On Wednesday’s Morning Focus John Cooke spoke with Dr Stephen Kinsella, Economist at the
University of Limerick about the EU Fiscal Treaty
Voters will go to the Polls on the EU Fiscal Treaty Referendum on May 31st, and you’ll hear full coverage of the Yes and No Campaign’s on Clare FM News & Current Affairs
Dr. Kinsella answered listeners queries on the Referendum and the implications of a Yes or No Vote. The interview is available as a podcast on this website.
A Shannon fire-fighter is recovering after being attacked while attending a callout in Limerick City on Monday night
The Clare unit was attending the scene of one of up to 19 illegal bonfires across the city when it came under fire from local youths while attempting to put out a blaze at the site of the old Cathedral Carpets store on Mungret Street
One fire officer from Shannon was struck with an iron bar , earlier another fire fighter from Limerick was seriously injured after he was struck by a glass bottle at the site of a separate blaze
Adrian Kelly, CFOA Vice Chairman and Chief Fire Officer for Clare County Fire and Rescue Service spoke with John about the incident and the ongoing issue of firefighters being attacked on callouts.
The Society of the Irish Motor Industry is calling on the Government to introduce a second registration plate mid-year to give sales a boost
New car sales fell by 22 per cent in April, compared to the same month last year
SIMI says that the peak selling period of 2012 is now over – as 80 per cent of all new cars are sold in the first half of the year
It says that staff who were taken on for the busy first quarter, often have to be let go mid year because of the lack of activity throughout the rest of the year – so it’s calling for new plates to be brought out every six months to stimulate new car sales
Alan Nolan of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry explained why they are calling for this.
Four transition year students from Gaelcholáiste an Chláir in Ennis have been short-listed as one of the top 20 teams in the SEAI ‘One Good Idea’ Competition
Their team is called Uaithne (pronounced wethna)
Team members Susie Fogarty, Sorcha Griffin, Niamh Carolan and Cian O’Ceallaigh called their campaign ‘the Human Bus’
The aim was to promote greener travel within our school, and we did this by walking together to school
in the form of a bus in an effort to reduce traffic congestion around our school. They ran their campaign and were
Two of the team Susie Fogarty and Sorcha Griffin, joined John in studio before the team travel to DublinCastle tomorrow for the results.
Entreprenuer Sean Melly is starting a charity cycle from Mizen Head to Malin Head tomorrow
He’ll be travelling from Killarney to Lahinch this Friday, it’s in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation
He is part of a group of 10 cyclists, raising funds for a range of causes
The 5-day Mizen to Malin Head Charity Cycle will cover the length of Ireland- if you would like to donate to the Irish Hospice Foundation Nurses Night Care service see www.mycharity.ie and look for Sean Melly, Mizen to Malin cycle.
Paul Wolfe of the Clare Citizens’ Information Service joined John in studio to answer listeners’ social welfare, employment and consumer law queries.
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