Category: Podcasts

On this week’s Feel Good Friday with Joe Bambrick, Sarah Waldron who is a yoga, meditation and mindfulness teacher for both children and adults talks about the benefits of yoga, the classes she teaches throughout various communities and shares a relaxation exercise with listeners. Manomaya

The National Adolescent & Beyond conferenceis a one day event, designed for professionals, parents and caregivers who want to better understand and support the mental health, emotional wellbeing and development of adolescents and families. It takes place at the ILAS Centreat University College Galway on Tuesday, 19th May, and willbe an engaging and practical event bringing together leading clinicians, educators and […]

Andrew Nolan gives talks on mental health and suicide awareness. He chats here with Adrianne and tells her about his experience with depression and how, while working as an agri-contractor in rural Ireland, his feelings of isolation were exacerbated and led to him having mental health problems and suicidal thoughts. Andy says that “everybody is so busy that no one […]

Adrianne is joined in studio by Senator Gareth Scahill to discuss various things that have been worrying the people of Roscommon, and he has been debating in the Senate on your behalf. Items include transport services for County Roscommon, dentist availability for people with medical cards, update on the Joint Committee on Education and Youth, the lack of Gardai allocated […]

A recent briefing hosted by the All Party Oireachtas Group on Dementia (APOGD) has exposed the hidden reality faced by More than 4,500 people in Ireland under the of 65 who have been diagnosed with young-onset dementia. The Alzheimer Society of Ireland is the leading dementia- specific service provider in Ireland, and one of the speakers at this briefing on […]

On this week’s Feel Good Friday Joe Bambrick chats to Actor, Darragh Gilhooly about the play ‘Yellowing’ taking place at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon on the 17th and 18th of April, and his association with Naming Cows Theatre Company and the background story to the play ‘Yellowing’ which deals with the subject of aging and Dementia.

Kathryn Mary Crowley is an artist, poet, author based in Kerry who has suffered with the pain, and other debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia for a large chunk of her adult life. She is now, in her own words, about 80%-90% recovered from the pain, while not taking any pain medication, and she has written a book entitled ‘Cave to Compass’, […]

On this week’s Feel Good Friday, Joe Bambrick chats to Laura Colleran, founder of Tech Start up, Joblar about the launch of a free app to track and compare fuel prices in Ireland. The Fuelradar app, powered by Joblar tracks and compares petrol and diesel prices in filling stations in Ireland, and chats about it’s importance to rural communities across […]

Adrianne speaks with Allen Meagher, Editor of Changing Ireland, a quarterly community focused national magazine, which highlights community development and social inclusion. They chat about all things to do with community and Allen tells of stories from their inception in 2001 to some stories that have stood out for him over their 25 years in publication. Why it is as […]

Rathcroghan is known as the ancient Capital of Connacht, where the festival of Samhain (Halloween) is said to originate. This majestic landscape is the oldest and largest unexcavated Royal Site in Europe. You can experience Rathcroghan’s rich archaeology, mythology and history through their interpretive rooms and expertly guided tours. One such guide at the centre is Mike McCarthy who joined […]