Morning Focus opened with a discussion of waiting lists for outpatients and inpatients in the Midwestern region. Gavin discussed the recent jump in the numbers waiting with Miltown Malbay GP, Dr Billy O’Connell.
Proposals to introduce an NCT-style test for tractors are causing concern for the farming community. Gavin spoke with Clare IFA chairperson, Willie Hanrahan.
Small Clare communities have had festival funding cut. Niall Minogue, Chairperson of Corofin Tourism, joined Gavin to discuss how the Festival of Finn (which will run on the May Bank Holiday) will be affected.
Pemba Support Ireland (PSI) is a charity based in Ennistymon that works on development projects on the tiny island of Pemba, off Tanzania. Founder Neilus O’Doherty and Mike Linnane from Evolve Tech are just back from Pemba and they joined Gavin in studio for an update on their work. Listen back below:
After her item on the show last Monday, historian Rita McCarthy was back on the show to make an appeal for anyone with information on the County Clare Nursery, a mother and baby home in Kilrush, to come forward. Rita can be contacted on [email protected]. Listen back below:
A team of students from Kilrush Community School then told Gavin of their award-winning project to simulate a space satellite in the size and volume of a soft drink can. That’s part of an initiative of the European Space Agency and the team will now go forward to a national event in Portlaoise from April 27 to 28. Listen back below:
The Friday Panel was made up of Martin Waldron, from Corofin; Mary Cashin from Ennis; and Brian Meany, a former Green Party member of Clare County Council.
Seagulls are continuing to generate headlines as members of the Seanad formulate ways to deal with the noise and nuisance they can cause. Gavin was joined to discuss the species by John Murphy of Birdwatch Ireland in Clare.
