Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Youth Work Ireland says Budget 2025 needs to include a more sustainable funding model for youth workers. Westmeath County Council voted 11 to 6 on Monday to approve a 15% increase in local property tax for the next five years. A long-awaited hospice for the midlands is moving a step closer to be becoming a reality.

A former teacher and bear attack survivor became the fastest and oldest person to swim the Shannon, Ireland's longest river. Plans to crack down on motorists who have held provisional licenses for years, or even decades, have been delayed due to concerns about increasing driving test waiting lists. An expert says the increase in bed bugs in Ireland is being linked to fans returning from the Paris Olympics.

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

It's the third and final day of the National Ploughing Championships 2024 and Will & the Midlands Today team return to Ratheniska once again. Up for discussion today: the weather, property price increases, and various ploughing attendees including The King Oak, the Irish Defence Forces, Flavour Safari - plus: Come along for the ride as Will crashes a car, We ask "Where will the Ploughing be next year?" and the inaugural "Moo or No Moo?" challenge!

Will & the team return to Ratheniska for Day 2 of the 2024 National Ploughing Championships with a show featuring a beach-front property in Laois, a giant crane, DIY, live music and the chance to get on an Irish version of TV's The Traitors

Will & the team bring us the show live from Ratheniska in County Laois for Day 1 of the 2024 National Ploughing Championships

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Offaly boxer Grainne Walsh says she has unfinished business with the Olympics. The Taoiseach is seeking a meeting with the HSE to discuss the delivery of a new hospice for the midlands. Apple warned the Government about strong competition from other countries trying to attract multinationals away from Ireland during a high-level meeting this summer.

Dentists are urging the government to limit international dental students in Ireland, blaming a shortage of local dentists on foreign students taking training spots and leaving after qualifying. Simon Harris is expected to announce at his party's meeting in Tullamore today that Fine Gael is developing a plan for a publicly funded early learning and childcare system. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have accused each other of lying in a televised debate centred around the economy, migration, guns and foreign policy.

Let’s Talk About Suicide is a new, free online suicide prevention training programme from the HSE. It is now freely available to everyone over 18 years old. After more than 20 years of living with chronic pain, Christine Donaldson is fully aware of how misunderstood sufferers of the invisible illness can be. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is asking households in parts of Offaly to complete the Census Pilot Survey.

Midlands Today LIVE from Kolbe Special School, Portlaoise

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Midlands Today with Will Faulkner

Locals in North Tipperary plan to protest in their town against the arrival of people seeking international protection. A new report reveals that a quarter of primary school children and over a fifth of secondary school students have been "bothered or upset" by harmful online content, including scams, harassment, horror, or sexual material. The daughter of an Offaly man, who was one of the 123 people who were killed when the accommodation they were staying on in the North Sea capsized, says she is still looking for answers over 40 years after his death.

A Fine Gael Senator has said that Ticketmaster and MCD must explain the high ticket prices and service charges to members of the Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, and Media. Sacked schoolteacher Enoch Burke has been sent to prison for a third time for contempt of court orders. Also, students of St.Fergal's College in Rathdoweny join us for a chat and some music!

Will discusses impending job losses in Tullamore's Cardinal Health with Ciaran Mullooly MEP, he talks all things sport with David Hollywood - and with Midlands 103's Caitriona Lawlor, he looks ahead to a special event for students and jobseekers in the midlands.

Midlands Today LIVE from Killeigh Community Centre

Parents will be advised to leave messages with the school office if they need to contact their children during class under new rules for a mobile phone ban in schools. Public urged not to buy Coldplay or Oasis tickets on Social Media. Some top Leaving Cert students missed out on their dream college places today because CAO points continue to stay very high.