Saturday Focus
Interesting stories, the latest news affecting the midlands and an unexpected tale or two from the region- that's what 'Saturday Focus' is all about.
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Episodes
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Episode 6
Monday, 19 May 2025
Saturday Focus with Sally-Ann Barrett
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Episode 5
Monday, 12 May 2025
Tackling rural healthcare gaps, letting lawns grow for nature, and a pot-bellied pig named Arnold winning hearts and donations across Laois.
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Episode 4
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Heating in Midlands homes, a local trip to Nepal, and Darkness into Light needs Midlands walkers
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Episode 3
Monday, 28 April 2025
Parenting autism, childhood marts to millions, and The Brontë Banagher connection
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Episode 2
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
In this week's Saturday Focus, Sally-Ann asks... Have we lost our sense of basic manners? Should you be legally entitled to find out if the partner of a loved one has a history of violence? ...and she discusses local connections to the 1916 Rising.
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Episode 1
Monday, 14 April 2025
This week on Saturday Focus: getting more Midlands women into politics, a Laois woman’s marathon tribute after surviving sepsis, and the remarkable story of an Offaly piper at Tullamore Tradfest.