We had a packed Morning Focus today, chatting about tree-felling with the green party, the momo challenge with tech expert Ina O’Murchu PLUS our regular Garda Focus and Sports Panel segments. If you missed it, here are the best bits:
Firstly, we heard from Roisín Garvey, green party candidate in local elections, about the recent tree-felling by the council on the Feakle-Killanena road. Hear what she had to say:
Gavin Grace then spoke with Miriam Taber from Drink Aware and Darragh McAllister, Clare Chairperson VFI about a public awareness campaign for driving the morning after drinking.
Tech expert Ina O’Murchu was on air to chat about digital marketing and online safety in the wake of the momo challenge scare. We also heard from some from some mums about what they thought of the controversy. O’Murchu is due to address a technology seminar today at 5pm at the Oakwood Hotel, Shannon.
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Next on the show, we had our regular segment of Garda Focus when Sgt Catríona O’Rourke told us the latest news from gardaí in Clare.
Cllr Ann Norton was next on the show, talking about staff shortages at a recently opened short-stay wards. Norton says the stretching of nursing resources is causing ‘tension among staff’ and ‘bitterness between unions’.
We then heard from Shaun Dunne, who has written Rapids a play that tackles the issue of HIV. This play is very poignant, with last year having the highest rates of HIV diagnoses in Ireland on record. The play will be at the Belltable Arts Centre Thursday March 7th and at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway on Wednesday 6th March.
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Lastly on Morning Focus, we had our regular Sports Panel, where Darren Kelly was chatting to Gavin about the week’s sporting results and what we have to look forward to.
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