Joining Máire on The Afternoon Show was Tom Doyle, the Farm Business Chairman with the Irish Farmers Association. The IFA is recommending that pre-nuptial agreements be given recognition under Irish law. As it stands such agreements are not officially recognised in Ireland but they are legal. The organisation says there is fear within the farming community over the change in social structures in Ireland and the level of family breakups. John Bryan, President of the IFA says the arrangement would have to be fair for both parties.
Jim Lynch is one of the Directors of Building of Hope Project. They are holding a press launch to introduce 3 new ambassadors, Munster players BJ Botha, Dave Kilcoyne and John Murphy this afternoon in Westpark Conference Centre in Shannon. The Building of Hope Project, are a local charity who work with underprivileged children in Africa, their most recent project was the construction of a residential home for up to 400 orphans in the Linkoni school for the blind in Mombasa, Kenya. Volunteers from all over Ireland were involved in this huge project. For more info see www.buildingofhope.org or call Claire on 086 866 5431.
Aidan Courtney from the Ennis Book Shop reviewed “Jim Henson: The Biography” by Brian J Jones and “That’s More of It – the 2nd Book of Irish Mammies” by Colm O’Regan.
Jackie Gavaghan is a Lecturer at IT Tralee and has organised a gathering for past pupils from the last 40 years. A significant amount of their business course pupils have come from Clare – their gathering takes place on Saturday November 9th. For more details of the event and if you want to attend please visit www.ittralee.ie
Douggie Hyde also joined the show to let us know about the annual Killaloe Festival of Light. The Killaloe Festival of Light is a modern blend of old and ancient global cultural events, like Samhain, Diwali, and Dia de los Muertos. Each of those festivals take their inspiration from the victory of good over evil, and all show reverence for the souls of the dead; whether old ancestors or the newly passed. This was also a time for celebrating the end of harvest and the beginning of Winter, the transition between the light half of the year to the dark half. It runs from Friday until Sunday November 3rd. You can check out www.killaloefestivaloflight.com for more information.
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