Morning Focus – Friday 01/12/12

Friday’s show heard a lively panel discussion from Orla Vaughan, Diarmuid McMahon, and Ger O’Halloran.

Among the items they discussed was the impending royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Listen back below:

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At the beginning of the show we heard from Councillor Mike McKee of Shannon MD on hoax calls to emergency response units in Clare.

Next, Gavin spoke to Eoin Clarke from switcher.ie about electricity price hikes and how to save by switching providers to get better deals.

After that, Anne Marie Flanagan, a local community and disability activist, spoke about International Day of Disabled Persons.
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At 10am, Caitriona Gleeson from Killaloe, Safe Ireland joined Gavin to talk about the COSC Campaign and abusive behaviour in intimate relationships.

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Next we heard from Mary Maloney who is the fundraising manager at Cahercalla Hospice about the test driver fund raiser with Dulick Motors.

Following that, Roisin Glynn, head of social media at AIB spoke to Gavin about being listed for ‘Sports for Business, Most Influential Women in Sport’.
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To finish up the second hour, Gavin discussed the upcoming weekend events. He talked to Ger Haugh, instructor and member of search and recovery unit, about the official boat launch at Kilkee Pier. Then he spoke to Patricia Dooley, Music teacher and musical director at Schoil Mhuire Ennistymon about their Shining Night Christmas Concert. Lastly, he spoke to Mairead Flynn, Head of operations at Trump International Doonbeg, about the return of the Christmas market.

At the end of the show we heard some festive music to welcome the month of December and celebrate the official start to the Christmas season.