Today on Morning Focus, George Murphy, Singer and Guitarist joined us in studio ahead of his gig in glór on Friday evening (10 Jan).
George shot to fame as the winner of You’re A Star and secured a triple platinum album and Sony recording contract. However, from that high, George Murphy went to being cut off from collecting his dole and going back to living with his parents. Now, Murphy has returned to the music circuit and launched his New Beginnings tour – which will bring the former High Kings member to glór tomorrow evening.
If you missed our interview with George, catch it below:
Before that, we spoke to Cratloe Farmer and ICSA Secretary Eddie Punch as farmers will demand a higher price for their cattle when they meet retailers for talks today. Farming organisations, meat processors and supermarkets will attend the Beef Market Taskforce in Dublin. Some protesters say there will be more tractor blockades in Dublin next Wednesday if no progress is made.
Next on the show, we heard from Russell Vickers, Engineering Manager of Jaguar Land Rover as almost €5 million in government funding has been announced for a new facility in Shannon, which will see the Free Zone become a testing ground for self-driving vehicles.
As part of the Future Mobility Campus Ireland project, the existing roads network there will be retrofitted with a host of technologies, and a local control centre will be built, to facilitate the testing of Autonomous and Connected Vehicles.
The facility will be used by Jaguar Land Rover, and other companies based in Ireland and abroad, and it’s hoped it will entice other companies to invest in the region.
Next on the show, we returned to our series on addiction which we have been working on with Bushypark Treatment Centre in Ennis.
Over the past few days, we’ve been speaking with a number of staff members at Bushypark who have been sharing their views on how addiction impacts the lives of those living with it and their families.
Today we found out how addiction impacts the brain, to bring us the scientific insight into this, addiction councillor Hannah Kelleher has been speaking with Clare FM’s James Mulhall.
If you or anyone you love is suffering from addiction, Bushypark can be contacted confidentially on 065 684 0944.
If you missed the final episode in the series, catch it below:
Next on the show, we spoke to some of the Clare entrants in this year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition. Among the Banner’s projects at this year’s exhibition are – a study on the effect of headphones, laser technology to help prevent slurry pit accidents, a look at local air quality and monitoring cardiac patients.
We went live to the RDS to a number of the Clare entrants, firstly we spoke with Science Teacher, John Simms of Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna and then his student Dylan Egan told us all about his project which focuses on teachers and their use of technology in the classroom. Abby Hehir of St. John Bosco Community College joined us on the air to tell us about her project which looks at how a Slurry pit laser can save lives and finally we spoke to Ellen Flanagan of St. Joseph’s Secondary School as she told us about the investigation she undertook to try make our oceans less acidic.
If you’d like to listen back to it, you can do so below:
Our regular Legal Advice slot returned today as William Cahir of Cahir and Co Solicitors joined us in studio to discuss tips for buying and selling property in 2020.
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To finish the show today we were joined by Clare County Arts Officer, Siobhan Mulcahy for this week’s Arts Roundup.
