Davy Fitzgerald has informed the Clare County Board that he will not be seeking reappointment to the position of Clare Senior Hurling Manager for 2017.
Fitzgerald has held the position since 2012 during which time he has guided his native Clare to an All Ireland Championship title (2013) and the county's first National League title in 38 years (2016).
Fitzgerald said, "One of the greatest privileges of my life has been to manage the Clare Senior Hurling team and I am immensely proud of the success achieved during my time at the helm.
Gavin got the thoughts of retired Clare hurler Jamesie O'Connor.
The Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton T.D. will travel to Tulla today to perform the official opening of the new School at St Joseph’s Secondary School in Tulla. The new school was constructed under the Governments five year School Building Programme for 2012-2016 comprises a two storey building with 26 specialist classrooms, 10 general classrooms, PE Hall, special needs facilities, outdoor playing facilities etc.
He will also open a new 4 million euro extension at St Patrick's Comprehensive in Shannon.
Gavin spoke to Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Education and Skills.
A 500 million euro development project has been announced for Limerick.
The Limerick Twenty Thirty programme has been tasked with re-developing 1.4 million square feet of prime real estate at four sites in the county.
Those sites being the Gardens International Office on Henry Street, Opera Site at Rutland Street, The Cleeves Riverside Campus on the banks of the River Shannon at Fernhill and the Troy Studios Film Hub in Castletroy.
They'll be turned into state-of-the-art office, retail, residential, education and enterprise space – with some development already started.
It's a development that could deliver 5000 jobs – on a a day where almost 700 other new jobs were announced.
The Interim C.O.O. of Limerick Twenty Thirty, Pat Daly was on the show to talk about the project.
BushyPark Addiction Treatment Centre in Ennis was founded in 1991 by CLARECARE with funding and assistance from the Mid-Western Health Board.
It is a 13-bed residential treatment centre located in 17 acres of parkland, 3 miles outside Ennis Town. The centre offers a 28 day residential programme for people addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling based on the 12 step philosophy/Minnesota Model of treatment.
BushyPark residential treatment programme and related services are open to all men and women over the age of 18. There is no upper age limit.
BushyPark is celebrating it's 25th anniversary on Friday with a morning seminar 'Addiction A Complex Disease'
Gavin was joined in studio by Gerry Murphy, Treatment Team Leader and Sr Mairead Kelly who has been involved with BushyPark since the start.
Potential home buyers are paying €5,600 extra to live close to a secondary school.
That is according to new figures from the property website Daft.ie.
The premium is largest in Leinster and smallest in Connacht-Ulster.
The report says the difference is also much bigger for schools where most pupils go on to higher education, than where less than half progress. The premium is significantly smaller for one and two-bedroom homes than for three to five bedroom properties.
"With the average home costing €215,000 in mid-2016, this translates into a price premium of just under €5,600", the report says. But the premium for being close to a secondary school has fallen since the property boom.
Gavin spoke to Ronan Lyons, Economist at Trinity College Dublin and author of The Daft.ie Report.
John Sheedy from Killaloe, is sharing his first-hand experience of meningitis and septicaemia during national Meningitis Awareness Week (19-25 September 2016) to ensure people are aware of the symptoms, know to be vigilant and act fast.
Meningitis Awareness Week is run by Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF). The charity estimates that there are around 200 cases of meningitis and septicaemia every year in the Ireland. They are deadly diseases that can strike without warning, killing one in ten, and leaving a third of survivors with life altering after-effects ranging from deafness and brain damage to loss of limbs. Babies, toddlers and young adults are most at risk but the disease can strike at any age. From December 2016 babies born on or after 1st October 2016 will be routinely offered a vaccine to protect against MenB from December 2016 however there is no catch up campaign planned for older children.
John Sheedy spoke to Gavin about his son Noel.
If you would like more information please visit www.meningitis.org/ireland or Freephone 1800 41 33 44
The MORglor Award is given for Outstanding Contribution to Traditional Music in County Clare will be presented to the recipient during a star-studded concert. It is an acknowledgement of the wealth of professional & semi-professional artists, alongside the talented individuals, groups and communities within the county, all of whom provide a vital stimulus for the growth and development of this unique culture.
This prestigious annual award, named after Clare’s cultural ambassador and visionary, Muiris Ó Rocháin, is sponsored by glór and developed in partnership with Dr. Tim Collins who is an adviser to glór and coordinated the original concert in 2013. The annual MORglor award is coming up on the 8th October. This year's recipient is Frank Custy.
In studio was Frank Custy, his daughter Cathy Custy, last year's recipient Eoin O'Neill from Clare FM and Tim Collins who all played a few tunes. Gavin also spoke to Orla Flanagan, Director of Glor.
The Clare Roots Society, brainchild of Ennis man Larry Brennan, was formed in April 2006 as an amateur family history, genealogy and heritage group in County Clare. The Society meets once a month in Ennis, and now has well over 100 members.
The Clare Roots Society are hosting their third International conference 'Diaspora of the Wild Atlantic Way' in Ennis on September 23rd to 24th. They have international speakers and guests attending and it promises to be an exciting few days for family history enthusiasts.
One of the speakers is Pauleen Cass, who has links in East Clare. She has travelled from Australia. She has been researching her family since 1986, back in the pre-digital era. Her conference presentation will focus on the patterns of emigration, who some of the emigrants were, what happened to them in Australia and their links to others in the diaspora.
Pauleen came into the studio to chat about the conference and about her own family research.
