The Tommy Marren Show On Midwest Radio

Mayo TD Keira Keogh joined Tommy Marren this morning, to share the news that a new GP for Westport, is going through the final stages of the recruitment process and is due to start work in Westport on December 1st.

Tommy Marren spoke to Drinks Ireland Director, Cormac Healy about the independent report into the impact of the Irish Drinks Sector on Ireland's economy. The report found that the drinks sector contributes nearly €4.1 billion to the overall all-island economy and supporting 14,000 jobs.

A volunteer team is behind the medical evacuation facility being built outside Ballyhaunis. This morning, Tommy Marren caught up with some of the project organisers, Gerry O'Boyle, project organiser, Shane Bonner, Aviation Consultant with the HSE, and retired Sergant Major Séamus Gannon.The project is now underway, with the first stage building of a helicopter landing pad, the first in the country which will allow a helicopter to land at night. The Helicopter pad will cost approximately €180,000, with the planned emergency room to be built later, ata cost of approximately €1.5 million.To find out more about the project and to donate, check out ; https://www.heliherotrust.com/about-heli-hero-trust

Tommy Marren spoke this morning to Swinford native Alan Heaney. Alan is preparing to take on one of the world's most extreme endurance challenges, running seven marathons across seven continents in seven consecutive days, in aid of the Sunflower Children's Hospice and Mindspace Mayo.Alan begns the 777 Challeneg on Novemebr 15th and his route will take him from Antarctia to Cape Town, Perth, Singapore, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro and Miami. This is Alan's tenth year fundraising for local, regional and national charities, having raised €285,000 to date.To find out more about the 777 Challenege and to donate, check out; https://www.idonate.ie/crowdfunder/alanheaney777marathonsImage taken from idonate fundraiser page.

Tommy Marren spoke to Irene this morning. Irene is a 70 year old Special Edication Teacher with a 50 year career in education, and deep roots in the global Irish community. Despite Irene spending 26 years teaching special education in Ireland-she is now being forced out of the classroom due to rigid Teaching Council regulations, which has left a vulnerable rural one-teacher Mayo school with zero special education support.

Join Sarah Jennings in conversation with those impacted by road collisions on every second Sunday of every month at 5.15pm. Funded by the news reporting scheme in association with Coimisiún na Meán.

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This morning, Tommy was speaking to Fidelma McGuirk, Founder and CEO of Payslip, about the new EU pay transparency rules...