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The KCLR Daily with Brian Redmond
Join Brian Redmond every weekday for The KCLR Daily, covering key news and current affairs stories to food, fashion, business, lifestyle and everything in between. The KCLR Daily tackles the topics of the day, reflecting life in Kilkenny and Carlow. Produced by Tom Hurley. Contact the show, weekdays by text or WhatsApp to 083 3069696, phone 1800 90 9696 or email thekclrdaily@kclr96fm.com.
Episodes
The KCLR Daily with Brian RedmondFrom RTE Traitors Paraic Kerrigan - ‘Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ+ Past - 11/09/26
Paraic Kerrigan is an author and Assistant Professor of Information and Communication at UCD was among the 23 cast of The Traitors Ireland Season 2. He is the…
The KCLR Daily with Brian RedmondRemembering 9/11 - 11/09/26
Brian is joined by Deirde Constance, Michael Patton and Ben Woodhouse as they look back on their memories of the September 11th attackson the Twin Towers in…
The KCLR Daily with Brian RedmondCarol Balf - Trump Visit Protest - 10/09/26
Carol Balf from Action Aid Ireland talks to Brian about the protest her group will be be a part of in response to Trump's visit to Doonbeg, this weekend.
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Carmel Nolan (KCLR) & Marie Maher (KCLR) - Carl Scarpa Maherdepartment in Goods Kilkenny Competition - 10/09/26
Carmel Nolan from here in KCLR surprised Marie also from here in KCLR with a pair of new shoes to launch the opening today of the brand-new Carl Scarpa…
The KCLR Daily with Brian RedmondJohn Crowley - GAA Integration - 10/09/26
John Crowley – wants to comment on yesterday’s interview with Nickey Brennan. The big elephant in the room is that Jarlath Burns wasn’t in favour of it.
The KCLR Daily with Brian RedmondDr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill FG TD (Minister for Health) - Cois Nore Cancer Support Centre - 10/09/26
Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill FG TD - Minister for Health. Cois Nore Cancer Support Centre will officially open its new home, Cois Nore House, on the Waterford…
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Mary Harrington & Ann Matthews - Grow Mental Health - 09/09/26
Mary Harrington is the Administrator for Grow Mental Health in the South East Region, and Ann Matthews is a member of the Cois Nore Choir and also a member of…
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Upcoming 2027 Budget - 09/09/26
Ann chats to Brian about the upcoming budget. She says the Government need to look after the working-class people. She worked all her life and is now retired…
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Kathleen - osteointegration procedure - 09/09/26
Kathleen - has a prosthetic leg and needs an osteointegration procedure. It’s like a knee replacement. Its only done in London and will cost her £200k. She has…
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Nickey Brennan - Mary McAleese steps down from Integration role in GAA - 09/09/26
Nickey Brennan ,former Kilkenny hurler & former president of the GAA wants to comment on Mary McAleese stepping down from her Gaelic games integration role…
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Caoimhe Corcoran & Diane Dalton - Balplex Art Competition - 09/09/26
Scoil Aireagail, Ballyhale have two students who have won a gold medal each in a recent Balplex Art Competition. It is a wonderful achievement for both…
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Cllr. Mary Hilda Cavanagh FG - Manhole and light situation - 09/09/26
Cllr Mary Hilda Cavanagh FG – Municipal District of Castlecomer wants to comment on yesterday interview with Geraldine about the light and manhole in…
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Maria O' Rourke & Eileen Kelly - Samaritans and their Information Session - 08/09/26
Author Maria O' Rourke & Samaritans Volunteer Eileen Kelly chat to Brian about the Samaritans organisation and the work they do. Samaritans is one of Ireland's…
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John Ryan - Kilkenny Industrial Development Company Planning - 08/09/26
John Ryan talks to Brian about the Kilkenny Industrial Development Company (KIDCo) project in Kilkenny. He talks about the history and how recently KIDCo has…
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Geraldine - Lightpole issues in Urlingford - 08/09/26
Geraldine chats to Brian about a light from Pole 77 in Urlingford that is still waiting to be fixed. Geraldine has talked to politicans about the issue, yet in…
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Heidi Good - Managing Director of Goods Kilkenny - 08/09/26
Heidi Good - Managing Director of Goods Kilkenny joins Brian to talk about an upcoming event being help at the Medieval Mile Museum at which local employers…
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Dr. Gareth Murphy - Tullow Credit Union Strikes - 07/09/26
Staff at the Tullow Credit union are performing rolling morning strikes , as they push for trade union recogition. Dr. Gareth Murphy is the head of industrial…
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Irish Examiner Special Correspondent Mick Clifford - Investigation on the death of Evan Fitzgerald - 07/09/26
Irish Examiner Special Correspondent Mick Clifford talks to Brian about the Investigation on the death of Evan Fitzgerald, which is being undertaken by the…
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Deirde Heckler - German Far-Right Party AFD performs strongs in election - 07/09/29
Far Right political party Alternative for Germany Political Party (AFD) performed very strong in elections over the weekend as they surged to a record 44 per…
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Irish Boxing Writier Owain Comerford - Katie Taylor Fight - 07/09/26
New KCLR recruit Owain Comerford and boxing writer with IrishBoxing.com , is a former boxer and was one of the lucky 80,000 patrons who got to witness Katie…
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Children with Autism - Autism Heroes - 03/09/26
Michelle chats to Brian about the difficulties of raising her son who has Autism and the daily challenges they face. Later they are joined by Tricia Millar and…
The KCLR Daily with Brian RedmondAuthor Pamela O'Rourke talks 'Wild Sanctuary' - 3/9/26
Kilkenny author and romance novelist Pamela O'Rourke joins The KCLR Daily to discuss the launch of her latest book, Wild Sanctuary, as it marks the a…
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Rita Cassin - World Suicide Prevention Day - 02/09/26
Rita Cassin - from Leighlinbridge is on air to talk about World Suicide Prevention Day which takes place on Thursday, September 10th.
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Magician and Mentalist Carol Campbell - Wedding Wisdom w/ Clare Kavanagh - 02/09/26
Wedding entertainer Carol Campbell will join Clare in studio to talk all things wedding entertainment. The conversation will explore how entertainment can add…
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Naoimh Murphy - Amber Women’s Refuge - 02/09/26
Naoimh Murphy - Communications & Training Officer at Amber Women’s Refuge, a domestic abuse service for women and children living in Kilkenny and Carlow…
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Khan Kiely- Closure of Khans Books - 02/09/26
Khan Kiely - owner of Khans Books in James’s Street, Kilkenny have announced that they are closing down after 32 years. Khans Books has been open for business…
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Mac Rua - Carlow based band - 01/09/26
Mac Rua is a Carlow based band. Their debut EP INITIATION, was released on September 12, 2025. MACRUA went through some changes. Mac Rua members Aaron Smith…
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Tricia Millar - Autism Heroes - 01/09/26
Tricia Millar – from Carlow is a member of Autism Heroes. A variety night for Autism Heroes will be held in the Seven Oaks Carlow on 12th September featuring…
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Aisling Costello - Baskin Island Caretaker - 01/09/26
|Aisling Costello – from Kilkenny was on the show in March. She and her partner Conor Jones from Wexford were about to take over as caretakers of Great Blasket…
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Declan Quigley - Rás na mBan - 01/09/26
Declan Quigley – communications manager for Rás na mBan - Ireland’s International cycle race for women chats to Brian about the race. Rás na mBan was…
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Fergus Gleeson - former Commandant in the Irish Army - 01/09/26
Fergus Gleeson - aged 80 is a former Commandant in the Irish Army. He grew up mainly in Goresbridge, Co. Kilkenny, has returned to Kilkenny as Noel Hoyne is…
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Alison Kavanagh - Husband Ken's 100 mile Charity Run Guinness World Record Attempt - 31/08/26
Alison Kavanagh chats to Brian about her husband Ken's upcoming attempt at a world record for running 100miles with a 20 pound weight, as he raises money for…
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Paudie Moloney - The Traitors - 31/08/26
Hot off the heels of Season 2 of the Traitors last night, Brian chats to one of last years heroes Paudie Moloney. Paudie stole the show last year and looks…
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Hari Priya Kuber Sing and Caroline Kavanagh Ingram- 31/08/26
Hari Priya Kuber Singh talks to Brian about her husband Jackson suffered catastrophic injuries after being struck by a stolen pick-up truck in Carlow. They are…
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MP Aryal – Nepal Floods - 31/08/26
MP Aryal – from Nepal lives in Carlow. The death toll following devastating floods in Nepal has surpassed 900, as rescue teams worked overnight to reach…
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Skyclarys drug approved for reimbursement - 25/08/26
Brian gets multiple reactions to the news that the Skyclarys drug has been approved for reimbursement by the HSE senior management team to help those with…
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Spiking of drinks on Leaving Certificate results celebration night - 25/08/26
Phyllis wants to make an appeal to find a woman who helped her daughter last Friday night after her drink was spiked in Kilkenny
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Sean Dillion - Muay Thai Coach - 24/08/2026
Sean Dillion – is a Muay Thai (martial arts) coach. He wants to talk about current fundraising events being organised locally to send a 13-year-old girl from…
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Amber O’Rourke & Lauryn Webster - Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach -24/8/2026
Amber O’Rourke attended Gaelcholáiste Cheatharlach and did her Leaving Cert this year. Amber suffered from a stroke when she was in just Senior Infants in…
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Jane Dowling/Anne Manning- St Patricks Special School in Kilkenny - 21/08/2026
Jane Dowling, the Principal of St Patricks Special school in Kilkenny and Anne Manning who is teaching at the school chat to Brian about the recent Leaving…
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Emily Felix - Friedreich’s Ataxia Dublin Protest - 21/08/2026
Emily Felix - aged 28 is a trainee solicitor from Gowran, Co Kilkenny who has Friedreich’s Ataxia (a rare neurological degenerative disease). She argues that a…
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John Raftery - Road Safety - 20/08/2026
John Rafter – owner of JR Auto Solutions, a Kilkenny based safety & communication company chats to Brian about aiming for ZERO auto accidents & "peace of mind…
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Mary McEvoy and Co. - The Iverk Show - 20/08/2026
Mary McEvoy joins Brian in the OB unit at the Iverk show to talk about setting up the show and the all the work behind the scenes. Plus she is joined by part…
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Dr Stuart Edwards - Orthopaedic Consultant from UPMC Aut Even - 19/08/2026
Brian chats to Dr Stuart Edwards - Orthopaedic Consultant from UPMC Aut Even. He specialises in hips and knees and he talks about the best ways to help…
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Supt Sean O'Meara & Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick - Local Community Safety Partnership - 19/08/2026
Dermot Keyes from KCLR News spoke with Supt Sean O'Meara following the Local Community Safety Partnership meeting at County Hall. He put two questions to him…
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M9 Crash: A letter on behalf of Ella Hendricken to The KCLR Daily
A letter received overnight to The KCLR Daily is read by presenter Brian Redmond, as a friend of Ella Hendricken shares her thoughts and thanks to those…
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Joanna Donnelly -Heritage Week - 18/08/26
Joanna Donnelly – former Meteorologist, spoke about holding a workshop for Heritage Week on Weather and Myths and is heading for St. Laserian’s Cathedral in…
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Martina Kenny – My Lovely Horse Rescue - 17/08/26
Martina Kenny , Co-founder of My Lovely Horse Rescue chats to Brian about the buisness and the recent goings on with the animals in her care. Aswell as the…
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Cllr Damien Donoghue - Water outages in Ferrybank - 14/08/26
Cllr Damien Donoghue chats to Brian about the water outages in Ferrybank recently. He has raised the issue of low water pressure and calling on a water booster…
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Haley Halpin - Service Coordinator at Crime Victims Helpline - 13/08/26
Almost one in every two crime-related contacts received by Ireland's national victims' support service last year related to assault, harassment or stalking…
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Emily Felix - Friedreich’s Ataxia advocate - 12/078/26
Emily Felix is a trainee solicitor from Gowran, Co Kilkenny who has Friedreich’s Ataxia (a rare neurological degenerative disease). She has been left bitterly…
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Irish Music Month launch with KCLR's Ken McGuire - 17/8/26
KCLR's Ken McGuire joins The KCLR Daily to discuss the launch of Irish Music Month on KCLR, running on over 20 radio stations across Ireland from 14 September…
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Discussing JNLR Q2 results with KCLR's John Purcell, Ken McGuire, Edwina Grace
The latest round of the JNLR radio listenership figures were published on Thursday August 13th, showing an increase in weekday listenership to KCLR across…
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Carlow Councilors Ben Ward and Charlie Murphy - Rathrush Green Energy Park Concerns - 11/08/2026
Residents of Rathoe turned out in force last night to discuss their concerns regarding the proposed Rathrush Green Energy Park. Health, traffic congestion…
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Trish Norton and Mary Doyle - Urlingford Creative Arts Festival - 10/08/2026
The countdown is on for the first-ever Urlingford Creative Arts Festival, a vibrant two-day celebration of art, creativity, music and community taking place on…
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Molly Hughes Bravo - Dublin Horse Show winner -10/08/2026
Dublin Horse Show winner with Kilbrackan Stakatto, Molly Hughes Bravo,joins us today. She won the 6 Year Old 'Cruising' - National Championship in the Laya…
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The Friday Panel with Dr. John Masterson and Mary Kennedy
John Masterson and Mary Kennedy join Brian to catch up on the events of the week, including paying tribute to the late great Brenda Fricker.
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Holly Harmon - Junior Model of the World 2026 -07/08/2026
Local star Holly Harmon chats to Brian about her rise in the world of singing and acting. She has world titles in vocals, self-accompanied vocals, modelling…
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Dr. David Allen - Hydrogen storage project pushback - 07/08/2026
Dr. David Allen, Rathoe Community Group Chairperson, engineer and local resident, chats to Brian about the Carlow village raises serious concerns over…