Tuesday’s Morning Focus with John Cooke began by focussing on the success of Clare towns and villages in the Tidy Towns Competition
Ennis was named Ireland’s Tidiest Large Urban Centre for the fifth time in the 55-year history of the National Tidy Towns Competition yesterday – and Chairperson of the Ennis Tidy Towns Committee Aine Purcell
John also spoke with John Harvey, Mountshannon Tidy Towns Committee and Paul Edson, Kilrush Tidy Towns Committee about their Gold awards
Tuamgraney and Kilkee were both awarded Bronze, Tulla received an endeavour award and Sean Lenihan of the Miltown Malbay Tidy Towns Committee was amongst only ten people nationally to be awarded in the Tidy Towns Heroes category.
Today is International Suicide Awareness Day and a group of people in Ennis have organised a vigil at the Fair Green tonight at 8pm
They are calling it "Light up the sky and kick suicide in the ass"
Eileen Downes and Pamela Higgins, both from Ennis, joined John in studio to speak about their personal experience of losing loved ones by suicide
Ennis Town Council member and event coorgansier Paul O’Shea was also in studio to speak about his personal experience
There are almost four hundred committed to attend the event according to the facebook page
Pieta House Midwest can be contacted on 061 484444
The Samaritans can be contacted on 1850 60 90 90
The deadline for entries to the FBD Clare Business Excellence Awards is this Friday
The 10 Award Categories cover a wide range of business areas and sectors. 2013 sees in introduction of 2 new Award Categories, namely Start-Up Business of the Year and the Clare Renewable Energy Award
Rita McInerney, CEO of Ennis Chamber, joined John in studio and Ide O’Keefe, Branch Manager at FBD in Ennis, spoke about their delight to be sponsoring the Clare Business Excellence Awards and to be associated with recognising the innovation, dynamism and high standards within businesses in the county
To enter see www.ennischamber.ie
The Ennis Evangelical Church will today be dropping postcards into homes posing the question "If You Could Ask God Just One Question"
They hope that they will reveal the issues most on people’s hearts at this time
Philip Pain, member of the Ennis Evangelical Church, explained.
It’s the final classic of the flat season, the Gain Irish St. Ledger on Sunday, September 15th at the Curragh Racecourse
We’ve a pair of tickets to be won each day this week to the event
This promises to be a fantastic day with lots of exciting entertainment on and off the track
Each year the Shannon & District Lyons Club distribute vouchers to families and individuals in need of support especially at Christmas which can be a particularly stressful time for those in need
Their 3rd annual 10k Run and 5K Run / Walk will take place in Shannon on Wednesday at 7pm- Starting from Shannon Leisure Centre
PRO Tony McMahon spoke with John.
Clare ISPCA Warden Frankie Coote joined John to speak about the approach of winter and the what the rules are for winter at the end of the beach byelaws
Contact Clare ISPCA Shelter on 065 6820393.
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