Michael Bergin

Oklahoma City

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Local Councillor urges caution after near miss at Redbridge level crossing

Jan 12, 2025 | kclr96fm.com | Michael Bergin

A local councillor in South Kilkenny has urged motorists to slow down, and respect road signs and traffic lights, after a video of a near-miss at Redbridge level crossing went viral. The video, captured on CCTV on New Year’s Day, depicts a car driving through the lowered barriers at the level crossing, moments before an oncoming train makes its way through the junction. The incident has been condemned on social media, with different users decrying the driver’s actions.
Kilkenny MEP calls on government to prioritise domestic abuse survivors

Jan 12, 2025 | kclr96fm.com | Michael Bergin

A Kilkenny based MEP is calling on the incoming Irish government to make the needs of women and children fleeing domestic abuse a priority. Ireland South MEP Kathleen Funchion expressed concern over the alarming rise in domestic and gender-based violence during a TV debate earlier this week. She’s pointed out the ongoing shortage of refuge services and stressed the need for immediate action to ensure that every woman escaping violence has access to safe spaces and proper housing.
Panic Buying reported in Carlow and Kilkenny ahead of Orange weather warning

Jan 4, 2025 | kclr96fm.com | Michael Bergin

Retailers have been reporting panic buying in their stores, ahead of the onset of the Orange weather warning for Carlow, Kilkenny and the South East. Images shared to social media have shown empty bread shelves in numerous stores throughout the country, with customers reportedly buying 4 to 5 loaves at a time.
Carlow and Kilkenny residents advised to prevent spread of flu during cold snap

Jan 3, 2025 | kclr96fm.com | Michael Bergin

As an increased number of people presenting with respiratory illness begins to place pressure on Hospitals in the region, people in Carlow and Kilkenny are being advised to help stop the spread of flu. Visiting restrictions are currently in place across University Hospital Waterford, Wexford General Hospital, and St. Luke’s General Hospital Kilkenny.
Newly Elected TD for Carlow Kilkenny Voices Support for Passport Campaign

Dec 28, 2024 | kclr96fm.com | Michael Bergin

Newly elected TD for Carlow-Kilkenny Peter “Chap” Cleere has advised people to check their passports and to “not be that person”, after the government announced the launch of the Passport Service awareness campaign. The campaign aims to encourage people to check their passport before making travel plans and to apply for their passport online, in plenty of time before they depart. In 2024, 92% of all passport applicants used the Passport Online system.
Pedestrian dies following collision in Carlow

Dec 28, 2024 | kclr96fm.com | Michael Bergin

A woman in her 70s has died after being hit by a car outside Tinryland in Carlow last night. The incident occurred at roughly half past 6 yesterday evening, on the N80 in the townland of Rathcrogue. The woman’s body was removed from the scene to University Hospital Waterford, where a post-mortem will take place. The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, was uninjured.
Tullow RFC Chair calls on Carlow Sports Clubs to apply for award

Dec 27, 2024 | kclr96fm.com | Michael Bergin

The chairperson of Tullow Rugby Football Club has called on representatives from Carlow sports clubs to apply for the Texaco support for sports initiative, ahead of the deadline for applications on the 31st of January. The initiative sees over €500,000 dispersed annually between numerous sporting groups in different communities around the country, with roughly €15,000 coming to Carlow since the initiative’s inception.
Odie Leigh brings a little pop-punk to your sad girl autumn in D.C.

Dec 3, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Aubrey Butterfield |Anna Crowley |Michael Bergin |Maya Kominsky

On a chilly November night in Columbia Heights, inside the intimate venue, The Atlantis, electrifying energy was brewing for Odie Leigh—and when the Louisiana native took the stage, she doubled it. As anticipation for Leigh was brewing, opener Angela Autumn entranced the audience with delicate strings played live and mystical yet occasionally devastating lyrics of songs like “Waltz About Death” (2024), “Dancer” (2022), and her most recent release, “Sage Bundle” (2024).
Guide: Youth Deer Gun Season 2024

Oct 9, 2024 | eufaulaindianjournal.com | Michael Bergin

Oklahoma’s youth deer gun season is Oct. 18-20. The three-day season is an opportunity for young hunters to get into the woods before other deer gun hunters. And this year, a new hunting license in Oklahoma is making it easier for youth to get started. It’s called the youth annual super-hunting license, and it covers hunters under 18 for all the deer hunting allowed for the year.
The Killer is a comedy hiding in a hitman disguise

Dec 7, 2023 | georgetownvoice.com | Christina Pan |Allison Reagan |Michael Bergin |Nora Scully

David Fincher’s 12th feature film, The Killer (2023) is a technical masterwork with hawkeye definition. The film has a lean, slick feel, without a single blemish in its frames, and most importantly, carries the same sort of standoffish cool as what one would expect from the rest of Fincher’s films. Despite Fincher’s professed hatred for the word, to call him an auteur would not be inaccurate.