On The Today Show this afternoon, Ennis woman Tina Whelan joined Gavin Grace in studio to talk about “Clare Free to a Good Home” – a novel facebook initiative to help you save money. The facebook page allows people to advertise items they don’t want or need anymore and offer them, free of charge, to those who have a use for them. People are allowed to claim one item a day and so far Tina has been amazed by the reaction the site is getting. She says up to 50 items a day are being given away to a good home in Co. Clare. Items on offer can include anything from wedding dresses to stoves – anything you can think of! She has also set up a new page for the swapping of kid’s school books – Clare School Book / Uniform Swap. See the following link for details http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/133940370072989/
Simon Grehan is an Internet Safety Officer with the National Centre for Education – he spoke to Gavin Grace about how half of all eleven and twelve year old children in Ireland have a profile on a social networking site and 18% of all nine and ten year olds, who have a profile, admit they’ve left their privacy settings untouched. These figures are just some of the findings of a new study, conducted by researchers at DIT. Most social networking sites, such as Facebook and Bebo, have rules, banning children under the age of 13 from joining the site. However, despite the age restrictions it seems more and more Irish children are setting up profiles online.
Mary Curley is the Principal Doora National School but for tonight she will be the MC for a special end of year concert. Ennis Cathedral Choir will celebrate their end of year concert at the Cathedral on Thursday night at 8pm. They’ll be joined by Soprano Helen Houlihan and the Holy Family Chamber Choir. There will also be a collection to raise money for Fr. John Molly, who’s on mission in Ecuador.
Stephen McDermott, Clare FM presenter and our resident film critic joined Gavin to review the latest releases to DVD and cinema. Today’s featured titles included; The Pact, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and The Chernobyl Diaries.
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