The Limerick Voice Podcast

In the final episode of the series, Mairéad catches up with the editors of The Limerick Voice Paper as they put the final touches on this edition. They talk about the stories you can expect to see, their aims going into the job and why they think The Limerick Voice 2019 is a unique read.  Be sure to pick up a copy of the Limerick Voice alongside the Limerick Leader, when it hits the shelves across the county tomorrow, the 5th of December. 

In this week's episode we look at the powerful impact of Movember in breaking down stigma around men's physical and mental health, we attend the 'Purple Up' event that raises awareness for victims of domestic abuse and break down they year in numbers in The Big Question.

This week we attended Roar for Limerick which was organised to protest the RTÉ decision to effectively close its Limerick studio and to split Lyric FM between Cork and Galway. We caught up with Limerick Against Polluton’s Claire Keeting to find out how their campaign against the Irish Cement Factory in Limerick is going after the initial support and we look into pensions and see how there’s a big problem coming our way if Ireland continues its current pension model.

On this week’s show we meet the find out how successful the somewhat controversial Poppy Appeal really is in Limerick and where the money goes, we raise the curtain on Panto Season with the launch of the University Concert Hall’s production and we’re joined by our business editor to break down Brexit!!

In this week's episode, the lads discuss Raheen's Roisin Upton's success as the Irish women's hockey team secure their place in next year's Olympics, they discuss what's next for Katie Taylor after last week's win as well as previewing this weeks sporting action, with Munster facing Ulster in the Pro 14 game and Patrickswell taking on Ballygunner in the Munster Hurling Semi Final. 

In this Halloween edition of the podcast, we catch up with the woman behind Limerick's first pumpkin patch (long before they became the perfect backdrop for influencers on Instagram!), we found out all the top tips to keep your pets safe tonight and how reggae might keep your canines calm and instead of ghost busting we go myth busting to separate the fact from fiction when it comes to vaccines. 

On this week's show, we gather all the reaction from students and staff at the University of Limerick following the reveal of its new logo, we catch up with the selfless volunteers of Limerick Suicide Watch who spend the cold and dark nights patrolling the river Shannon and we fill you in on the power of Artificial Intelligence (and how likely it is to take your job one day!).

On this week's show, the lads discuss what's next for Irish rugby after last weekends thrashing and who will fill the shoes of Rory Best and Joe Schmidt, they preview this weekend's Castletown-Ballyagran vs. Kilmallock Junior A Final and they get their teeth into all things soccer as they discuss the Airtricity League and the Premier League and the pros and cons of the dreaded VAR system. 

In this week's episode, we meet a local woman who's chosen to raise her child as a vegan, we call into Mortell's Cafe on Roche's Street who have kept the people of Limerick full with delicious food and hearty conversation for over six decades and Kathleen O'Sullivan breaks down GDPR and reveals just how much Big Brother really knows about us.

In this week's podcast, Sports Editor Eoghan Moloney and his deputy Anthony Geoghan are joined by James Molloy and James O'Connor to discuss the latest and greatest sporting stories from Limerick and around the world. The lads debate that tackle by Bundee Aki during last weekend's game against Samoa in the Rugby World Cup, they discuss the ten points put over the bar by Rebecca Delee's in Newcastle West's first county camoige final and they preview tonight's Ireland game against Geneva.