MORNING FOCUS WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER
The Central Bank will introduce measures to limit the amount that banks can lend to customers looking to buy a home, according to Governor Patrick Honohan.Mr Honohan said details of the measures, which could cap the size of a loan based on the value of the property or the income of the borrowers, would be announced on Tuesday. Speaking at UCD’s Economics Society, he said given how badly banks had misjudged the riskiness of loans during the boom, it was “hard to deny” that a cap of some kind would stop a similar situation arising again. Stephen Kinsella,Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Limerick spoke about the positives of these new rules
The HSE has welcomed the recommendations of Inspection Report on St. Joseph’s Hospital, Ennis, Co. Clare which was published on Tuesday, 07th October 2014, by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). The monitoring inspection was unannounced and took place in August 2014.As part of the inspection, HIQA met with the residents and staff members, observed practices and reviewed documentation such as care plans, medical records, policies and procedures and staff files. The feedback from residents and relatives was consistently positive. Bernard Gloster, HSE Area Manager for the Mid-West joined John to discuss the report.
The risk of fire breaking out in the home significantly increases during winter according to Clare's Chief Fire Officer, who today (Monday, 6th October) called on the people of the County to ensure their smoke alarms are in good working order. Adrian Kelly was speaking at the launch of National Fire Safety Week 2014. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is hosting the 13th annual all-island initiative from today through to next Monday, in association with the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service and locally with Clare County Fire & Rescue Service. Adrian Kelly , Chief Fire Officer Co Clare was in studio to talk about fire safety pre-cautions
Colm Keane Author of Heading For the Light, was in studio this morning to talk about his new book Colm Keane. Based on 5 years of research, the author has drawn from the real life stories of people who have died and returned to life. Those who went through the experience give their insights on what we need to do to prepare for the after-life.
A body representing over 1,000 Catholic priests has called on bishops to open up dialogue with their members to find a solution to the vocations crisis.
In a report published following their annual general meeting last week, the Association of Catholic Priests’ members rejected the strategy of ‘clustering’ as the answer to the decline in priest numbers. In response to the falling numbers of ordained clerics, Catholic Church leaders have resorted to clustering — the process of amalgamating parishes into larger units — across most dioceses in the country. But in its report, the ACP said: “The consensus of the meeting was that clustering is not working and will not work. It merely provides the perception that something is happening, while it is clear to everyone that it’s a form of ‘moving the deckchairs’ to reassure the passengers in the short term. Fr Gerry O’Conner of the Association of Catholic Priests talked about the issue with John.
Something is happening in Clare. Volunteers are boiling vats of water taken from the sea off Loop Head to extract table salt. Children are picking hazelnuts in the Burren and getting ready to extract oil from them. Butter is being churned in Liscannor from the milk of cows born and reared in North Clare. On October 10th, Chef JP McMahon, owner of Galway’s. Michelin-starred Aniar Restaurant, will create a harvest banquet for 250 people using only ingredients produced in County Clare. Sinead Garvey organiser of the event joined John to tell listeners what’s on offer at this years banquet.
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