A little craic to brighten the ward

AMID the gloom of the health service, a legend of Irish traditional music is bringing craic to wards at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital.

Paddy “Pecker” Dunne has livened things up in Ward 4C in recent weeks with his banjo.

Pecker, 74, who travelled the highways and byways to music festivals nationwide for decades is being treated for a throat illness.