
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
Noosa - Walk on By
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Volcano Choir - Byegone
Benny Smiles - Moonlight
Paul Weller - Broken Stones
Kinston - Chapter from a book

5-6
Magic City Hippies - Fanfare
Ramones - Baby, I love you
Petite Noir - Down
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Neon Atlas - I never felt so good
M83 - Midnight City
Masive Attack - Unfinished Sypathy
The Band - The Weight
Elbow - Lippy Kids
MKAI - Loop

6-7
Josh Ritter - getting ready to get down
TV on the radio - Happy Idiot
Neil Young - Walk On
James Vincent McMorrow - Breaking Hearts
Steely Dan - Peg
Oh Wonder - Technicolour Beat
Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world
Air - La Femme d'Argent

Playlist for Friday 28.08.15

4-5
James Brown - I feel good
Muse - Starlight
Ryan Adams - New york, New York
Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket
Thin Lizzy - The Rocker
The Raconteur - Consolers of the lonely
Two Door Cinema Club - Sun
Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
The Doors - Touch me
Blur - Lonesome St
The Frank & Walters - After All

5-6
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
The Black Keys - Howlin for you
Lloyd Cole - Lost Weekend
Pixies - Debaser
Chic - I'll be there
U2 - Beautiful Day
Masters in France - Playin with my friends
O Emperor - Switchblade

6-7
Rolling Stones - Miss You
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Can't Stop
Bob Marley - I shot the sheriff
Real Estate - Crime
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Devendra Banhart - Lover
Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
Hare Squead - Bop with it
Lianne La Havas - What you don't do
Inni-K - Come with me
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love

Garda Crowd Management Plan for All Ireland Semi-Finals this Sunday

Gardaí wish to advise patrons attending the All Ireland Football Championship Semi Finals in Croke Park on Sunday 30^th August 2015 that a crowd management plan will be in place.

The crowd management plan will be in place at Jones Road for approximately 30 minutes post the All Ireland Semi Finals.

Jones Road will be shut down for exclusive use of approximately 12,000 Patrons leaving the Hogan Stand.

Patrons will exit as follows:

Half of the Hogan Stand from the halfway line towards the Davin Stand will have no option but to turn left towards North Circular Rd / Gills Corner when they leave the Hogan Stand. Half of the Hogan Stand from the Halfway Line towards the Nally Stand will have no option but to turn right towards Clonliffe Road.

In summary Jones Road will be dived into two halves with the Northern half of the Hogan Stand turning left and the Southern half of the Hogan Stand turning right or straight up the parallel Streets of Russell Avenue & Fitzroy Avenue.

Further information is available on http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=15751

Playlist for Thursday 27.08.15

4-5
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Go Wolf - Voices
Ben Folds Five - Philosophy
The Turtles - Happy together
All We Are - Feel Safe
AC/DC - Back in Black
Travis Oaks - Last Love Song
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
New Order - Regret
Mason Williams - Classical Gas

5-6
Whipping Boy - When we were young
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Oh Land - Sun of a gun
Arrested Development - People Everyday
Director - Reconnect
Bob Dylan - Don't think twice It's alright
I'm your vinyl - Erase It
Guns N Roses - Paradise City

6-7
Soak - Blud
Foo Fighters - Big me
Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose
Aqualung - Strange & Beautiful
Big Country - In the big country
The Avener - Fade out Lines
AC Newman - Miracle Drug
Solar Bears - Our future is underground

National Slow Down Day

An Garda Síochána will conduct an intensive national speed enforcement operation for a 24 hour period from 7am tomorrow until 7am on Saturday.

During the day, Gardaí will be engaging in a number of high visibility speed enforcement activities to remind drivers of the dangers of speeding, including use of laser handheld speed detection devices, Garda speed vans, and in-car speed detection systems.

GoSafe vehicles will also be deployed on the day in speed enforcement zones where serious and fatal injury collisions have occurred. (All 727 speed enforcement zones are available on the Garda website).

The objective of operation “Slow Down” is to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.  The aim is to remind drivers of the dangers of speeding, increase compliance with speed limits and act as a deterrent to driving at excessive and inappropriate speed.

GoSafe vehicles will also be deployed on the day in speed enforcement zones where serious and fatal injury collisions have occurred. (All 727 speed enforcement zones are available on the Garda website).

Last year saw another increase in road deaths, resulting in 195 fatalities. Excessive or inappropriate speed is a major contributory factor to road traffic collisions.  The higher the speed, the greater the likelihood is of a collision happening and the more severe the outcome of that collision. As a general rule a 1% reduction in average speed will bring about a 2% reduction in minor injury collisions, a 3% reduction in serious injury collisions and a 4% reduction in fatal collisions. This is why reducing motorists’ speed is essential to improving road safety.

Here are some statistics to consider.

• 91% of detections were more than 10km/h over the speed limit.

• 9% of detections were made between 1 – 9 km/h above the posted speed limit
• 80% were made between 10 and 29 km/h above the posted speed limit
• 11%  of detections were for speeds in excess of 30 km/h above the limit
• 50km/ zones worst for speeding offences, nearly half of all speeding offences in this zone.

To date 106 people have been killed on Irish roads, 21 fewer than this date in 2014.

108,971 speeding fixed charge notices have been issued, as of 30th June 2015

Playlist for Wednesday 26.08.15

4-5
Cathy Davy - Sing for your supper
Leon Bridges - Smooth Sailing
Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
Phoenix - If I ever feel better
ELO - Don't bring me down
Banks - Warm Water
Van Morrison - Gloria
Petite Noir - Down
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Oh Wonder - Technicolour Beat

5-6
Smiths - Ask
Foals - London Thunder
Chuck Berry - You never can tell
Beck - The New Pollution
CC Brez - Her Alibi
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Death Cab for Cutie - Crooked Teeth
Tame Impala - the Moment

6-7
Fun Lovin Criminals - Scooby Snacks
All Tvvins - Too young to live
Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
U2 - Desire
Lianne La Havas - What you don't do
Magic City Hippies - Fanfare
JJ Cale - After Midnight
Gallants - This Is Heaven

New 'CrowdAlert' Traffic App

A lot of our listeners have got onto us recently and asked about the possibility of using Smartphone apps to help in dealing with traffic. Well, we've got some news on that front.

Dublin City Council are taking part in the EU funded INSIGHT project, part of which aims to develop a smartphone app 'Crowd Alert' that allows users to give feedback on traffic incidents taking place in their area, and verify details for DCC's Traffic controllers, enabling those in the Traffic Management Centre to respond quicker when collisions and other incidents happen around the city.


The app is now in the beta-testing phase, and DCC are looking for members of the public with Android phones to download the app and test it out. They're looking for users to experiment with the features of the app and report events (even fake ones) to test how well the app handles it.



To download the app and find out more information on how it works. Search for 'CrowdAlert' on Google Store (or follow this link):  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.aueb.boutsis.crowdalert.app