Cathy Lee
Journalist at RTÉ
Multimedia journalist @rtenews ☆ Like people, social affairs and politics. Wicklow woman. Views my own. Have a story? DMs are open or email [email protected] 💫
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1 week ago |
rte.ie | Cathy Lee
A charity that helps people in Co Wexford with issues relating to mental health, homelessness and addiction has announced its closure, citing an overwhelming workload and financial challenges. Voluntary organisation Wexford People Helping People, also known as Sanctuary Wexford, is based in Wexford town and helped people across the county in its close to ten-year existence.
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1 week ago |
rte.ie | Cathy Lee
A cat which became stuck in a wall cavity at a Dealz shop in Athenry, Co Galway, has been rescued thanks to a team effort by staff and the Galway SPCA. The six-month-old female cat was first heard by shoppers about six weeks ago, and had been coming and going from the shop at different times of the day and night. She was not using the front door however, rather escaping through a hole in the roof.
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1 month ago |
rte.ie | Cathy Lee
A Westmeath woman has expressed her surprise and pride after a landmine-hunting rat that she adopted in Cambodia set a world record for sniffing out devices. Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has tracked down 109 landmines and 15 other potentially deadly war remnants since his deployment to northern Preah Vihear province in August 2021. Last week, charity APOPO said Ronin was named the most successful Mine Detection Rat (MDR) in the organisation's history.
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1 month ago |
rte.ie | Cathy Lee
A 27-year-old student from Myanmar left Ireland on Wednesday, after living here for two years, to travel to Thailand to visit family who are currently living in Myanmar. Nyein said that she was in her hotel room in Thailand sleeping after experiencing jetlag when she felt the earthquake begin. "It all happened in about three minutes. The hotel was shaking and it was moving both horizontally and vertically and it was not stopping.
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1 month ago |
rte.ie | Cathy Lee
Midlands 103 has announced an agreement to acquire Wexford radio station South East Radio. Midlands 103 is part of the Tindle Group, which also operates local media outlets in the UK and Channel Islands. South East Radio hosts programmes such as the flagship programme "The Morning Mix" hosted by Alan Corcoran, "Country N'Irish" with Tony Kehoe and "The Saturday Show" with Alan McGuire.
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