On The Afternoon Show today Gavin Grace discussed the government announcement on the abolition of town councils with John Drennan, Political Columnist with the Irish Independent. The Environment Minister has announced plans for the abolition of 83 local authorities – nearly all of them town councils – as part of plans to save 420 million euro. The number of Councillors will also be slashed by 42 per cent – from over 1,600 to 950. 500 local authority staff will also be made redundant in the next eighteen months. Also joining the discussion was Liam Coen of the School of Political Science and Sociology at NUI Galway.
Dr. Cliodhna Foley – Nolan is the Director of Human health & Nutrition with Safefood. She joined the show to talk about how up to one in five households from at-risk groups is living in food poverty. Safefood commissioned the study on what people can afford to eat. It found that people could not afford a meal with meat every two days or a weekly roast – and also that people some had missed a meal due to lack of money.
Singer, Songwriter and multiple Eurovision Winner, Johnny Logan was a special guest on The Afternoon Show today. Johnny is part of the current “Best of Eurovision” tour. The biggest Irish names in Eurovision history are taking to the stage and will tour Ireland this October, arriving at University Concert Hall, Limerick on Saturday 20th. ‘Best Of Eurovision’ Ireland’s Winners will bring the audience on a tour down Eurovision memory lane telling Ireland’s Eurovision Story with a stunning audio and visual display featuring the most iconic moments in Ireland’s Eurovision history.
Sports Writer Miguel Delaney spoke to Gavin about all the speculation about Giovanni Trappatoni’s future. The Ireland manager is under pressure heading into tonight’s World cup following our poor displays in the last two qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Germany.
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