Week 21 - Monday
Midlands Today with Will Faulkner
Monday, 19 May 2025 - 2 hours 6 minutes
After years of toxic relationships, Meath woman Siobhan Cookson chose to become a single mother via IVF. Inspired by her godson, supported by her family, and determined to take control of her fertility, she welcomed her baby girl, Summer, in November 2023.
A draft report reveals that up to thousands of children may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries in Irish hospitals between 2021 and 2023, with alarming rates of procedures not meeting surgical criteria at Cappagh and Temple Street hospitals.
Uisce Éireann has completed a major tunnelling milestone beneath the River Shannon as part of the €114 million Athlone Main Drainage Scheme, a transformative infrastructure project now over 80% complete.
