Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

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Midlands Today with Will Faulkner episodes

  • Week 23 - Friday
    Offaly TD John Clendennen says development in Edenderry is frozen until 2029 due to water infrastructure delays, and wants Uisce Éireann to publish a clear plan.
    Laois SPCA is overwhelmed by animal surrenders and neglect cases, as puppy Pablo and whippet Oscar highlight the urgent need for foster homes.
    Apprentice electrician and Laois Rose Katelyn Cummins is breaking stereotypes and encouraging young women to consider careers in male-dominated trades.
    1 hr 59 min
  • Week 23 - Tuesday
    Evan Fitzgerald, who died by suicide after firing shots at a Carlow shopping centre, was previously on bail for buying weapons on the darknet, sparking urgent calls to reform Ireland’s bail laws.
    TDs have slammed social media companies for failing to stop false claims and racist posts that circulated online after the Carlow shooting, demanding tougher action on harmful content.
    As over 66,000 students prepare to sit the Leaving Cert, local teens share their dreams—from law and politics to media and medicine—as they look to life beyond school.
    1 hr 59 min
  • Week 22 - Friday
    Irish peacekeepers were fired on by Israeli soldiers during a patrol in Lebanon; no injuries reported, but the Defence Forces call it deeply concerning.
    Laois wheelchair users are calling on the Government to introduce a proper Cost of Disability payment, with many facing impossible choices between heating and eating.
    Athlone gears up for its first Bike Fest this weekend, which also includes fundraising for domestic abuse support and awareness through the nationwide Go Purple Day campaign.
    1 hr 57 min
  • Week 22 - Thursday
    Gardai resumed searches in the Slieve Bloom Mountains as part of the upgraded murder probe into Fiona Pender’s 1996 disappearance.
    A man has been arrested after posting online threats to harm children, prompting a precautionary lockdown at a Laois primary school.
    An Athlone mother is pleading for access to a drug not yet available in Ireland that could slow the decline of her two sons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    1 hr 57 min
  • Week 22 - Wednesday
    Over 2,100 people in Offaly and Laois are waiting for first-time occupational therapy assessments, with Carol Nolan TD calling it a "crisis in care.
    The latest Garda search for missing woman Fiona Pender has concluded, with a former cold case detective saying the upgrade to a murder probe may finally lead to an arrest.
    12-year-old Tomás Ramsbottom from Laois has won his second Intel Mini Scientist award with a humane dog training collar designed to replace shock devices.
    1 hr 58 min

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“When people in the midlands want to talk, they talk to Will Faulkner.” Enjoy a blend of local, national and international stories and features. Show sponsored by O'Briens Motor Group & Bus…