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This week Stephen Gleeson is in the hot-seat for Extra Time, reviewing the past weekends action and previewing whats to come this week in the Premier County, Featuring interviews with Conor O' Brien, Jason Forde, Liam Sheedy, Liam Kearns, Geraldine Kinane and more!! We hope you like...

One of the biggest events on the Cahir social calendar was held on Friday night.

Now in it's nineteenth year, the annual Cahir Senior Citizens party saw dozens of OAPs from around the County travel to the Cahir House Hotel for a night of entertainment.

Cahir Gardai help organise the event, which is also staffed by volunteers from the Colaiste Dun Iascaigh, the Scouts and various volunteer emergency services.

Our own Ben headed to the event on Friday evening and prepared this report:

I'm joined in studio now by a man whose bringing a new play to Knockavilla.

'A Living Will' was written by Jim Keane and debuted last November:

Parental alcohol misuse can have a trauma-like impact on a child's mental state.

That's according to the chair of the Alcohol Association of Ireland, who says they want to help those impacted by alcohol misuse in their families.

Our resident child psychologist Majella Kennedy joined Fran on Monday:

A quick look at the newspapers for the past few months will throw up plenty of embarrasing British political stories - indeed, Brexit is more like a bad comedy than something we should actually be preparing for.

Well, one Tipp drama group are preparing their own adaption of a play around a British policital embarrasment - Ray Cooney's 'Out of Order'.

Moyne Drama Group open their 2019 production this Thursday, and their Director Joanne Bannon joined Fran on Monday:

Tipp Today Producer Ben Sweeney joins Fran for this week's Netflix recommendations.

All of those involved in the Soloheadbeg Ambush were remembered at a very special ceremony in West Tipp yesterday.

The community organised event, with the backing of Tipperary County Council, brought family relatives together to mark the centenary of what's widely recognised as the start of the War of Independence.

Our Trudy Waters was there and prepared this report:

Rhona Butler – like tens of thousands of others – completed her Leaving Cert last June.

However, in the middle of the exams, Rhona's mother Margaret passed away after a battle with cancer.

Despite the tragic loss, Rhona continued on with her exams as she says she had no choice but to continue.

She's now calling on the Minister to implement a bereavement procedure to ensure future exam students don't find themselves in the situation she did.