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Fergal Lynch of the Meath Chronicle reflected on Colm O'Rourke's departure from the Meath senior football management job. Violinist Tadhg Murphy is adding another string to his bow with the Drogheda Community Orchestra. Journalist Mick Clifford's new book about the murder of Una Lynskey makes compelling reading. While Maria Morgan from Esker Fields is seeking public support for herself and other local businesses as the closing date for voting in the Irish Made Awards looms large. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gavan Becton, Editor of the Meath Chronicle
Fergal Lynch of The Meath Chronicle joined David to reflect on Meath's win on Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gavan Becton, Editor of the Meath Chronicle
Live reports from Evelyn O'Rourke with Gavan Becton, Editor of the Meath Chronicle; Damien English, Fine Gael TD for Meath East; and Peadar Tóibín, Aontú Party Leader and TD for Meath West.
Gavin Becton, Editor for Meath Chronicle
Fergal Lynch, Sports Editor with The Meath Chronicle, spoke to David about Meath's deflating defeat to Dublin on Saturday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After a couple of week's hiatus for the show's producer to recharge his batteries the Meath Chronicle sports podcast TALK A GOOD GAME #TAGG is back and as usual it is jam-packed with chat about all the goings on on the local sporting front. Front and centre this week is the Meath SFC where Fergal Lynch and Jimmy Geoghegan reflect on all the weekend's action and where things stand in the race for qualification. The dynamic duo also look ahead to the final round of games in the SHC and there is also another topic or two thrown in for good measure...Turn on, tune in and freak out at what we have to say and let us know your opinions on just who is in the driving seat to win ALL the respective championships... TALK A GOOD GAME is LIVE NOW
On this weeks Talk a Good Game Fergal is joined by Meath Chronicle editor Gavan Becton to talk about all the weeks sports including the Meath ladies brilliant result over the weekend, former Meath manager Andy McEntee's new role as Antrim football manager, who's going to be the next Meath Football manager and plenty more to fill your boots.
Fergal Lynch of The Meath Chronicle joined David to run the rule over Meath's Division 2 form and look ahead to the championship. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On 25th September, 2001, 28 year old German tourist Bettina Poeschel took a train from Dublin to Drogheda, Co Louth. She wanted to visit Newgrange - an ancient monument in the Meath countryside. She decided to make the 10km walk from the town to take in the countryside while there. But Bettina never made it to Newgrange. She had disappeared into thin air. ********* Join me at CrimeCon UK on June 11-12 in London 2022! Head to crimecon.co.uk and use the code MENSREA for 10% off (and to let them know I sent you!) ********** With thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Sign up for professional online counselling at betterhelp.com/mens and get 10% off your first month! ********* Find us on Facebook or Twitter! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! Check out the Mens Rea Merch Store! ********* Theme Music: Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music: Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ********* Sources: “Gardai search for German woman” in The Irish Times(28 September 2001) p. 4. “River searched as worries grow for missing tourist” in The Irish Independent (28 September 2001) p. 1. Bill Corcoran, “Where is my daughter?” in The Evening Herald(28 September 2001) p. 1, 2. “Locals urged to search area for any trace of Bettina” in The Irish Independent (29 September 2001) p. 5 “Family fear vanished journalist accepted lift” in The Irish Independent (29 September 2001) p. 5. Elaine Keogh, “Gardai hunt for missing woman” in The Irish Times (29 September 2001) p. 20 Cathy Donaghy, “Search set to widen for missing German journalist” in The Irish Independent(1 October 2001) p. 9 “Trace part of girl search” in The Evening Herald(1 October 2001) p. 2. Elaine Keogh, “Missing woman appeal” in The Irish Times(2 October 2001) p. 3. Brendan Farrelly, “Gardai in search for tourist appeal to Newgrange visitors” in The Irish Independent(5 October 2001) p. 8 Paul Murphy, 'Please help me find my sister” in The Drogheda Independent (5 October 2001) p. 1 Ann Casey, “Bettina: Huge search now centred on Boyne Valley” in The Meath Chronicle (6 October 2001) p. 1. Grainne Cunningham and Richie McCullen, “Locals in fear over missing woman” in The Evening Herald(9 October 2001) Bernie O'Toole, “'Trace' team join search for Bettina” in The Evening Herald (15 October 2001) p. 6. Bill Corcoran, “Missing tourist's mum in torment” in The Evenign Herald (12 October 2001) p. 16 for a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com
Fergal Lynch of The Meath Chronicle joined David to discuss some of the issues facing Meath GAA at the moment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Prashant Shukla, Chairman of the Ireland/India Council and Maria Perry-Mohan, who lives in the Northern Indian city of Lucknow, joined Gerry to reflect on the awful Covid second wave there. Hanna Laatio McDonnell is missing family in Finland but getting on with life here thanks to the great support she's receiving from other women. Ronan O' Dalaigh is on a winner with his charity portal thriftify.ie , Fergal Lynch from the Meath Chronicle is backing former Meath star Eimear Murray all the way and Gerry's Lizzy story moved into the 80's and back to the 70's again with a classic throwback tune... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On the assumption that the article in the local paper might draw in a few new listeners, I recorded this episode which just generally outlines what the whole Off The Lead 'thing' is. But if me talking to myself isn't your cup of tea, check out one of the 38 conversations I've recorded. It's a fairly diverse group of people I have on so maybe pick someone or something that interests you and give it a go. And as always, I can be contacted on Off The Leads WhatsApp no. 0896047888. Frano. Ps I'm also actively looking for guests so if you're on for it just get in touch and we'll work it out.
Louth LGFA chairman Liam O'Neill and Fergal Lynch - Meath minor ladies manager and Meath Chronicle journalist - joined David to discuss a difficult week for the LGFA and whether amalgamation with the GAA should happen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Fergal Lynch of The Meath Chronicle joined David to look ahead to next Sunday's All-Ireland Ladies Intermediate Final as Meath face into their third final in-a-row. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Has the media lost our trust? If so, what can it do to regain it? More importantly, should we ever actually fully trust our media? On the night of the pivotal Ireland-Denmark Euro 2020 qualifier down the road in the Aviva Stadium, a quartet of the good and the great of Irish media gathered in Whelan's on Dublin's Wexford St as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival to discuss and debate with Off Message's Pat O'Mahony perhaps the most important issue of a business they would all see as vital to the well-being of society yet one which has long been in a state of turmoil, explaining why trust in the Fourth Estate is currently at an all time low, exploring the very real impacts this lack of trust in our media is having on everything from politics to climate change to vaccinations uptake, suggesting ways in which that trust might be restored, and arguing the toss about whether we should even trust the mainstream media in the first place. The panel: - Mark Little, CEO and co-founder of Kinzen, formerly managing director of Twitter in Ireland, CEO and founder of Storyful and RTÉ Prime Time co-presenter - Jane Suiter, Director of the Institute for Future Media and Journalism (FuJo) and Associate Professor at the School of Communications, DCU, formerly Economics Editor at the Irish Times - Gillian Fitzpatrick, Chief Commercial Officer at Maximum Media (home of JOE, her, Sports JOE and Her Family), formerly Features Editor at the Irish Daily Mail - Gavan Reilly, Political correspondent with Virgin Media News, host of On The Record on Newstalk FM and columnist with the Meath Chronicle, formerly political correspondent at Newstalk and Today FM and journalist at TheJournal.ie
Ken Murray had his say about Meath GAA Manager Andy McEntee's outburst at Meath Chronicle journalist Jimmy Geoghegan following Sunday's heavy defeat to Dublin. Stewart Agnew from Dundlak Credit Union told us about their Pro-Energy Homes initiative. Tara Walker teamed up with the guys from Great Northern Larder to rustle up her Flavours of the Boyne Valley. Michael Kenny took on the Concern Refugee Ration Pack Challenge and told us how he got on. While John Farrelly explained why he's really concerned about the Fairy Trees on the Hill of Tara. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
"No disrespect to the two teams we have beaten, but they are probably the poorest London team that I've seen and definitely the poorest Kildare team that I've seen." Meath hurling manager Nick Fitzgerald wasn't getting carried away with his side's Christy Ring Cup hammering of Kildare and he is hoping his players can push on and win the competition. Also on this week's show Fergal Lynch and Jimmy Geoghegan reflect on the minor hurlers win over Antrim, while also looking ahead to Saturday evening's Leinster SFC quarter-final between Meath and Carlow in Portlaoise. As the A FLs reach their concluding stages Fergal and Jimmy also assess the main runners and riders still in contention for honours and also who the likely fallers will be. It's another jam-packed Talk a Good Game sports podcast from the Meath Chronicle team and you can listen to it here and now.
Today: "The rain is battering on the window but it’s not the rain that’s keeping me awake, it’s the tears in my eyes" – powerful words from John Donohoe, News Editor of the Meath Chronicle who joined us to discuss the pressures facing men in today’s world. Also on the show today - the grim reality of a no deal Brexit and another pipe bomb discovered in Drogheda, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Thirty Years and Trish Flood didn't say a word about the abuse she endured at the hands of a family relative when she was fifteen - all these years later he's been convicted - have a listen to a very brave woman's story! John Donohoe from the Meath Chronicle has compiled a collection of black&white photographs from the seventies and eighties in what must be volume one of "Meath Life Through the Lens". Wouldn't you just wish Liz Valloor was your Mother - have a listen and find out why? While Gerry was shaken not stirred as Tracy Hanby and ace Cocktail maker Roy Rogers came a calling to celebrate significant awards for The Central in Navan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On today's show we spoke with Gavan Reilly of Virgin Media News and the Meath Chronicle about the growing speculation that we'll see an election before Christmas, Paul O Brien of Plan International Ireland discussed the findings of their latest report which showed that more than one third of Irish women have experienced physical harressment in public and John O Neill, Owner of the Hamlet Court Hotel in Meath told us why the hospitality sector are slamming the vat hike in this week's budget. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The first Mind Your Own Business Podcast features Paul Carroll, one half of the Funky Fashion Frolics team. Having grown their fashion and style blog grow to over 33,000 followers the last couple of years have been a whirlwind for the trendsetting duo who were also crowned Meath Style Award Winners earlier this year. And the key to their ever-expanding business is keeping it real!