Category: Highlights & Full Shows

Today on Historic Looks and Fashion Hooks Ciara Lawless chats to Shane Newcome who talks about all things sailing and protective clothing.

Today on Inspired Lives Ciara Lawless chats to Self Love Empowerment Coach Brigitte O’Reilly who talks all about healing and mindset, courses and inspiration.

Today on the Trad and Folk Hour Therese Hanley is joined in studio by musicians Patsy Hanly, John Wynne, Michael Treacy and Kitty Phelan in a special programme focusing on the tin whistle.

Today on The Arts Programme Ursula Ledwith chats to creative dance artist and teacher Catherine Donnelly who talks about the Achilles Dance Initiative at the Roscommon Arts Centre and Nollaig Molloy who is a visual artist from Roscommon who talks about her ‘Mining An Archive’ as part of the EXTRACT exhibition at the Roscommon Arts Centre.

This week our Ukrainian piece is from Irina and Lena and they talk about the week that is in it with St Valentine’s Day very much included.

On Monday over 500 sheep farmers from all over the country gathered in Roscommon Town to protest at what they say is very poor prices that they are getting for their produce and their stock. Seamus Duke was there and he spoke to the principals.

While St Valentine’s Day was widely celebrated this week by the majority of people, there are those for whom this is a very difficult week and the mental health charity Turn2Me says that they have services to deal with people who may not share their enthusiasm for Valentine’s celebrations.

In his final look at the Roscommon connection to the Wild Geese our Historian Gerry Shannon looks at those who traveled abroad to fight in wars on the continent.

The new Roscommon Hospice building which has been provided by the Mayo-Roscommon Hospice Foundation was opened on Monday this week and Seamus Duke was there and spoke to the principals on a red letter day for the service in the county.

Local Independent TD Dennis Naughten who has represented Roscommon for the past 26 years has announced that he will not be running in the next General Election. He spoke to Seamus Duke on the Good Morning Roscommon programme about his shock decision.