EPISODE TWO OF SIX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 7PM
Munster Express reporter Kieran Foley is on the trail of a Hollywood star who is visiting relatives in South Kilkenny. We follow Kieran as he tries to grab a scoop with Hollywood royalty!
Meanwhile at the Mayo News, it’s the 5th anniversary of the Greenway on the Wild Atlantic Way. Neill O’Neill meets the farmers who gave their land to allow the tourist attraction come into being. Neill gets more than he bargained for when meeting an elderly farmer with a harrowing story to tell.
And in Clare, we meet the owners of The Clare Champion, which has been in the Galvin family for generations. And Ireland’s only canine columnist, Daisy the Dog, reviews a pet friendly hotel for her ‘dogalogue’ column. Will it be a five paw review?
SERIES OVERVIEW
“For the price of a cup of coffee, the local paper keeps you full for the week…”
Ireland’s local newspapers have been at the heart of their communities for centuries but, in a world where news is immediately disseminated on Facebook and Twitter and circulation is dwindling, they are facing serious challenges.
The Local Eye looks at some of the few remaining family-owned, traditional local newspapers weathering a new storm after surviving reccessions, wars, civil wars and rival publications.
This six-part series looks at, and celebrates, the vital role that these papers play in their local communities, embedded among their readers and reporting the news that matters to them. The editors, reporters and staff of these publications have their ears to the ground and noses for a great story with a keen sense of what matters to their readers.
Journalism, thankfully, is not always a serious business and local reporters have long derived pleasure from sourcing quirky and colourful tales. From the extraordinary to the ordinary; the sporting triumphs to the terrible tragedies; the publicity hungry local councillors to the news about neighbours, notices and events; the poems, parish news and births and deaths, this series gets inside the local newspapers and finds out what makes them tick.
From run-ins with famous GAA managers, to fighting for national recognition and dogs with their own columns, all human life is here.