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Tipp Today with Fran Curry. The show that gets Tipperary talking

In the final hour of this mornings Tipp Today, Fran spoke to President of the Saint Vincent de Paul Kieran Stafford about the importance of the recent Tipp FM Toy Appeal which generated the most amazing response from Tipp FM listeners.

We also had our Friday panel with Helen England, Peter Ward and Shane Brophy where we discussed Infrastructure and Economic growth, medication for vital illnesses and is the Day of the Good Samaritan dead.

In the second part of this mornings Tipp Today, Fran spoke to another of our lsiteners Michael Joseph who was venting his fraustration at motorists who don't use their lights properly. Brid O'Meara from Aware spoke to us about lonliness, with Christmas proving to be a very difficult time for some people. We spoke to Stuart John Downie about this weekends Tractor run in Carrick on Suir and we spoke to teachers and students from Colaiste Mhuire Co-Ed in Thurles after they were honored with a leading light award for road safety.

Today's Tipp Today came from Nenagh where Fran spoke to a number of listeners; William in Roscrea spoke to Fran about pedestrian safety and his calls to fine pedestrians who are not wearing high vis vests. We also had TD Jackie Cahill live in studio to talk about water charge refunds. Fine Gael election hopeful Mary Newman announced her intention to contest a Seanad seat and Billy spoke to Fran about his fears as the speed limit at Redmonstown in Clonmel has been increased resulting in dangerous driving conditions at the Redmonstown junction.

In the final hour of todays show we had our wine slot with Gary Gubbins from Red Nose wine, we had our weekly vet slot with Mairead from Arra vets who answered many listener questions this morning and we spoke to local people in Ardfinnan about controversial plans for the bridge.

In the second hour of this mornings Tipp Today, we spoke to another listener, Matthew wanted to talk about how funding in other Departments could be used for the payment of vital drugs. He singled out Free Legal aid and said it should be scrapped to free up money. We spoke to SuperIntendant Willie Leahy about driver and pedestrian safety in the run up to Christmas and he had info on some recent incidents which are being investigated. We had our weekly wine slot with Gary Gubbins from Red Nose wine and we spoke to Rita Burke and Simon Molloy who are organising the Santa Dash in Clonmel which is being organised by the South Tipperary Mental Health Consumer Panel.

In the first hour of this mornings Tipp Today, Fran spoke to a couple of our listeners; Phillip wanted to talk about the arrogance being shown by the HSE in relation to the availability of vital drugs for people with serious illness in the wake of the death of Nenagh woman Marion Kelly, we spoke to Jude about the 8th amendment and his views on abortion, we also spoke to TD Mattie McGrath who has been criticised for his comments about the chair of the committee reviewing the 8th Amendment.

In the final part of this mornings Tipp Today, Fran spoke to an inspiring Tipperary man, Daragh Stakelum started losing his sight in his late teens but has gone on to represent Ireland in golf and soccer and we also had our psychotherapy slot with Joannes Berkery where we spoke about anxiety.

In the second hour of todays show, Fran spoke to Aideen Fahy, the daughter of Nenagh woman Marion Kelly who sadly died just weeks after the HSE withdrew a trial drug for Alpha One patients. Aideen and her family are calling on the Health Minister for answers. We spoke to Marian from Meningitis research about the disease as cases are set to increase drastically in the run up to Christmas.

This mornings Tipp Today came from Nenagh where Fran began by speaking to Tipp FM General Manager Susan Murphy about the Tipp FM Toy Appeal which generated an overwhelming response, The Wednesday focus with Helen England, we also had a look through this weeks local papers and we were delighted to bring you some music from the Gaelscoil in Nenagh who performed some brilliant Christmas songs for us!