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Saturday with John Toal: Calais Camp, Paralympics and Young Carers

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Guests on The John Toal Show 27th August

27/08/2016

Calais Camp, Paralympics and Young Carers

BBC Radio Ulster - Saturday with John Toal, Calais Camp, Paralympics and Young Carers

John Toal meets gold medal winner Michael McKillop & young carer Siobhan O’Reilly.

John Toal meets gold medal winner Michael McKillop from Newtownabbey who's heading to the Rio Paralympics & Sophia Sharma tells us about volunteering at the Calais refugee camp.

John chats with gold medal winner Michael McKillop from Newtownabbey who is getting ready to defend his title at The Paralympics in Rio. And closer to home, Fitness Coach Gerard Walls talks about the importance of getting active and the launch of new ‘Couch to 5K’ running programmes across Northern Ireland.

Sophia Sharma, just back from the Calais refugee camp, shares her experience of volunteering there and musician Matt McGinn talks about his upcoming project, to work with musicians across the world, affected by conflict. 

John chats to young carer Siobhan O’Reilly (18) from Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh, who cares for both her of disabled parents. Siobhan is one of an estimated 30,000 young people caring for a sick or disabled loved one across Northern Ireland.

And John discovers tales from the hairdresser’s chair in Eva’s Salon in Newtownards. Plus, Paula McIntyre treats us to Raspberry Ruffle Meringues accompanied by chocolate ganache.

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