On Monday’s Morning Focus John Cooke was joined in studio by Clare Deputies Joe Carey of Fine Gael and Timmy Dooley of Fianna Fail to discuss last evening’s State of the Nation address by Toaiseach Enda Kenny.
Deputy News Editor of The Herald Barry Duggan spoke with John about a large sum of cash being dug up from a field near the Clare Limerick border
A man remains in Garda custody in connection with the seizure of more than a million euro worth of cash over the weekend – the discovery was made as part of an ongoing investigation into organised crime – after a man was found digging up cash in a field in Portcrusha, Montpelier on Saturday
A 53-year-old man was arrested and is being questioned at Henry Street Garda station under the Drug Trafficking Act
A second man was also arrested – he’s been released without charge.
The board of the Central Remedial Clinic resigned on Friday afternoon but the fallout from the revelations into the top ups on pay continues
Anne Hannify, CEO of Fundraising Ireland, explained that there’s been a 40% cent drop in donations to charity in the two weeks since the scandal of top ups to executives salaries was revealed
Fundraising Ireland says things have reached crisis point in their sector and charities are taking calls every hour from people looking to cancel donations or complain in reaction to the controversy
The group says the issue has undermined the years of work that charities have undertaken and this one incident has had a domino affect on other causes.
Sergeant Joe Downey, Crime Prevention Officer with the Clare Garda Division, joined John in studio to appeal for the public’s assistance with information on crimes committed in the past week
Contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100.
We returned to our popular Christmas memories series and heard from Clare FM’s beloved hurling commentator Syl O’Connor of Sixmilebridge
Syl’s musical choice was ‘When a child is born’ by Johnny Mathis.
John Murphy, Chairperson of the Clare branch Birdwatch Ireland, joined John to answer listeners’ bird and wildlife queries.
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