If you're told to self isolate it will only be for 10 days now but if you have to restrict your movements it's still for 14 days, we meet the Athlone man who set up his own business after rejecting college and how a poor naive woman lost €10,000 and how you can avoid making the same mistake.

A mum who's 24 weeks pregnant says she spent the morning in tears ahead of a fetal echo which will detect if her baby has a congenital heart defect. Current visitor restrictions mean Laura Brunton will receive the news while her husband waits in the hospital car park, a scenario that fills her with fear and anxiety. Her 19 month old son was born with a complex heart condition and the chances of this re-occurring are 1 in 20. The Oldcastle mum has been speaking with Will Faulkner on the Midlands Today Show:

Liam is joined by newly appointed successor as MEP for Ireland North West Colm Markey, who succeeds Mairead McGuinness.

Liam takes on Longford/Westmeath Fianna Fáil TD Robert Troy as the party goes into crisis management after strong attacks were made on leader Mícheál Martin at this week's Parliamentary Party meeting.

Questions raised over local transport schedules...by one prominent County Laois man..

The Labour Party's local campaign to have paid sick leave for workers during Covid..

And..what do you do if your wearing a face mask..and you're an asthmatic? One Offaly man tells his story.

The most Senior HSE Doctor here in the Midlands says Covid-19 is much less severe than the average flu and it doesn't justify draconian restrictions on your life, CAO points climb for many college courses elsewhere in the Country so if you know somebody who is disappointed there are some great choices here in the Midlands where the points for many courses are lower than last year and you should be heading to The Ploughing this week so what is The National Ploughing Association doing to fill the gap?

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner, Friday 11th September 2020 by Midlands 103

A fundraiser is underway for a midlands mum and her teenage daughter who have both been diagnosed with cancer.Fiona Murphy was having Chemotherapy for breast cancer when they found out 14 year old Saoirse had a large brain tumour. The Clonown teenager underwent an operation in Temple Street to remove the mass and is now in Germany for proton therapy - which has less side effects than Radiotherapy. Over €36,000 euro has been raised since the Go Fund Me page was set up two weeks ago. Fiona's sister Nicky Bourke has been speaking to Will Faulkner on the Midlands Today Show:

Country Life Wednesday 10th September, 2020 by Midlands 103

No sooner does Covid-19 testing at meat factories get underway then it stops again, so do we have enough testing capacity for the Winter ahead? Shannonbridge and Lanesborough power stations will soon be torn down, can you think of a better use for them? And is your insurance provider taking advantage of the fact that you don't fancy changing providers?

If you can work remotely from home does that mean you can work for a boss in another country and if so where do you pay the TAX? And an army of doctors and nurses answered Ireland's call at the start of the pandemic but where are they now?

Divorce parties post lockdown and close confinement?

A K-shaped economic recovery post pandemic?

Pubs finally given a date to reopen but with a warning of localised restrictions as Covid-19 cases rise and 75% of all jobs in hospitality might be lost if supports for the sector are not fast-tracked.

Join Ronan as he talks, stags and divorce parties with Catherine Kiveney of www.thehen.ie in Athlone.

Chief Economist at IBEC Gerard Brady on economic recovery post-lockdown and Brexit and Dara Cruise from Midlands Park Hotel on the precarious position hotels find themselves in.

Publicans Liam Gilleran and Sean Corrigan give their reaction to the reopening date for pubs.