On Friday’s Morning Focus we spoke to Zainab Boladale who is an RTÉ journalist and reporter from Clare, who’s been taking part in a lovely initiative to recognise the role that teachers can play in their pupils’ lives.
She’s paid tribute to none other than Clare FM’s own Joe Garry, a teacher at Scoil Chríost Rí in Ennis – it’s as part of the Teachers Inspire initiative set up by Dublin City University to highlight the contribution that teachers make to Irish society.
Reflecting on her time at school, Zainab credited Joe Garry from Scoil Chríost Rí in Ennis, as the teacher who had the strongest influence on her: “I’ve never met a student that had a bad word to say about him.
He was the first person to suggest to me to try an Irish speaking secondary school. I went on to that Irish speaking school, and I really loved it. And I think that if he hadn’t seen that in me, I would never have considered it as an option. “Because he allowed his students to be creative and explore their talents, it definitely shaped the way I thought about writing. He was really good at seeing the potential in students, and I think that’s very important…When you have someone there telling you, you’re capable of this and I believe in you, it instills a sense of confidence that no one can take away.”
This Sunday will see Embrace FARM hold its annual remembrance service to remember all of those affected by farm accidents. The bereavement support group holds the event each year, in an effort to highlight the issues surrounding farm safety and try to crack down on the number of lives lost on the farm each year. Miltown Malbay native Diane Banville lost her husband Kevin in a farm accident on St Patrick’s Day, 2014 on his farm in Wexford. Since then, Diane has been raising their two young sons alone and has become a prominent advocate for farm safety. Diane spoke to Clare FM’s James Mulhall ahead of Sunday’s event.
A free Young Entrepreneur Summer Camp for 40 second-level students will run this summer in GMIT’s Galway campus, commencing 8 July. The camp is hosted by the School of Business, for the third year in a row, as part of a national initiative funded by the Higher Education Authority . The course is designed to meet a key objective of the National Skills Strategy 2025, the promotion of entrepreneurial thinking and design skills among secondary school pupils. Ivan McPhillips Lecturers in Enterprise, Creativity and Innovation Number
On Our Friday Panel we were joined by
- Doirín Graham – CEO of Clare Local Development Company
- Patricia McCarthy – Shannon Credit Union Board Member and a Former Mayor of Clare
- Tony Killeen – Former Fianna Fáil Minister and TD for Clare
The questions we put to our panel were
- Have Communion celebrations gone crazy?
- How can we spread the benefits of tourism across the county?
- How do we Brexit-proof Budget 2020?
- How widespread are negative attitudes to the Irish language?
- Funding boost saves services at Obair Newmarket-on-Fergus?
The 2019 Munster Fleadh events program is set to be launched tomorrow in Ennis, with a preview of the talent and excitement of the event itself which runs from July 14 to 22.
Over 30 young musicians from the Craobh na Coradh Comhaltas branch will assemble at 2.30pm tomorrow at the O’Connell Square with their teachers Mary and Denis Liddy, to set the scene for Fleadh na Mumhan.
This year’s Munster Fleadh will be the last of four major Fleadhs held in Ennis in a short space of four years.
This could be the last hurrah for some time and the organizing committee are aiming to make it a major success and have adopted the slogan “A Fleadh for Everyone”
Joe Arkins who is the Chairperson of the Munster Fleadh joined us live in the studio to give all the details of the events to come.
