Podcasts about tubbercurry

Galway's minor footballers returned to winning ways on Friday (4th April 2025) when they beat Sligo 1-17 to 0-18 in Round 3 of the Connacht championship in Tubbercurry. It was their second victory which could be enough to ensure their place in the semi-finals as they have the bye this week before hosting Mayo in Tuam Stadium on Friday, 18th April. Manager Neil McHugh joined Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly for a chat on 'Over The Line.' == Galway host Mayo in their final group game of the Connacht minor football championship on Friday week (18th April).  Throw-in at Tuam Stadium is 6.30pm and we'll have full coverage on galwaybayfm.ie plus LIVE 2nd half coverage on Galway Bay FM.

Galway suffered their first defeat of the 2025 Connacht minor football championship on Friday (28th March 2025) as Roscommon were three-point winners at Tuam Stadium in Round 2. The result leaves the Tribesmen in second place with Mayo, two points behind Roscommon. Galway Bay FM's match commentary team were Ollie Turner and Kevin O'Dwyer. == Galway's next game is away to Sligo on Friday, 4th April 2025.  Throw-in at Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry is 6.15pm and we'll have full coverage on our website galwaybayfm.ie, plus LIVE coverage on 'Over The Line' on Galway Bay FM.

A special live broadcast from the Yeats County Inn in Curry, where councillors from the Ballymote-Tubbercurry-West Sligo area discuss the local issues of concern. Guests also include Curry native Dr Mike Ryan of the World Health Organisation, Donal Healy of Ireland West Airport Knock, and accordion player Ryan Sheridan

The Irish Council Against Bloodsports has repeated its call for a complete ban on coursing in Ireland - it follows a report on incidents of harm to hares at a three-day Tubbercurry Coursing meeting in January

The daughter of Tubbercurry native, Jimmy Neary, says the naming of a street in memory of her father in New York is a huge honour. Jimmy Neary Way now exists beside Neary's Restaurant which Jimmy ran since 1967, and Una says there could be no higher honour

Ocean FM Sport's Austin O'Callaghan presents live from the official opening of Tubbercurry's new pop-up swimming pool and gets the views of some 6th class pupils at Holy Family National School, who tried the new facility out...

This week, Tubbercurry's Liam Kerrigan on moving to Italy, having Cesc Fabregas as a team-mate, and why leaving Sligo Rovers, when he did, was one of the best decision he's made to date… Donegal's Town Geraldine Stewart has been a noted shot putter for Tir Chonaill Athletic Club for years. Now, she's in charge of Athletics Ireland's entire national track and field competition calendar. Plus - might the Donegal senior football championship be better off if there fewer teams in it?

Former President of Tubbercurry Chamber of Commerce, Mary Barry, has questioned Bank of Ireland's commitment to local communities and the record of Francesca McDonagh as CEO. She says she can't see how the outgoing head helped communities to thrive, after closing 88 branches in one year

The Tubbercurry Old Fair Day takes places on Wednesday 10th of August 2022. Michelle Gildea spoke with Tony O'Brien about what we can expect. The Francie Boylan Show will be live from there on the day from 11 to 2pm.

The Irish Council Against Bloodsports has condemned the Government decision to allow coursing clubs capture live hares for the coming winter season as shameful. Tubbercurry hosts a coursing meeting every January and Aideen Yourell of the Council says hares have been killed there as well as everywhere else

The south Sligo town of Tubbercurry is set to get its own swimming pool this September with the provision of a pop-up swimming pool for a three-month period. The pool will be indoors, heated, fully equipped, fully accessible and has changing facilities. Deirdre Lavin, Sports Co-ordinator with Sligo Sport & Recreation Partnership, explains more.

Former Sligo Rovers player Raff Cretaro gives Ocean FM Sport his reaction to the news that his former Rovers teammate and fellow Tubbercurry native Liam Kerrigan is set to join Italian Serie B Como 1907 from UCD.

Sligo is currently hosting the Connacht Fleadh, the first time it has done so since 1986. To mark the occasion, young musicians Sinead Johnston from Tubbercurry and Emma Benson from Keadue joined us in studio to give a flavour of what's in store, as did Bartly Gavin of the organising committee

More residents have spoken out about huge increases in rent in privately rented houses in Tubbercurry. Beth lives in the area affected, and says the rent being asked for of some residents is way out of kilter with similar properties

A number of residents in the Tubbercurry area have expressed their shock and anger at a huge increase in their monthly rent. The residents say they've been told by their landlord that their rent is to increase by €600 per month, a 75% increase

The lads discuss pay increases, the Roses review and the art of lilting.

St Attracta's Tubbercurry are celebrating the FAI schoolgirls Connacht U17 soccer title following Thursday's 3-1 win over Claregalway in the final. Andrew Flynn, who manages the team alongside Hughie Harvey, spoke to Austin O'Callaghan after the win.

Lifelong Derby County supporter Mark Boultbee has urged the people of County Sligo to get behind the campaign to prevent the club from going out of existence. Mark, who has Tubbercurry connections, says Sligo's sporting traditions should encourage such support for a famous football club

In this episode, we interview Padraic Coffey, the author of 'This Day in Irish History'. Padraic was born in Sligo and grew up in Tubbercurry. He attended University College Dublin, where he received a BA in 2008 and an MA in 2010. After graduating from college, he worked in a freelance capacity for the Sunday Independent. This is his first book, which was inspired by his social media account of the same name. He currently resides in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife.You may know all about the Easter Rising and the Good Friday Agreement, but did you know that the hypodermic needle was invented in Tallaght? Or that Dublin was the first city in the world to have a woman stockbroker, decades before London or New York? Or that the formula used to create the video game Tomb Raider was sketched on a bridge in Cabra in the nineteenth century? This book reveals all and serves as a brilliant entry point for Irish history. With one entry for every day of the year, this book marks the anniversaries of momentous events in Irish history: in politics, medicine, music, sport and innovation.You can follow Padraic on Twitter @ThisDayIrishCheck out the book here. 

Two groups of Transition Year students at St Attracta's Community School in Tubbercurry are taking part in the 2022 Formula 1 in Schools challenge where participants design, race and build their own miniature Formula 1 car. Team members from the Apollo and Tempest Racing teams spoke to Austin O'Callaghan along with their teacher Enda Joyce.

There's been a spate of burglaries in numerous towns and villages across the North West in the past week, including Sligo, Bundoran, Ballyshannon, Donegal Town, Enniscrone, Tubbercurry, Kinlough and Carrigallen. This week's On the Beat comes from Garda Yvonne Carolan of Donegal Town Garda Station

It's a number of weeks since the doors closed for the last time on 88 branches of the Bank of Ireland. A number closed in this region including Ballymote, Tubbercurry , Bundoran, Glenties, Manorhamilton and Drumshanbo This already is causing problems for customers and one of those is Sligo Fianna Fail Councillor Donal Gilroy who explained his recent experience of banking when he spoke to John Lynch on North West Today.

John Galllagher is a landowner in the Tubbercurry area. He has criticised the fact that the five proposed routes for the new road between Collooney and Knock along the N17 are not on public display in the area, and can only be accessed by travelling to either Sligo or Claremorris

Junior Housing Minister, Peter Burke, is visiting Co Sligo today to view housing developments in Ballymote, Tubbercurry, Collooney and Sligo Town. He's been explaining his views expressed during the week that one in every four new homes in Ireland should be located in rural areas

The four Friesian heifer calves allegedly stolen from a farm at Chaffpool in Tubbercurry at the weekend have been mysteriously returned. A similar incident has occurred in Claremorris. Owner Frank Brennan says the publicity surrounding the case may have prompted those responsible to return the animals

Gardai are now investigating the suspected theft of 4 Fresian heifer calves from a farm at Chaffpool, Tubbercurry, over the weekend. The owner of the farm is in no doubt that they were stolen, and believes this may be a well organised crime targetting other farms in the region

This week on the podcast we chat to Ciaran who is a Self- employed, Actor, Wedding Celebrant & Trainer of Celebrants for weddings and funerals, naming ceremonies, Lecturer in Sligo IT, Drama Adjudicator & Hen party entertainer.Here is some more information that Ciaran shared with us . . . An excellent communicator with a proven track record for delivering high quality theatre both as a performer and a director.A natural facilitator and educator with a passion for sharing theatrical knowledge.Possesses an in-depth practical understanding of working within the challenges of a demanding artistic environment.Key Roles and AchievementsLecturer in Sligo Institute of Technology 2015 - Present• I deliver the Physical Theatre module as part of the Performing Arts BA in 2nd year.I have facilitated Acting classes for 1st , 2nd and 3rd year students on the Performing Arts BA• I deliver the modules Modernism in Drama, Literature and Facilitation and Drama to Performing Arts students.• I direct and produce the public showcase for the New Writing module.MA in Drama and Performance, University College Dublin 2014-2015• Completed an MA. which required for graduation a devised Solo Performance and presentation of a Thesis.• This undertaking demanded excellent time management skills and an ability to think and act strategically also developing my computer literacy and written communication skills.• Advanced my understanding of the importance of the Arts, in particular theatre, to the cultural fabric of a community both locally and nationally.Professional Actor 1991 – present• In 2019, I developed and produced a solo theatrical performance piece “Is Mise le Meas” about the writer Flann O'Brien• I have trained extensively in Corporeal Mime, Viewpoints and Suzuki, all disciplines rooted in sound physical technique, which have been developed to provide the actor with the skills to realise their potential and best artistic expression within a theatrical production.• My vocal training has been developed over the last 30 years under the influence of numerous coaches and teachers but most specifically with the Roy Hart Theatre of Voice, France.• As part of an ensemble since 1991, I have been engaged in all aspects of Theatre Production, prop making, costume sourcing and design, set design and construction, lighting design, Production management on National and International Touring schedules.(For full listings of Theatre, Film and Radio performance credits please see addendum.)Theatre Director 1998 - present• In 2016 I established a Youth Theatre group in Tubbercurry. This project required a scheduled number of theatre workshops culminating in a devised performance to mark the opening of The Western Drama Festival.• I have directed a number of productions for Blue Raincoat Theatre company.• I have been Assistant Director to Kellie Hughes, Director Ad Astra Programme University College Dublin, The War Project with the Ad Astra scholars and UCD choral scholars, and Shakespeare's Women presented by the Drama Studies students.• I was the Assistant Director and Production Manager for Terrible Tales of Tubber which was performed by Tubbercurry Youth Drama Group in 2011.• As Director of Footsteps Theatre Group, I directed and produced a number of shows that were presented as part of Cairde Arts Festival.Training and Facilitation Ongoing• I was the lead driver on a unique project to deliver drama workshops to a group of young adults from Sligo Down Syndrome, this collective became The Footsteps Drama group. Weekly drama workshops were held and the company presented a number of public performances as part of the stated goals of the project.• In 2017, at the request of the Summerhill College English Dept., I created and produced a performance designed to provide students with practi

Stephen and Nicola Connolly and their children had a lucky escape after their newly renovated house at Lavagh, Tubbercurry, was badly damaged in a fire just over two weeks ago. With no house insurance in place, family, friends and neighbours, as well as tradesmen, have come to their aid

No club has won more Sligo men's SFC titles than Tubbecurry (20). Cathal Mullaney looks back on their most recent success in 2014 with four of the players from that year: David Kelly (capt), Stephen Gilmartin, Colm McGee & Brian Curran.

Emma Doyle from Tubbercurry is hoping to secure a place this year's Miss Ireland Final Competition. She spoke to The Francie Boylan Show all about it. You can download the Miss Ireland App for FREE for your App Store. For more on Emma see https://www.facebook.com/emma.doyle.31542

Actress Pauline McLynn has urged people to support the latest hen rescue operation in Sligo, Ballyshannon and Carrick-on-Shannon this Saturday. The rescues are co-ordinated by the LittleHill Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, and students in Tubbercurry have already been championing the cause

Week 4 of the Aging Well at Home Exercise Programme came from Tubbercurry as part of The Francie Boylan Show tour of Sligo promoting Shop Local, Support Local Initiative from Sligo County Council. It featured  a Warm Up, Toe & Heel Raises and Hand Squeezes. Shane Hayes from Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership went through them with Francie. The programme will run for 6 weeks. To get your free brochure call 1800 292 765 or email shane@sligosportandrecreation.ie or download it here: bit.ly/36pIqxx Listen back to previous weeks here: bit.ly/39ejMmx The Francie Boylan Show airs weekday 11am - 2pm

As part of Sligo County Council's Shop Local, Support Local initiative all this week The Francie Boylan Show are broadcasting from different towns and villages across Sligo. On Wednesday they spoke with Cllr. Martin Connolly in Tubbercurry and Roger McCarrick from The Tubbercurry Chambers of Commerce and Community Association. The Francie Boylan Show airs weekdays 11am - 2pm .

Tubbercurry man, Michael F Kilcoyne attended the Croke Park match on the day of Bloody Sunday, 1920 - he'd been studying in College in Dublin at the time. Kilcoyne Park in Tubbercurry is named after him, and his grandson, Brendan Kilcoyne, has been remembering him on the 100th anniversary of the atrocity

You can buy an egg-laying hen in Sligo this Saturday for just €6, and you'll be helping to rescue them in the process. The TY students at St. Attracta's Community School in Tubbercurry have involved themselves in a project to save battery hens from slaughterhouses, as students Tara Walsh and Cria Flanagan explain

Episode 27 of the podcast with former Irish international Terry Phelan. A nice trip down memory lane for Irish soccer here and we chat about everything from Tubbercurry to Ruud Gullit. Thanks to ADAPT for sponsoring the podcast, head over to Instragram and give them a follow @adapt_clinic.

100 years ago today, 30th September, 1920, several businesses and homes were burnt to the ground by the Black and Tans. It followed the shooting of an RIC officer at Chaffpool. John Gallagher's family were involved in the local co-op which was among the premises targetted

Young people are being advised to avoid intimate sexual contact during the Covid pandemic, and to have sex online or over the phone to avoid spreading the virus. The HSE and the IPU have drawn up a ‘Play It Safe’ information campaign, which is discussed by Elizabeth Lang of Brett’s Total Health Pharmacy, Tubbercurry

On Tuesday 23rd June 2020, WFT Vice-Chair Vanessa Gildea was in conversation with award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh about her directing career to date. The pair of filmmakers spoke about filming techniques, working in the industry and personal experiences - as well as taking questions from our WFT members and supporters. About Dearbhla Walsh: Dearbhla Walsh is from Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo. She is an award-winning director who has worked on drama series including most recently Tales from the Loop, The Handmaid's Tale, EastEnders, Shameless, Penny Dreadful, The Tudors and much to her nephew's delight the Netflix Marvel series The Punisher. She won the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special for Little Dorrit. She directed Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, starring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench, a television film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel of the same name. She has also directed several art/dance films, funded by the Arts Council, in collaboration with Fearghus Ó Conchúir including Match and I'm Roger Casement. Walsh has been nominated for the Irish Film and Television Awards eight times and won twice for directing in 2011 and 2018 respectively. This event was supported by the BAI. https://wft.ie/

Joint-manager of Tourlestrane Eamonn O'Hara praised his side's resolve after a 0-13 to 0-7 win over Coolaney/Mullinabreena in round two of the Homeland Sligo SFC on Saturday evening at a rain-soaked Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry.

The new TV drama, Normal People, which was mostly filmed in Sligo and Tubbercurry, has prompted a national debate on its sexual content. Tommy Banks from Sligo went on national radio to condemn the show as 'pornographic' and he's challenged on his views by Bernie, who feels it was tender, touching and responsibly presented

South Sligo Athletic Club with host the annual St.Patrick's Day Road Race. A 10k and 5k will start around 12 noon. For more information see https://www.facebook.com/SouthSligoAthletic/ or to register visit https://www.njuko.net/tubber2020/select_competition. Paul Walsh, Chair of South Sligo AC spoke to Francie Boylan on Ocean FM.

Mouldmaker rises to new challenges Injection mould manufacturer Alpha Precision welcomes new challenges, believing it can push the boundaries of what is possible in precision engineering through its state-of-the-art software. Based at Tubbercurry in County Sligo in Ireland, Alpha Precision operates an almost full suite of VISI modules, which Director Brendan Feely describes as a seamless communication tool. The 16-employee company produces an average of around 40 tools a year, ranging in size from 100mm by 100mm, up to 600mm by 1-metre, mainly for the automotive, medical, packaging and electronics industry sectors. Brendan says “Several years ago, Ireland experienced an exodus of toolmaking contracts as work went overseas. At the same time, VISI CAD/CAM software for the mould and die industry was rapidly developing and adding new features. Even companies that weren’t computer literate were investing in the technology to survive. This had a huge effect on the toolmaking industry, giving us a competitive advantage.” Alpha Precision is now building high end mould tools with high end software. He says “The technology promotes a more automated process, and means our staff need a different skillset to use VISI to its full potential. We have a variety of machines doing different jobs, so our operators have different skills. The software’s applied on the back of the machining, and because there are several disciplines, such as design, milling, wire and spark eroding, the software fits naturally into its given area. The operator in that area is just trained on the one particular VISI module.” He compares the toolroom to a group of people from different countries, with none of them speaking a language other than their own. Brendan says “One language is design; others include flow analysis, milling, wire eroding and spark erosion. VISI is the common language that unites all those processes, ensuring everything moves fluently through the toolroom from one discipline to another.” Partnering with their clients from concept through to production, the experienced design team utilises VISI to design complex moulds, such as a number of high cavitation tools for medical customers. With VISI programs running their high-speed milling on Röder, and F3 and F5 Makino machining centres, the challenges posed by the medical industry require very fine precision levels. Brendan says “We use high-end 42,000 RPM spindle speeds for very small detail finishing, and we cut electrodes on the Makino F3, with high definition being done on the F5. We can machine a cavity in just one night, that would otherwise take a week. Using VISI Machining we can quickly produce a highly polished medical part with fine detail, a milled finish, and a split line within micron accuracy.” VISI Electrode & Wire also powers Alpha Precision’s EDM machines for spark eroding and Mitsubishi wire erosion. He says parts of the tool will have been cut on each of the machines, and when it’s ready for shipping, it is a very fine-micron, accurately controlled finished tool. Having invested in many VISI modules including Modelling, Analysis, Flow, Mould, Progress, the wire cutting and electrode systems, along with 2D Milling, 3D Milling and High Speed Milling, the software is used at every stage of the process, beginning with providing an accurate quotation for the customer. VISI ensures that all milling for hard prepping and high-speed finishing is handled quickly and accurately, which he says is vital to their operation. Brendan says “We make a lot of one-off custom components for each mould, meaning we only run a program once. As pattern cutters we need to be very good at generating CNC code time after time, and VISI is exceptional at doing that job for us.”

This week John McDwyer of Beezneez Theatre joins Breifne Earley for ‘Kiss My Arts’ to discuss his lifelong love of the drama world as a writer, actor and director. The Sligo native shares the story about how he shared a professional life in the bank with local drama and variety groups in Limerick, Letterkenny and Tubbercurry before he moved to Carrick on Shannon and settled into life in Leitrim. Joining the Breffni Players he acted, directed and produced his first production with them in the mid 1980’s where he directed Brian Friel’s ‘Lovers’ with some fantastic local talent. He talks about how playing Gar Private in Friel’s “Philadelphia, Here I Come” had a phenomenal impact on his own relationship with his father for the last decade of his dad’s life. He talks about the genesis of Beezneez Theatre Company which was to facilitate members of local amateur theatre groups taking a step up a level within the arts world and touring to regional and national venues with 38 tours of about 30 productions in the 22 years since Beezneez was formed. John’s new play ‘Twilight’ will be playing in The Dock for 4 nights next week from the 21st – 24th October 2019. Tickets are available from The Dock website and box office.

After droning a live HD audio video stream, I caught up with distributed networking advocates to share ideas about remote work. I wish I could visit Tubbercurry and dive into the @GrowRemoteIrl conference. Bonus Link: https://www.insideview.ie/2019/04/streaming-drone-video-from-clonmel-pastureland.html

James Neary knew he did not want to stay on the farm and grabbed the opportunity to leave Tubbercurry, in northern Ireland for the US! A bartender-who doesn't drink-a restaurateur- he welcomes writers, sports stars, mayors, religious leaders to "Neary's.

In this edition of Book Talk, host Ryan Van Winkle and Sasha de Buyl talk to Ron Butlin, Donal McLaughlin and Eimear McBride about family and place.A Girl is a Half-formed ThingWith an international reputation as a prize-winning novelist, Ron Butlin is a former Edinburgh Makar/Poet Laureate (2008-2014) whose fourth novel, Ghost Moon, is out now. The book tells the story in flashback of Maggie, a young woman in post-World War II Edinburgh who falls pregnant in a society that frowns on unwed mothers. Based on Ron's own mother, the author explains where fact and fiction meet and discusses the writing process.Born in Derry in 1961, but resident in Scotland since 1970, Donal McLaughlin is a freelance writer known for his short stories, a number of which have already appeared in translation. Donal's latest collection, Beheading the Virgin Mary, and Other Stories, follows the character of Liam through a loose sequence of stories and take place over a period of three decades. Ron reads from the book and offers some insight into his technique which will be of interest to both readers and aspiring writers.Finally, Sasha talks to author Eimear McBride, who was born in Liverpool to Northern Irish parents before moving to Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo. Eimear discusses the nine-year journey between the writing of her book, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, and its eventual publication and critical success.BookTalk is produced by Colin Fraser of Culture Laser Productions.

The Road Travelled A summer series of programmes as Tommy Marren is in conversation with people from around the region who are now retired and who speak about their journeys in life.This week Tubbercurry native Jackie Coogan talks about his fifty years as a barber. From Tubbercurry to the bright lights of Chicago Jackie dabbled in the music business too and talks candidly about his life experiences.

This programme looks at a time in Ireland when not having a light on your bicycle at night was regarded as a serious offence. If a cyclist was caught by the gardai at night without a light they could face a court appearance and a fine together with the humiliation of being named and shamed in the local newspaper. Among the contributors to the Midwest documentary are people now in their seventies / eighties who were before a District Justice on this offence. They include Mary Livingstone of Castlebar who recalls being caught in Balla without a light by a garda at a roadside checkpoint and Aughagower man Aeneas Noonan who tells of happy days cycling between Aughagower and the dance hall in Westport carrying a young lady on the handlebars of a bike without a light and being summonsed as a result. Others interviewed for the 40 minute documentary include gardai, and retired District Judge Bernard Brennan from Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo. The series has been commissioned by the Broadcasting Authority under the Sound and Vision Programme and is presented by award winning journalist Teresa O’Malley and co-produced by Teresa and Liamy MacNally with technical assistance from Ronan Courell.