Joining Clare FM’s Gavin Grace on The Afternoon Show was Fr. Sean Healy of Social Justice Ireland. As talks on ‘Croke Park 2’ continue, Social Justice Ireland is calling on all parties to ensure the negotiations do not produce a situation where other sectors in Irish society will be further disadvantaged. The group feels there is a danger that resources will be allocated to protect the interests of those who are strong, powerful and/or vocal. SJI believes more than €800m could be saved by capping public service pay at €120,000 while having no reduction for those earning below €40,000.
Marie McMahon is the curator of South Tipperary County Museum in Clonmel and joined the show to talk about an exciting archaeological and historical find. The National Museum’s described the discovery of 81 gold coins at a Tipperary pub as ‘significant’. Dating from the 1630’s to the early 17 hundreds, they were discovered in the foundations of a pub on the Main Street in Carrick-on-Suir. Experts have yet to figure out the actual value of the coins.
Cathal Convery is the Project Manager for the new English Irish Dictionary and spoke to Gavin about the new edition which is being finalised. Ghost estates, cyberbullying, retweet, defriend and cloud computing are amongst some of the new words in the new English-Irish dictionary. This is the first national English-Irish dictionary since the de Bhaldraithe hard copy in 1959 and is available at www.focloir.ie – it is published by Foras na Gaeilge. In total, a team of 71 linguists and lexicographers have worked on this dictionary since 2000 and it will be completed in 2015. The process involved in making the dictionary included how to whittle down from 1.7bn words, finding out there are over 200 variations of the word ‘get’ and deciding what swear words are left in and taken out!
Kate Burke is a doctoral student at NUI Galway and is in training to become a Clinical Psychologist. She was also a guest on today’s programme where she discussed special research she’s undertaken into the love lives and relationships of older people. The research is being carried out by Kate will examine romantic relationships of people over 60. Volunteers are being sought and participants would need to be in a relationship or have been in one in the past 10 years. If you’re interested in taking part and completing the questionnaire you can email K.burke15@nuigalway.ie or contact her by post; Kate Burke BSc, MSc, Woodquay Court, Galway.
Also on today’s show Scariff camera man Dave Fenwick spoke to Gavin about an extreme sporting event that took place in Kerry yesterday. Dave runs a television production company – Colour Television – and was at yesterday’s Red Bull Storm Chasers event in Brandon Bay to capture the incredible shots of ten of the world’s top windsurfers as they battled gale force winds and swells of almost 10metres on the Dingle Peninsula.
Pat Ryan is a local Photographer and he spoke to The Afternoon Show to let listeners know about a photographic exhibition that’s taking place in Sean Lemass Library in Shannon until Monday. His works and those of another local photographer – John Mangan are featured. Each present dramatic photographs of landscape and seascapes. Pat dwells on the landscape’s fluid lines and formations of rugged and rocky mountains, while John explores the sky’s changing morning and evening sun light over the sea.
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