Ennis retains ‘Litter free’ status in 2011 Irish Business Against Litter league finale and improves to 16th place of 53 towns surveyed
The latest survey found over 70% of Irish towns and cities to be Clean to European Norms, with Ennis in 16th place of the 53 areas surveyed, an improvement on its 21st position in 2010
The winning town in the IBAL Anti-Litter League 2011 will be announced at midday
Dr Tom Cavanagh, Chairperson of IBAL spoke with John Cooke on Monday’s Morning Focus.
It’s feared the Clare Garda could see their fleet of marked cars reduced to just four, unless the government invests in replacements for decommissioned vehicles
In Clare alone, 8 marked patrol cars for uniform Gardai have been decommissioned and not replaced in recent times, having reached their maximum recommended distance of 300,000 kilometres
That leaves 13 marked cars patrolling the county, but nine of those are within 50,000 kilometres of being taken of the road
Timmy Dooley TD, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Transport and Joe Carey TD of Fine Gael joined John in studio to discuss.
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Christine Keily, Personal Tax Manager with Taxback.com spoke about the 115-thousand pensioners are facing a cut in their pension income this year
It emerged last night that they haven’t been paying the correct amount of tax – and will now face higher bills in 2012
Christine says the problem here is totally due to the fact that the Revenue and the DSP should have been sharing information
No rules have changed here i.e. these pensions were always taxable and many pensioners have been paying tax on them.
Garda Albert Hardiman of Ennis Garda Station appealed for information from the public on crimes committed in the county recently. Contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 68 48 100.
This morning John Lowe, The Money Doctor, discussed what’s new in deposit offerings and a new survey from the Irish League of Credit Unions that reveals that over half of consumers say they’re facing a serious struggle to pay bills on time.
28 per cent of those polled said they have ‘very little left’ after they take care of their household expenses.
83 per cent are fearful that this year will be even worse financially than last – and a third say they will have to give up their health insurance if there are any more price increases.
Brian Meaney had a word on how the inaugural Christmas tree throwing competition went at the weekend.
John Murphy, Clare branch Chairman of Birdwatch Ireland was in studio to answer your bird and wildlife queries.
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