The Tommy Marren Show On Midwest Radio

This Tommy Marren spoke to Aaron O'Keefe and John Nyland about Autism. Aaron spoke to Tommy about living with autism and how he recently climbed Croagh Patrick to raise frunds for a new Western Care Association day service in Foxford.You can donate at Support Aaron's Croagh Patrick Challenge on iDonate.ieImage from idoante page

Tommy Marren spoke to Derek O'Doherty, CEO of West X West, and Grammy Award Winner for Best Musical Show Album, Bill Whelan, about West X West, a Tech, Venture and Cultural Festival, being held at The Royal Theatre in Castlebar next month.

Tommy Marren spoke with Zoe Lawlor, chair of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign & sporting and cultural officer, about the fallout surrounding the Republic of Ireland's football matches against Israel.

As part of this weeks Our Power, Our Future segment, Tommy was in conversation with Neasa Kane Fine, an Independent Communications Consultant, about how Communities can engage with Renewable Energy projects.

Tommy Marren continued his investigation into dense breast tissue this morning when he spoke to Caroline Joyce, Siobhán Freeney and listner Evanne.

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.

Margaret Walsh joined Tommy Marren this morning to raise awareness about dense breast tissue. In 2023, despite having a clear mammogram and ultrasound, what was breast cancer was identified in Margaret's breasts and she underwent a double mastectomy. The breast tissue was tested in America and a 27mm tumor was found. Margaret discovered she had dense breast tissue which increases the risk of breast cancers and makes it harder to identify through mammograms. Margaret is now on a 5 year treatment plan and working to make dense breast tissue testing mandatory in Ireland.

Tommy Marren was joined by Edel Walsh and Orlaith Colleran, two students from Mount St. Michael secondary school in Claremorris, who have been selected as finalists, to represent Ireland and Europe, in the Technovation Junior Division Global Finals, in India next month. During Teen-Turn’s Afterschool Technovation programme, the girls developed an ai powered mobile app called DiAssist, designed to help teenagers aged 13 to 19 manage diabetes.