Today’s edition of The Afternoon Show featured our Friday Panel – Clare FM’s Gavin Grace was joined in studio by Caroline Browne from the Irish Wheelchair Association, Clare Branch, Rita McInerney, Ennis Chamber CEO and Doonbeg native and Brian Flynn, presenter of Clare FM’s The Late Train and Musician to discuss the major news stories of the past week.
Among the topics for discussion today was the case of terminally ill woman Marie Fleming, who this week lost her Supreme Court challenge to the ban on assisted suicide. The panel were asked – should people be given the right to die when they wish? The panellists also spoke about how the number of Clare residents, claiming unemployment benefits, has fallen to its lowest level in over four years. We asked – have we turned a corner? Also ten days of commemorations of the Famine begin in West Clare tonight. As an increasingly multi-cultural nation, are we still in touch with these important parts of our past?
Also on today’s Afternoon Show Simon Dagg, a member of Team Cian, joined the show ahead of a special fundraising cycle this weekend in East Clare. The cycle in aid of Team Cian is taking place this Sunday May 5th around Lough Derg. It will commence in Portumna at 9:30am; travelling from there through Borrisokane, Nenagh, Ballina, Killaloe, Scarriff, Mountshannon, Whitegate, Gurteeny and back to Portumna. There are expected to be over 100 people taking part & there will be several backup vehicles in attendance. Motorists are asked to please be aware of this volume of cyclists on this route. All details of the cycle are on www.team-cian.com. Team Cian is a fundraising committee set up in Portumna to support Cian Connolly. Cian is the four year old son of Edel and Ciaran Connolly from Portumna. Cian is currently undergoing cancer treatment at Crumlin Children’s Hospital in Dublin and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
Kevin McGillicuddy from Clare FM Sport was also in studio to preview the weekend sporting action and let us know what’s coming up on this evening’s Sideline View at 6pm.
To contact the show please email afternoon@clare.fm
