There is huge relief as a struggling West Clare business has ‘come back from the dead’ and will retain a scaled down enterprise
On Friday’s Morning Focus John Cooke spoke with John O’Dwyer of O’Dwyer’s Building Suppliers and DIY Superstore, Kilrush
Concerns had been expressed last month as the long standing business in Kilrush prepared to shut its doors with the loss of over half a dozen jobs
O’Dwyer’s Building Suppliers and DIY Superstore on the Cooraclare Road in the West Clare Town was to close down at the end of March with seven staff facing redundancy, coming just months after the firm shut its base in Ennis.
However owner John O’Dwyer now insists that due to phenomenal public support the business will remain open, on a smaller scale
He is delighted that his fear of having to "dismantle a business that took 30 years to build" has been avoided
John expressed his delight that the business could be saved and his hopes that it will grow once more.
It was another busy night for Clare’s fire-fighters as they dealt with a series of wildfires across the county
The most serious of the incidents were in the Kilmaley and Killaloe areas and come less than 24 hours after crews battled a gorse fire on Mount Callan for up to 10 hours
Denis O’Connell, Senior Fire Officer with the Clare Fire Service, spoke with John and had some advice for landowners ahead of the weekend.
Clare Roots Society is hosting their second conference this week in the Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis
‘Gathering the Scattering’
Clara Hoyne of the Clare Roots Society joined John in studio to discuss what’s going on this weekend
Dr Caitriona Crowe – Head of Special Projects at the National Archives of Ireland – also had a word ahead of her talk about forthcoming online resources for genealogy at the National Archives.
In our Morning Focus health slot we speak with Dr Maire Finn from the Ennis Family Medical Centre
Today Dr Finn spoke about Baby’s first year and answered listeners’ queries
Dr Finn is running a two night course for expectant parents beginning on Tuesday April 16th – for more information call the Ennis Family Medical Centre on 065 68 403 88.
Doctor Maire Finn is from the Ennis Family Medical Centre, and will be joining us again next Friday for more medical advice. You can always send us your thoughts and queries by email [email protected], but if you have concerns or queries about your own health right now please contact your local GP.
Clare FM Deputy News Editor Trudy Waters joined John in studio with an update of the incident that occurred in Hernitage, Ennis overnight
Sixmilebridge Councillor and businessman John Crowe spoke with John to highlight a local campaign to raise funds to purchase five difibulators for Sixmilebridge
It will cost €10,000 so they’ve planned a series of fundraising events
There is a sale of work on this Sunday in Sixmilebridge GAA- the committee are hoping for support
They are also hoping to run a concert in the church and a golf classic in the coming weeks.
The 2013 Loop Head Walking Festival will take place from Friday to Sunday
It is a Gathering 2013 event and they are hoping many will join them on the Loophead Peninsula to walk the newly established circuits at Loophead and Kilcredaun near Carrigaholt
Trea Heaps of Loophead Tourism had the details – see www.loophead.ie – registration in the Stella Maris Hotel, Kilkee this evening.
The Sand Park is the account of how big-hearted Offaly farmer James Anthony Lowery, a man in his mid-fifties, came to terms with the death of his son fifteen years ago and now, more recently, that of his wife Rose
It’s a play about rural Irish life and the way we cope with the inevitable, it’s a play about how life, death, humour, love and sadness all live in the same house together
The playwright and actor Seamus O’Rourke spoke with John ahead of his performance in Glor at 8pm this evening.
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