On today’s edition of Morning Focus Clare FM’s John Cooke was joined by Mountshannon Fianna Fail TD Timmy Dooley, Clarecastle Fine Gael TD Joe Carey and Scariff Labour TD Michael McNamara. Clare’s government representatives discussed how the Fine Gael/Labour Coalition Government is it working for County Clare as it reaches its two year anniversary. They also discussed Clare’s unemployment figures which have remained consistently over 10,000 and spoke about how we can start creating jobs in Clare once again. Also forming part of the debate was Shannon Airport’s independence and if 2013 will see new business and flights coming into the county. They also talked about plans for services at Ennis General Hospital – now that we know longer have a local Accident and Emergency unit and also if people can afford to pay the property tax.
Sergeant Joe Downey, Clare’s Crime Prevention Officer with the Clare Garda Division was also in studio for our weekly Garda Focus and asked for listeners help in relation to a number of thefts in teh county over recent days. You can contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100.
Tubber Jockey Derek O’Connor also spoke to John ahead of this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Derek, a two time Cheltenham winner, also had a few tips for Clare punters! Derek is off to race at Cheltenham tomorrow having missed last year’s festival due to injury. On Wednesday he competes in the John Oaks Amateur Chase on ‘Revel Destrabell‘ while on Thursday, he’ll be racing on ‘Super Duty’ in the three mile chase. Derek spoke about how he feels the Irish horses will do at this year’s festival and says he’s confident it will be a good year for them.
Kilrush woman Therese Young also joined the show and was live in studio to talk about her battle with weight loss.
In 2008 Therese weighed 26 stone but went on to lose 14 stone in under a year – even more impressively she has kept it off for over three years now. She puts it down to exercise and healthy eating. Therese began gaining weight from her 20’s onwards, more so when she got a car, and said before that she was active every day with walking to work and home for lunch. Over the years she tried all sorts of ways to lose weight – but Motivation Weight Loss was what worked for her ultimately. Therese is also an active fundraiser and organiser with the RNLI in Kilrush.
John Murphy from the Clare branch of Birdwatch Ireland was also in studio to answer your bird and wildlife queries.
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