Today we covered all things soon arriving in Clare: free workshops for young people, a new enterprise plan and even an opera to be performed tomorrow night.
At the top of the show we heard from Minister for Business, Heather Humphreys, about a new enterprise plan to bring business to Clare.
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Then, Gavin interviewed Donie Shine from the Irish Family Farming Rights group, about the increasing difficult challenges facing many small to medium farmers. This is not helped by the burden of brexit, which breeds uncertainty.
Morning Focus then reviewed the new report from TASC which shows a wide earning inequality in Ireland. The report’s author, Dr Robert Sweeney, tells us what this means and what factors can affect these statistics.
Next up, Helena Slattery from Clare Youth Service joined us to talk about the Mind Body and Soul Projects coming to Ennis to promote a healthy lifestyle for young people aged 13-17. These free events will be running until late March and aim to promote physcial, mental and social well-being.
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The Irish National Opera is bringing their production of Orfea Ed Erudice to glór, tomorrow night. Gavin spoke to mezzo soprano, Sharon Carty, who plays a lead role in the piece in which Orpheus ventures into the underworld to rescue his wife Erudice.
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Brian Flynn was on air to tell us about The Greatest Song You’ve Probably Never Heard, this week is ‘It Would Have Been Me’. The show rounded off with a chat with Labour Local Election candidate Séamus Ryan about boosting parking in Ennis by developing the Post Office Field.
