Ahead of Budget 2012
Cian McCormack began his trip in Athlone and travelled to Sligo, the Northwest, Limerick and other areas of Ireland before returning to Dublin.
Click on the links below to hear some of the people he met and the stories he heard on his journey.
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To round up his series, Cian hears the fears of older people about the Budget, and he gives a flavour of some of the emails he's received over the week -
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On his fifth and final day, Cian is back in studio in Dublin where he reports on two men who've created their own employment after being made redundant -
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Cian meets farmers in Ballinasloe and visits St Munchin's Community Centre in Limerick. And he speaks to Alan Meagher, founding editor of Changingireland.ie -
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On day four, Cian speaks to people as they queue for social welfare in Galway and also finds out about the closure of the courthouse in Roscrea -
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Pupils at Claddagh National School explain to Cian what a Budget is; plus he visits a Christmas market and meets an unemployed garden designer turned children's author -
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On day three, Cian is in Galway and meets up with men in a shed, and visits a canary competition -
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Cian reports from Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, on how emigration is affecting families, and he speaks to students at Sligo Institute of Technology about what the Budget might mean for them -
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On his second day on the road, Cian McCormack is in Cootehall, Co. Roscommon, where he speaks to mothers at a national school about what they're expecting from the Budget -
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Cian spends time with shoppers in Athlone town centre and speaks to Ollie Heaney of WPA, a local company that produces telecoms software and employs 40 people -
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Cian McCormack begins his tour in Mullingar and Athlone where he speaks to an unemployed architect, Westmeath Community Development and finds out about an upcoming Christmas Fair
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'There are always other options and help is always there ...'
Kerry teenager Donal Walsh has died after losing his battle with cancer.
He passed away at his home in Blennerville, County Kerry, surrounded by his dad Fionnbar, his mother Elma and his sister Jemma.
Donal, aged 16, had publicly appealed to young people not to end their lives. He wrote a letter which brought him to national prominence.
He had been battling cancer since he was first diagnosed four years ago, and had raised over €50,000 for charity.
Weeks before his death, Donal recorded a video message to be circulated in schools.
Fr Francis Nolan, parish priest of St. John's in Tralee, was with Donal Walsh's family in the hours after his death
Minister of State for Mental Health Kathleen Lynch paid tribute to Donal's 'generosity of spirit'