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This is the story of Dr Paddy Condon and the charity that he set up in Waterford over 30 years ago. Fight For sight has raised more than 2.5m Euro through continuous fund raising programmes and donations.
This is the story of Dr Paddy Condon and the charity that he set up in Waterford over 30 years ago. Fight For sight has raised more than 2.5m Euro through continuous fund raising programmes and donations.
In a chat with Damien on Déise Today, Nicola Kent, Waterford Area Sports Partnership Mentor, discusses how she helps people make a change from unemployment and provides supports to many groups across Waterford.
Barbara Lanigan O'Neill, Driver with Rapid Cabs, explains how to stay safe this holiday season.
Listen back to Sinead Ahearne's honest account of dealing with a cancer diagnosis in her early 30's. Hear the stories of 3 young women, and their familes as they deal with this life-changing news. Part 2
Listen back to Sinead Ahearne's honest account of dealing with a cancer diagnosis in her early 30's. Hear the stories of 3 young women, and their familes as they deal with the life-changing news. Part 1
Oliver is an archaeologist, historian, author and broadcaster. He'll give a talk at the Blackwater Community School Hall at 3pm Saturday June 15th as part of the Immrama Festival of Travel Writing. Ahead of that he chatted to Ollie and Mary
The event takes place at the Parlour Vintage Tea Rooms on George's Street at 7pm. Michael's pamphlet is called "Birth Metal" and he read the title poem in studio "On the Fringe" with Mary. He also talked about his life as a farmer, and how nature has inspired him to write poetry.
The country singer from Liverpool is a firm favourite with Irish audiences and will take to the stage at the Marquee in Cork on Friday June 14th. He chatted to the Big Breakfast Blaa before that.
Rosita will host a Literary Breakfast as part of the festival at 8.30am on Sunday June 16th in Lismore Golf Club. She spoke to Mary "On the Fringe" ahead of that.
The event is happening at 2pm on Friday June 14th, and all are welcome. This is the first Irish language translation of the work of Hearn, who spent his childhood summers in Tramore. He was an important figure in Japanese literature and beyond.
Adam Wright from Kingfisher Gym was in for his monthly slot and he was talking about buddying up with someone for training or even P.T.
At the WWDC 2019 event in California, Craig Federighi (VP of Apples software engineering) took to the stage and announced the one complaint people had about iTunes was that it didn’t do enough. So - in one fell swoop he killed it dead. But has Apple really announced anything new in terms of what replaces it? Wayne discusses.
A host of free events will take place to celebrate the many countries of the African union who are represented here in Waterford. Gianni and Alex, two members of the organising committee, joined Mary "On the Fringe."
This is a Creative Ireland initiative run in conjunction with libraries nationally, for children under the age of 18. Tracy McEneaney of Waterford Libary Services had all the details of local events.
Karen's two novels "Butterfly Barn" and "On Butterfly Wings" have been hugely well received and she's excited to be passing on her knowledge and skills at separate workshops in Curraghmore over the summer. She had all the details for Mary "On the Fringe."
Based in the heart of An Rinn, the one year course which is run in conjunction with WIT has proven very popular. The most recent students to finish have showcased their short films at an event for family and friends in SGC Dungarvan. To talk about it, Mary was joined in studio by course director Moira Sweeney and student John Foley.
It gets underway at 8pm, Wednesday May 29th, at Ardscoil na Mara. Stephen Mackey, conductor of the orchestra, joined Mary in studio to give her the details of what people can expect.
The festival kicks off May 29th and runs until Monday June 3rd, against the backdrop of Lismore Castle and other stunning locations in the Blackwater Valley area. Deiter Kaegi gave an outline of everything that's happening.
Superfans Sinead Cunningham and Maria McCann joined Ollie and Mary in studio on The Big Breakfast Blaa, to give their tuppenceworth on S8EP6.
Donal's debut novel "The Spinning Heart" was long-listed for the Booker Prize, and is now prescribed on the Leaving Cert Curriculum. He did a reading from his latest book "From a Low and Quiet Sea" at the relaunch of Midland Books in Tullamore, and Mary had the opportunity to interview him for "On the Fringe."
It gets underway at 8pm on Saturday May 25th, with a host of guest acts, including Lynsey Penkert, Kayleigh Quinlan, Ray Collins and Bana Rua. Intonations, under the direction of Wayne Brown, is a light-touch, award-winning choir, performing everything from Disney to Queen to Bon Jovi.
This free festival which runs from June until August incorporates live music, artists' workshops and much more. Ciara O'Connell from Central Arts is one of the main organisers and had all the details for Mary in studio.
Little Noah was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 18 months old. He needs important surgery in the United States in order to ensure he can walk unaided. A fundraising target of €100,000 was set to secure the operation and that has recently been reached. However Noah will need a huge amount of after care, following the surgery which is scheduled for October, so David and Debbie are continuing to fundraise.