On Wednesday 12th June, Claremorris Town Hall hosted the certification ceremony for students from all over Ireland who have recently completed QQI-certified courses in Media Expression.

CCR staff and board members attended to show their support, and Ed Coulson went along to speak to some of the participants, and to CRAOL’s Project Coordinator Mary Lennon. CRAOL is the Community Radio Forum of Ireland.

The courses catered specifically for people living in Direct Provision, and were funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland.

The courses culminated in students producing a radio programme, and CRAOL has now edited these together into a 4-part series ‘Giving Voice to the Silent’, which will be broadcast later this summer on community radio stations all over Ireland.

CCR reporter Mark Godfrey recently spoke to Eddie O’Connor, who built Ireland’s first commercial windfarm, at Bellacorick in North Mayo.

Eddie O’Connor also founded Airtricity, and is now Executive Chairman of Mainstream Renewable Power.

Among other things, he talked to Mark about connecting Ireland’s grid to Europe, and wind versus coal.

Sports Talk presenter John Whittle is now uploading the weekly show to his Mixcloud account after the live broadcast at mixcloud.com/johnwhittle.

In this week’s programme, he was joined by regular co-host Austin Garvin, as well as John Stagg, to talk about the 2019 Connaught Final.

Catch up with future episodes at mixcloud.com/johnwhittle.

Sports Talk goes out live every Sunday at 7 pm.