One of the highlights of Friday’s show was the visit to studio of the weekly dicussion panel.
This week, Morning Focus heard from Martin Waldron (Craft Works, Ennis), Patricia McCarthy (Former Mayor of Clare) and Brian Meaney (Former Green Party Member of Clare County Council). Listen back below:
The show opened with a discussion on the beef crisis talks, involving General Secretary of the ICSA, Cratloe’s Eddie Punch and Martin McMahon, Chair of the ICMSA in Clare.
Then Gavin heard from a mental health campaigner from Shannon who’s accused the Junior Minister responsible for mental health of playing politics with the issue.
Since his own experiences of mental health services, Gary Fitzgibbon has been lobbying for better supports for patients, supports that he says are still needed. Listen back below:
Michael McNamara of Griffith College then joined Gavin to discuss options for students considering their first-round CAO and other college offers.
The show rounded off with a chat about the Kilmurry Harvest Festival and a children’s reading event at Cultúrlann Sweeney in Kilkee.
Christy Carey spoke to Gavin about the Kilmurry Harvest Festival, taking place on August 22-25 and Gary Ward of www.underthebedmonsters.com told Gavin about events on Saturday, August 17 at Cultúrlann Sweeney for junior readers.
