On Thursday's Edition of Morning Focus with John Cooke
Over 500 properties are to be added to Clare's social housing waiting list by 2017. The government has announced funding of just over 26 million Euro to tackle the three thousand long waiting list here.
Clare County Council is expected to use the funding to build new homes in Quilty, Ennis, Tulla and Kilrush and to purchase other properties across the county over the next two years. The government claims the county will also see a significant jobs boost off the back of this new programme. Joe Carey Fine Gael TD, Councillor Gerry Flynn Chair of the local authority's Housing Special Policy Committee and Jackie Bonfield General Manager Mid West Simon Community all outlined the promise of this announcement.
Public consultation process is to take place over how to deal with Ennistymon's Blake's Corner. The infamous traffic blackspot has been the subject of a great deal of controversy in recent months – after Clare County Council announced plans to construct a new road to divert motorists away from it.
Following over two months of communications between a local committee and the CCC a public consultation process is set to take place this may.This will involve an event in Ennistymon where residents will have an opportunity to meet with engineers, consultants and those involved in the project to dicuss the options and any concerns. Clare County Council is encouraging members of the community to take part in the both the open event and in putting together a written submission on Blake's Corner.
Public consultation process is to take place over how to deal with Ennistymon's Blake's Corner. The infamous traffic blackspot has been the subject of a great deal of controversy in recent months – after Clare County Council announced plans to construct a new road to divert motorists away from it.
Following over two months of communications between a local committee and the CCC a public consultation process is set to take place this may.This will involve an event in Ennistymon where residents will have an opportunity to meet with engineers, consultants and those involved in the project to dicuss the options and any concerns. Clare County Council is encouraging members of the community to take part in the both the open event and in putting together a written submission on Blake's Corner. Sheena Clancy of West Clare Flowers, Ennistymon and Pat Lynch Nephew of Judith and Peter O'Donoghue spoke to John about this meeting, with neither feeling it will change the Council's decision.
Strikes in Dunnes Stores are going ahead today across 109 stores in the Republic of Ire – following the company’s continued refusal to meet with the workers’ representatives.The Mandate Trade Union says it is extremely disappointed Dunnes Senior Management is willing to force its own employees, most of whom are low paid, into taking industrial action. Dunnes Stores employs almost 10,000 workers with Mandate representing two thirds of the workforce. The four key issues in dispute include: Secure hours and earnings; Job security; Fair pay; and the right to trade union representation. Karen Wall Divisional Organiser spoke to John about today's events.
In our Morning Focus Health Matters slot we speak with Dr Maire Finn from the Ennis Family Medical Centre. Today's topic: Common Childhood Illnesses – Chickenpox, hand, foot and mouth etc. Doctor Maire Finn is from the Ennis Family Medical Centre, and will be joining us again next Thursday for more medical advice. You can always send us your thoughts and queries by email focus@clare.fm, but if you have concerns or queries about your own health right now please contact your local GP
A deeply personal film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Daisy Asquith, After the Dance focuses on Daisy's own mother, conceived to unmarried parents in Ireland and adopted by an English family, as she goes in search of her roots in West Clare. A visit to a confession box, intercut with archive footage (Daisy’s mother being interviewed in a pub and chatting with locals) lends itself to a ’stage Irish’ view of rural Ireland. However, when the long-lost relatives are eventually discovered, Daisy – the natural communicator who likes to see the world through other people’s eyes – takes us on a journey far from West Clare and beyond her mother’s quest to understand her mysterious Irish past – a past we are all too familiar with. Daisy spoke to John about the documentary.
Clare Burke, Social Care Student LIT and Volunteer with Rape Crisis Centre Ennis joined us in studio with her husband Ronan Burke ahead of Walk in Her Shoes Event for Rape Crisis Awareness – Saturday April 11th @ 2PM from Glòr Ennis. €10 per adult and Kids walk free. WIHS asks men to walk an honorary mile in women's high heels to raise awareness on the topic of sexual violence – Registration at Www.rapecrisis.ie. Ronan, who takes part in a lot of the fundraising and wants other men to follow suit, the rape crisis is not just a service for women, men are affected too.
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