On Wednesday's Morning Focus with Ciana Cambell
1,368 students across Clare are receiving their Leaving Certificate Results this morning and Clare FM's Gavin Grace has been speaking with Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan. Teacher Mary Immaculate Secondar School, Lisdoonvarna Marian O'Callaghan gave advice to students on what to expect today and what to do going forward.
20 years ago this year the 1995 Divorce Referendum, which passed by a narrow majority, took place, and in his opening lecture at the Merriman Summer School, Prof. Tony Fahey will take a look at what actually happened following that decision. He outlined his views ahead of the event.
Clare based visual arts group Inis Artists are to host two open days in glór on Friday 14th & Saturday 15th August. This is the first time the group have organised special demonstration days where the public can come and see artists at work in a variety of different media. The event will support the Clare Hospice at Cahercalla through a prize draw for a painting of the winner’s choice by one of the artists from the group. Lines for the draw will be on sale from Wednesday evening at the opening of the Merriman Summer School in glór; at the event itself on Friday & Saturday; and at Cahercalla. Artisit Alan Shoosmith and Mary Moloney from Cahercalla hospice joined us in studio to tell us all about it.
Fleadh 2015 takes place in Sligo this weekend folowing which the official handover to Clare will take place. Preparations will then get underway for celebrations ahead of next year's event in Ennis. Up to 400,000 people are expected to descend on the county town in August 2016. Micheál O'Riabhaigh, Chair of Clare Fleadh Executive Committee and Brian O'Neill, Chair of the Accomodation Sub-Committee told us that many people have already begun booking their place in Ennis for the event next year. A major 1916 themed pageant will form part of the official opening of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Ennis. Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann's 1916 Centenary Programme has been launched and will see over 400 branches worldwide holding events marking the centenery of the Easter Rising. Head of Comhaltas, Labhras O'Murchú has been speaking with Clare FM's Fiona Cahill and he explained what the pageant is all about.
A beached 10-metre whale has been discovered off the North Clare coast. The mammal, which is understood to be a Minky Whale, was discovered two miles from Liscannor last evening. Paul Cusack, who's son Tim discovered the whale has been telling Clare Fm's Fiona Cahill about the discovery, while Jeff McGee of DolphinWatch, Carrigaholt tols us what will happen next.
A two-acre organic community garden in Moy is the brainchild of a group which includes Irish champion surfer Fergal Smith and Cornish surfers Matt Smith and Mitch Corbett. The latter two came to Ireland for the waves and never went home. Fergal Smith’s name is well known to surfers here and in Britain, having won a raft of national championships. But the dozens of flights abroad to surf the waves sat uneasily with his environmental credentials. He was also feeling the pull to return to the land, having come from an organic farm outside Westport. Fergal Smith joined Ciana in studio today to tell us all about their community and business venture.
And, John Underhill – Burren Vets joined us in studio to speak about Conjunctivitis in pets and farm animals.
