Travel Tales with Fergal Podcast is a weekly interview series where Irishman Fergal O'Keeffe chats to a special guest about their travels, adventures and experiences living abroad. We talk about travel, culture, people, food, politics, history, tourism and expat lives.

He can be found on Instagram @traveltaleswithfergal

Many churches have moved their services online because of restrictions imposed on the numbers that can attend mass during lockdown but for some priests it has come at a considerable financial cost. Father Michael Twomey has called on the Government to financially support clergy who have invested and he spoke on Tipp Today this morning...

A strikingly original artist working in the field of jazz, folk and contemporary music; whose voice has been described as mesmerising or magical even while her music is haunting, evocative and powerful.

Singer, songwriter, Edel Meade spoke on Tipp Today...

Braised Steak was on the menu today for our cooking slot with Paddy Fahy on Tipp Today!

Our financial expert Frances O'Hanlon joined Fran on Tipp Today this morning to discuss the latest financial news and answer listener questions and queries...

On this week's Plan B we hear from the Chief Executive Officer of Tipperary County Council Joe MacGrath, Tony Delaney from SYS Wealth and Financial Planners in Nenagh and Naomi Treacy of Naomi's Cafe in Thurles.

The 6th Tipperary GAA draw took place last night in Lár na Páirce in Thurles and was broadcast live on Tipp FM.

First prize of a new car or €15,000 is heading west to Solohead, with James Ryan the winner.

Second prize of €5,000 holiday voucher or cash went to Michael and Suzanne Houlihan of the Thurles Gaels club. The €3,000 lotto jackpot wasn't won while Chrissie Walsh of Ballybacon Grange claimed the €2,000 prize.

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New Zealand have introduced a package of proposals that aim to eliminate cigarette use by 2025, first, by targeting those born after 2004. If passed, residents currently aged 24 years or younger would become New Zealand’s first entirely smoke-free generation, clearing the way to snuffing out cigarettes for good.

Forest Eireann member and Pro Smoker campaigner, John Mallon spoke to Fran on Tipp Today about the proposal...

The death of George Floyd, a 48-year-old black man, while he was being restrained by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis in May 2020, shocked the world and sparked global protests about racism and police brutality.

Chauvin's three-week trial - on charges of murder and manslaughter - has this week resulted in his conviction.

Black and Irish is an organization that is here to highlight and celebrate the identity of black and mixed-race Irish people. Their aim is to spread awareness around the world of the experiences, struggles and successes from within their community.

And co-founder Leon Diop spoke to Fran on Tipp Today this morning.

In Johnny Looby's look back of the week, he spoke about his Covid vaccine and smoking!