The Tommy Marren Show On Midwest Radio

This morning Lainey Cloonan joined Tommy Marren to discuss the challenge that she will be undertaking tomorrow Friday February 28th. Lainey is planning to run 100 miles in one day to raise money for two charities in memory of her beloved parents Eileen and Richard. 'Run for Richie' will begin at 2pm tomorrow and Lainey is hoping to conclude the run at 2pm on Saturday. Lainey is raising money for Mayo Roscommon Hospice and SHOUT (Sligo Hospital Oncology Unit Trust) as she wants to give back to the people that cared for her parents before they passed. For the full interview, you can listen here.

This morning Tommy Marren was joined by Lynda McNally co-owner of LS Hair Westport. Lynda had previously joined Tommy Marren on Friday's show to inform him of an incident that had occurred. LS Hair Westport is located in the Mill Street Carpark in Westport. There are no footpaths outside and cars pass right by the salon. Last Thursday a car hit a bollard, smashing the window of the salon and just missing a client. As a result the staff decided that they could no longer continue on in such conditions. The issue was raised at Mayo County Council's meeting last night. Lynda joined Tommy with the update on the situation. You can hear what Lynda had to say here.

Yesterday morning Tommy Marren was joined on the show by Laura Murphy. Laura and her husband are organising a fundraiser to raise vital funds for Féileacáin and the Galway University Hospital Maternity Bereavement fund. Both these services assist families that have experienced neonatal death and stillbirths. Unfortunately Laura and her husband are all too familiar with the services offered by the two organisations. To hear Laura's story and details of the fundraiser, you can listen here.

This morning Tommy Marren was joined by Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae TD at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Forestry, Farm Safety and Horticulture to discuss the extent of the storm damage to Irish forests in Connacht following on from Storm Éowyn. You can find the full interview here.

This morning Tommy Marren was joined by a listener who spoke of her phone line being down since the storm and how this impacts the emergency pendant alarm. Cllr Chris Maxwell then joined the show to speak on this issue, the issue of poor phone service and WiFi outages since Storm Éowyn. Cllr Maxwell also spoke on the new road signs that indicate that the speed limit is 60km/h. You can find the full interview here.

Owner of Cupán Ceoil and proud Ballina woman Christina Forde joined Tommy Marren on the show this morning to discuss the ongoing traffic issue in the town of Ballina. Christina also outlined some positive changes that she feels could be made to Ballina. You can hear the full interview here!