She told Tommy Marren on his Midwest Radio current affairs show she had been “walloped” by her captors on two occasions. On another occasion two of the other woman captives were “roughed up”.

Michael Ring T. D. has welcomed the allocation today, by Ireland’s new media regulator and media development agency, Coimisiún Na Meán, of €95,000 to Midwest Radio under the Sound & Vision 4 Broadcasting Funding Scheme.

It was a red-letter day on Monday, October 23, as management from Midwest Radio signed a new 10-year contract with Coimisiún na Meán to operate a local radio licence for County Mayo.