Week 40 - Monday
Midlands Today with Will Faulkner
Monday, 5 October 2026 - 1 hour 37 minutes
- Specialist adult Type 1 diabetes services in Mullingar have been suspended due to staffing shortages, with no firm date for reopening and new referrals currently not being accepted.
- An Athlone man has received a six-year prison sentence for stabbing a former friend seven times while on bail for a separate violent attack, with the sentence to run consecutively to his existing jail term.
- Calls are being made for a universal tax-free inheritance threshold ahead of Budget 2027, amid concerns the current system is creating financial difficulties for families inheriting property or money.
