On Tuesday’s Morning Focus John Cooke discussed the possibility of new ‘green’ levies for tyres and cars with Director General of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry Alan Nolan
This is after revelations last week that the Department of the Environment is launching a public consultation on waste
that could result in a raft of new "green" taxes, including on tyres and cars, similar to the WEEE scheme for electrical goods
Also they discussed how 2013 has been for the car market – the new car market is down 6.5% on last year and as predicted, the full year sales will finish somewhere around 74,500 – but activity in the commercial vehicle sector has been a bit more positive with an increase in the sale of both vans and trucks.
Last night over 70 people gathered in Scarriff to voice their concerns about the possible extraction of water from Lough Derg to supply Dublin’s needs
The meeting was organised by the East Clare Tourism group and was attended by boaters, anglers and residents
Clare FM’s Denise Woods was at the meeting and afterwards asked people there why they attended…
Noreen Keane from Clonlara has been engaged in a campaign to have her 8 year old son Ronan Wodehouse’s medical card reinstated
She joined John to discuss how her meeting with HSE officials last Friday went
They offered Ronan a long term illness LTI book– which gives him his prescription medication – but Noreen said this is not enough and has vowed to continue her campaign.
Gearoid Howard of Crimmins Howard Solicitors in Shannon and volunteer solicitor with the FLAC at Clare Citizens’ Information Service joined John in studio to discuss the executives pay top up controversy.
The Newmarket on Fergus Community Centre is a good facility and the committee work hard to keep this facility maintained to a minimum health and safety standard to facilitate all of their clients young and old
This has been accomplished to date without any funding as Geraldine Hansbury and Geraldine Cullinane explained when they joined John in studio
They are holding a sponsored Bingo night tomorrow – it’s 25 years since the late Larry Kennedy started the bingo in New Market on Fergus
Some of the people that attended the bingo back then still attend there every week
Geraldine thanked the community for their support and appealed to anyone interested in getting involved to contact her.
Frankie Coote, Clare ISPCA Warden, joined John in studio for his regular chat
This morning Frankie spoke about a surge in the amount of dogs coming into the pound and cases of abandonment
He also voiced farmers’ concerns about increases in the practice of lamping – he reminded people that they need licences to shoot foxes and this should never be done at night
Contact Clare ISPCA Shelter on 065 6820393.
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