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Dec 04, 2024

Long delays at hospital emergency departments across the region today

University Hospital Galway and Sligo University Hospitals remain among the most overcrowded nationally today. It comes as almost 600 patients are waiting for beds at Irish Hospitals today. Across the region today over 90 patients are waiting for a bed in…
Dec 04, 2024

Brother of the missing Sandra Collins urges anyone with information to come forward as today marks 24 years since her disappearance

The brother of missing Mayo woman Sandra Collins has once again asked anyone with any information on her disappearance to come forward. Today marks the 24th anniversary of the disappearance of Sandra Collins. The last confirmed sighting of Sandra was on the…
Dec 04, 2024

Mayo shop sells €500,000 winning lotto ticket

A player from Castlebar in Co. Mayo is celebrating after winning a staggering €500,000 in last night’s EuroMillions Plus draw. The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of the draw at Daybreak, Main Street, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. The winning…
Dec 04, 2024

After nine years of waiting works will commence tomorrow on the Crossmolina Flood Relief Scheme

After nine years of waiting, works will commence on the Crossmolina Flood Relief Scheme tomorrow. The multi-million euro investment has long been in the pipeline since the devastating flooding in December 2015. Crossmolina based Fianna Fail Councillor Michael…
Dec 04, 2024

Number of parties to host their first parliamentary meetings later today

Fine Gael, Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein will hold their first parliamentary meetings later today.It will be the first time TDs will meet fellow party members since the election, many of whom are new to the Dail.The parties will separately discuss government…
Dec 04, 2024

Electoral Commission say the register is not as accurate as it should be

Around half a million people could be mistakenly on the electrical register.The head of the electoral commission, Art O'Leary, has confirmed the register is "not as accurate as it should be".Concerns are being raised over how this may affect the figure given…

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Dec 04, 2024

Details confirmed for Easkey's All-Ireland Junior Hurling semi-final

The GAA can confirm the following fixture arrangements. AIB All-Ireland Club IHC Semi-Finals Saturday December 14 Tynagh/Abbey-Duniry (Galway) v Rathnure (Wexford), Glenisk O'Connor Park, 1pm, Sport TG4 Sunday December 15 Watergrasshill (Cork) v Carey Faughs…
Dec 04, 2024

Two Clare footballer's to join Mayo's Dayna Finn at AFLW club Carlton

Clare ladies footballers Siofra O'Connell and Aisling Reidy have been snapped up by AFLW club Carlton. The Doora-Barefield duo have put pen to paper on rookie contracts after impressed scouts from the Blues in recent weeks. They'll join Laois' Erone…
Dec 04, 2024

Swinford boxer looks to continue his unbeaten run in the Pro ranks this Saturday

Swinford boxer Eoghan Lavin is back between the ropes this weekend on a stacked bill in Waterford. Lavin was out just last month with a stoppage win on the Queensberry show maintaining his unbeaten record in the Pro ranks. The War in Waterford will take place…
Dec 03, 2024

Mayo GAA Club Championship Team of the Year announced

The Mayo GAA Connacht Gold Senior, Egan Jewellers Intermediate and Treanlaur Catering Junior club championship Team of the Year has been announced. Senior champions Ballina Stephenites have four players selected, with two for intermediate kings Crossmolina…
Dec 03, 2024

Alan Dunne wins 11th Annual Belleek 10k

The ever popular 11th Annual Belleek 10k took place Sunday 1st December which attracted large numbers to Belleek Ballina. The race winner was Alan Dunne 33:54, 2nd Dessie Burke 35:16, 3rd John Byrne Mayo AC 35:34, First woman was Caroline Coulter Tireragh AC…
Dec 02, 2024

This week's Mayo Football League results

This week’s Mayo Football League fixtures: Wednesday December 4 2024: FAI Youth Inter League Provincial final: Galway League v Mayo League, Eamon Deacy Park 7:30pm (Mayo take a 3-0 lead from first leg) Sunday December 8 2024: Oscar Traynor Cup Round 3:…

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‘We’ve done things no other radio station in the world would contemplate’

 

When a near-bankrupt Paul Claffey and an up-and-coming DJ Chris Carroll founded a small pirate radio station in the cloakroom of Midas Nightclub in November 1985 they could never have imagined the incredible impact it would have on Irish broadcasting. Today, Midwest Radio is one of the best-known stations in the country and is widely acknowledged as having changed the face of local radio in Ireland. This is the station that pioneered death notices, Radio Bingo and so many other innovations that are now mainstays of local radio schedules all over Ireland. 

In an entertaining and light-heated account of the rise of Midwest Radio, author James Laffey takes readers on an unforgettable voyage in the company of a group of ‘pirates’ who became some of the best-loved broadcasters of their generation. 

From those magical Sunday Night Live extravaganzas in Midas to the epic Beat on the Peat in New York, Laffey captures the ‘magic and madness’ of a radio station like no other. The many characters who made Midwest what it is today jump from these pages as we relive the days of Bina’s curse, the Garda who became a ‘pirate’ and the late, great Willie ‘The Shoe’, to name but a few. 

This beautifully presented 448-page hardback volume is the perfect gift for Christmas. Apart from an immensely entertaining and engaging narrative, the book contains 64 pages of photographs, including many unpublished images, some dating back to the pirate days and Sunday Night Live at Midas. It’s a very limited edition so make sure to get your copy early to avoid disappointment.

Magic & Madness is the feelgood read of 2019. It’s the book you won’t want to put down – not even for your favorite Midwest Radio show! 

 

 

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