Businesses and residents in Broadford and the surrounding area have been granted a meeting with An Post this Friday – the Broadford Action Committee hope to restore postal services to the East Clare area
Around 150 people gathered for a public meeting in the village on Thursday night last to formulate a plan of action after the local post office closed its doors without warning a fortnight ago – with customers now having to travel to Tulla
On Monday’s Morning Focus John Cooke spoke with PJ Mason – Committee Chairperson- who said it’s vital a postmaster is returned to the Broadford area as it serves a huge catchment
Joanne Maloney, a Broadford resident – maintained that the post office is a huge social attraction for villagers every Friday and that they need every social contact they can get- particularly the older people
There is a rich history to the post office – she said she doesn’t want to see that squandered and that it’s vital to keep the town alive
John Bowler, another committee member, thinks the post office was a hub for the community- and he too hopes that they can restore services in Broadford.
On Friday evening EU Budget negotiations in Brussels collapsed
The IFA staged a sit-in protest in the European Commission offices in Dublin to highlight their concerns that the CAP Budget will be slashed
John spoke with Clare IFA Chairperson Andrew Dundass, Martin McMahon of the ICMSA in Clare and Eddie Punch, Secretary General of ICSA to hear their concerns and hopes for the future of CAP.
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Garda Francis Brennan of Ennis Garda Station appealed for the public’s assistance with information on crimes committed over the past week in Clare
Contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 68 48 100.
The Munster Dancing Championships 2012 – took place at the West County Hotel in Ennis over the weekend
Run by An Commissiun Rince na Gaeilge, the four day event saw thousands of people turning out to compete, coach or cheer on those involved in the dancing competitions held from Thursday until last night
Doireann Wylde was there for Clare FM’s Morning Focus to meet some of those involved and to follow the fortunes of a number of young dancers…
Ronan Foley is a lecturer in Geography at NUI Maynooth
He is the guest speaker at the November lecture of the North Clare Historical Society- the talk will take place tonight at the Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon at 8pm
Tonight’s talk is entitled ‘Blue Space and the Therapeutic Landscapes of Clare’
Ronan is the author of the book Healing Waters: Therapeutic Landscapes in Historic and Contemporary Ireland, published by Ashgate Press in 2010
John spoke with Ronan about what people can expect to hear about at his talk tonight
John Murphy of the Clare branch of Birdwatch Ireland was in studio to answer your bird and wildlife queries.
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