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Featured on this week’s Inclusive Sport with Aidan Raftery: Premier League Soccer and World Cup with Brian Colleran, Roscommon Round Up with Robbie Mulvey, Formula 1 with Michael O’ Grady, Southern Gaels Hurling Club with Robbie Mulvey and Concussion Update with Heidi Kivimaa.

On this week’s Feel Good Friday Joe Bambrick chats to Paula Corcoran from North Roscommon, who has Cerebral Palsy and is non verbal but uses a piece of technology called ‘Tobii’ operated with the eyes, to communicate. Paula explains how the technology works and shares her experiences of growing up with Cerebral Palsy.

Having spoken to Colin White last week from the Irish Kidney Association about the need for kidney donors and for people to carry donor cards, Adrianne is joined this week by Susan Mulligan who is an organ donor recipient. Susan talks about her life on dialysis and the kidney transplant operation she had in 2019, which has changed her life. [...]

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that primarily affects movement. It occurs when nerve cells in the brain (specifically those responsible for producing dopamine) die or are damaged. Ciara O’Connell is 48 years of age and has been living with the condition for over 13 years. Ciara tells Adrianne about her diagnosis, her symptoms, the medication available and the [...]

Listen Link was developed by members of Roscommon Comhairle na nÓg after young people identified mental health as a key issue during the 2023 Annual Youth Conference. Since then, members have worked together to shape the initiative and advocate for improved mental health supports for young people across County Roscommon. They recently presented their Listen Link initiative at Leinster House following [...]

Jigsaw Roscommon is a mental health charity for young people living in Roscommon. Their services are confidential and non-judgemental. They offer free therapy (online and in person) to young people aged between 12 – 25. Adrianne chats here with Vinnie Flannery, the Clinical Manager and a Social Worker with Jigsaw Galway/Roscommon about the services they provide, including mental health workshops [...]

Featured on this week’s Inclusive Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer with Brian Colleran, Visually Impaired Tennis with Marguerite, Vinny and John, Castlerea Crusaders with Peter Turner and Michelle Flatley, and GAA News.

On this week’s Feel Good Friday Joe Bambrick chats to singer Cliona Hagan ahead of her performance tonight in Saddlers Inn, Boyle. Cliona talks about the country music scene, introducing new country artists and performing in Saddlers Inn.

On this week’s Feel Good Friday Joe Bambrick chats to Singer Chloe Sweeney from Ballina ahead of her performance tonight in Saddlers Inn in Boyle. Chloe chats about her music career, influences and performing at Saddlers Inn.

Donor Awareness Week was from the 16th to 23rd May this year, but we should all be aware of our own kidney function all year round and carry a donor card everywhere we go. Adrianne chats with Colin White, the National Advocacy Manager with the Irish Kidney Association about kidney disease, the donation of organs, and the importance of people [...]

Featured on this week’s Inclusive Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer & GAA with Brian Colleran, 8 Ball Pool Challenge with Darren Dunne, and Creggs Rugby Club Inclusion & Disability Day with Micheal Glennon.

On this week’s Feel Good Friday Joe Bambrick chats to Damien Devaney PRO of Elphin Windmill Wheelers Cycling Club who spoke about Sunflower Hospice, Children’s Hospital and the Mayo/Roscommon Hospice cycling 105km to raise funds for the build and also chatted to Martina Jennings, CEO of Mayo/Roscommon Hospice who spoke about founding of the charity, the need for funding and [...]

Featured on this week’s Inclusive Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer Fixtures, Predictions and Results with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Running Track with Donie Flynn and Jennifer Doyle, and Roscommon Round Up with Robbie Mulvey.

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 [...]

Featured on this week’s Inclusive Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer Fixtures, Predictions and Results with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, and Formula 1 with Michael O’ Grady.

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 [...]

Featured on this week’s Inclusive Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer, Fixtures, Results and Predictions with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, and the Shane McLoughlin Update Interview.

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 [...]

Featured on this week’s Inclusive Sport with Aidan Raftery; Premier League Soccer Fixtures and Results with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Wheelchair Soccer with Donal Byrne, and Roscommon Round Up with Robbie Mulvey.

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’, [...]

Featured on this week’s Inclusion Sport with Aidan Raftery; Soccer and GAA Fixtures and Results with Brian Colleran, Rugby View with Adrian Leddy, Castlerea Crusaders A.C.P.B. Event Night with Peter Turner, and Formula 1 with Michael O’ Grady.

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 [...]