Ronan Casey has been devouring local newspapers for more years than even he cares to remember and with the end of the year in sight we decided to pick some of our favourite stories of the year in the local papers. And so we looked back at hundreds if not thousands of stories to bring you our animals of the year, our good Samaritans of the year, our bad Samaritans of the year, our dumb criminals, our old animals, our young animals, our chipshop stories, our hand grenade stories and our favourite headlines.
Have a listen to Ronan and Neil scoot through the papers.
Some of their stories include:
• Court told phone was a cup of coffee; Driver told Gardai: I was holding stapler to my ear, not phone;
• ‘Perry’ the goat who thinks he’s a dog and acts like one too!
• The single father Robin;
• HOLY COW! Ballinasloe farmer claims to have the oldest cow in the country;
• The story of the good Samaritan who stopped to help a Garda change his tyre, and was then arrested for drink driving
• Woman convicted after she drove a man on the bonnet of her car and broke a red light after he demanded she take him for chips
• SHOCK AS ISIS HACK WEBSITE OF LOCAL LAWNMOWER DEALER - Drogheda Independent
• MUCH A DOUGH ABOUT MUFFINS – Wexford People
• POTATOES STOLEN THROUGH ROOF – ANGLO CELT
• MAN JAILED FOR BREAKING INTO LOCAL GARDA STATION - Kerryman
• Cow may have dislodged stones to reveal ‘hugely important’ Croagh Patrick discovery – Mayo News
• It's All About the Bass - man having one-man raves for days on end with hug sound system busted... by a group of New Age Travellers
• Man broke into same pub two nights in a row - Limerick Leader
• Man grew cannabis to pay for wedding - Clare People
• Local man sold fake fags to raise money for Communion - Dundalk Democrat
• Sold drugs to pay for Masters - Clare Champion
• Took up dealing to pay off wedding loan
• New Mount Temple kerbing 'can be seen from space’ - Mayor (WESTMEATH INDEPENDENT)
• 8 FEET GRAVES WILL KILL OFF GRAVE DIGGERS - CLARE CHAMPION
• Brad Pitt film scares my chickens – Larne Times
