On our first brand new 3 hour long Morning Focus show with presenter Gavin Grace
The latest survey by Irish Business Against Litter show Ennis is once again clean to European norms.The county town has dropped once place to 24th this year having been ranked as 23rd in 2013 and 32nd in previous years. Its annual findings show that 75 per cent of areas across the country are at least clean to European norms, with Kilarney judged as the cleanest town, followed by Dungarven and Tralee.The report commissioned by An Taisce shows a very good result for Ennis with eight out of ten sites surveyed getting the top litter grade, while there was one moderately littered and one litter blackspot. The residential areas of The Hawthorns and Summerhill as well as St Flannan's College and Market Square were given top marks. But the R469 approach road to Quin was rated very poorly with the report indicating that "there was a problem on either side fof the bridge and the adjacent 'Doora' waste / recycle facility, which has an air of abandonment. With more on this Conor Horgan IBAL Spokesperson spoke to Gavin. We also spoke with Ennis Mayor, Pat Daly who welcomed the good news. Finally, CLARE Fms Sean Reidy – hit the streets of the County Capital town to get their thoughts on the litter situation.
A post-mortem examination is due to take place today on the body of a man recovered from the sea in Kilkee yesterday. The discovery was made near Georges Head during searches for two missing Japanese nationals reported missing last week. No formal idetification has yet been made but its understood to be the body of 63 year-old Eiji Takagi. The search for a second person, 61-year-old Ushio Azaki (Ooh-she-oh As-ack-ee) is continuing today.The couple were reported missing on Tuesday after their car was discovered iat Brynes Cove car park in Kilkee, having been parked there for a number of days. Martony Vaughan Officer in Charge, Kilkee Coastguard had the latest on this.
In our discussion piece we ask is "the success of Women in business dependant on their looks?" Sonia Harris Managing Director at Harris Public Relations Ltd – Dublin and Claire McCarthy Shannon mother of two and IT worker who runs the popular clairewiththehair blog covering topics related to health and fitness, food and fashion, both gave their thoughts to the Gavin.
Garda Focus with Joe Downey Crime Prevention Officer Ennis Garda Station – Appealing for your help in solving recent local crime.
Changes to our Clare Fms Radio Bingo sees another worthy Clare charity benefitting from the profits, with more John Fleming Elmco explains the new set up and welcomes Clare Crusaders on board as a benefactor of the bingo proceeds. Cllr Anne Norton of Clare Crusaders what they hope to do with the funds raised and finally Susan Murphy of Clare FM says the station is delighted that we are now able to share some of the profits with a local charity.
Natasha Burke from Hermitage Ennis but a resident of London is back in Ennis this week in a bid to establish a memorial for her late grandmother Mrs Mary Murphy but locally known as May Burke from Hermitage who passed away 7 years ago. May is buried in London but Ennis is her home her Granddaughter Natasha wanted to plant a rose bush in Memory of her grandmother in Hermitage – Mark Malonely King Of Hermitage Committee granted permission for the bush to be planted at the Grotto but last week Natasha learned there were objections from residents in the area – this upset her and her family hugely. Now – Natasha will be planting the Rose Bush in memory of her grandmother in the Memorial Garden on the Cloaghleigh Road on Tuesday Sept 1st and wishes to invite anyone who knew May to come along.
Austin Cooney from Birdwatch Ireland joined us in studio to speak about the outing to the Lagoon Shannon scheduled for later in the month. As we enter the Autumn season, Austin tells us about birds migrating at this time of the year and as always answered your wildlife and birdwatching queries.
On our Monday Sports Panel, Gavin was joined in studio by Derrick Lynch of Clare FM's Sport and David O Brien Clare Fms Sport Analyst as they looked back at the weekend's action including the latest in Club Senior Football Action / Dublin VS Mayo in the All Ireland Football Semi Final and the World Cup Warm-up game between Ireland & Wales.
Clare Fms Sean Reidy took a special journey along North Clare this week as part of Trike Tours Ireland. This is a unique family-run chauffeur-driven guided tour with the chance to witness first hand some of the world’s most breathtaking landscapes that Ireland has to offer, including The Burren, with spectacular views of the Cliffs of Moher, The Wild Atlantic way and Doolin caves to name a few. We heard how Sean got on. . .
And finally, well known Singer Songwriter Pj Murrihy joined us in studio for a catch up, to speak about his latest album Soldier On and performed a couple of tracks for us live.
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