Tag Archives: Anglo Celt

Medium-Sized Cow Up a Tree, Fairly Big Stink

By Ronan | Published: November 1, 2011

A mad busy week for the regional newspapers, and as it was Local Newspaper Week one got the opinion that the participating newspapers were really making an effort to impress readers old and (hopefully) new. The 30 papers that did were packed to the gills with news and, sadly, Halloween cliche after Halloween cliche. I […]

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Medium-Sized St Patrick’s Parade Committee, Fairly Big Scandal

By Ronan | Published: October 11, 2011

Another pile of regional newspapers, another week of stories showcasing the lighter side of Irish life for Breakfast With Hector’s popular ‘Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story’ slot. Every week we get to fit four or maybe five stories into the slot, so often stories slot into place quickly. This week was one of those weeks […]

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Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story — July 4

By Ronan | Published: July 5, 2011

No whoo-dee-doo American nonsense to celebrate the 4^th of July — just plain old Irish commonsense and nonsense from the regional newspapers to mark the first Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story of July on RTE 2 FM’s Breakfast with Hector. We could have filled about an hour of radio with stories from the country’s regional newspapers this […]

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Medium-Sized Cow Dung, Fairly Big Bull’s Arse

By Ronan | Published: April 5, 2011

Reviewing the regional newspapers for the ‘Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story’ slot on RTE2FM’s Breakfast with Hector this week I was struck by the awful load of old bull printed in the four corners of the regional newspaper world. The impending visits of Obama and the Queen, combined with the sudden appearance on these shores of the […]

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Medium-Sized Animal, Fairly Big Panic

By Ronan | Published: February 2, 2011

It was an animal special on RTE 2FM’s ‘Breakfast with Hector’ on Tuesday February 1^st, 2011, with stories of animals of the four-legged and two-legged making the headlines for the regional newspaper round-up. We had runaway cattle, red squirrels coming back from extinction, dogs under lock and key in Cavan and then there was the […]

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First Medium-Sized Town… of the year

By Ronan | Published: January 13, 2011

Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story — Breakfast With Hector, RTE 2FM, Tuesday January 11^th The first ‘Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story’ of the year on Breakfast with Hector on RTE 2fm on Tuesday January 11^th proved to be a bit tricky. Not only were the regional newspapers STILL full of pictures from the 2010/2011 Big Freeze, […]

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Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story — Who brought the pliers to France?

By Ronan | Published: December 14, 2010

The truth about those who brought the horse to France!

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Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story — December 6^th, 2010

By Ronan | Published: December 7, 2010

Another selection of choice Medium-Sized cuts

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Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story… Cheesus, Mary and Brendan

By Ronan | Published: November 23, 2010

A round-up of the best of the regional newspapers for ‘Breakfast with Hector’

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Medium-Sized Town, Fairly Big Story… A Smashing Pumpkin

By Ronan | Published: November 10, 2010

Another look at what’s making the headlines in Ireland’s regional newspapers

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