MORNING FOCUS TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER
As Scotland prepares to go to the poles on Thursday the Yes and No campaigns have both been busy their message gets across. British Prime Minister David Cameron was close to tears as he warned voters that Alex Salmond’s separatist movement had “painted a picture” of an independent Scotland that was “too good to be true”. Meanwhile Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has been pressing home the point that the Scottish people won’t be bullied into a no vote and that Scotland would be best ruled by the Scottish. Marian who was standing in for John spoke to Capital Radio Scotlands news editor Corrie Martin to gauge the mood on the streets.
Up to 200 Clare Farmers took their concerns over the price of beef to the streets of Ennis yesterday. After outlining their plans to Clare FM's John Cooke, Clare IFA and Chairman Andrew Dundass and National President Eddie Downey lead local farmers and their tractors from the mart to Dunnes Stores yesterday in a bid to highlight – what they call an industry in distress. The protest saw members of the Irish Farmers association and their tractors block up the car park while all trolleys and baskets were chained up: Clare FM's Aisling O' Rourke was there.
Mouth cancer is an important global healthcare problem. There are more than 300 cases of cancer of the mouth (oral cavity and pharynx) reported in Ireland every year. These cancers are more common in men than in women. However this is changing. The incidence rate of cancer of the mouth in women has increased significantly at a rate of 3% per year since 1994. It mainly affects older people although younger people are being diagnosed now. Today is national Oral Cancer Awareness day.Marian spoke with Ennis based dentist and member of the Irish Dentist Association Niall McCarthy
The Purple Flag award , which Ennis received as first town in Ireland in 2013, is gaining momentum with 2 further flags (Killarney and Bray) having been awarded this year and now another 6 towns and cities applying for the international evening and night-time award.As a result, the awarding body – the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM), are bringing a key event to Ennis called Best Practice Assessment. As part of the event, an evening/night-time guided walk is planned .Carmen Cronin Purple Flag Manager Ireland and Johnny Flynn Mayor of Ennis joined Marian in studio to talk about the initative
More than a dozen Irish patients have woken up or been conscious but unable to move during surgery in the past year because anaesthetic drugs failed to work.The incidents — which have led to post-traumatic stress and a small number of lawsuits — will be revealed later today as part of the largest ever probe into the issue.According to a three-year joint study by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, between 2011 and 2014, more than 300 people suffered “accidental awareness” during surgery across both countries.Of this figure, approximately a dozen cases occurred in Ireland over a single 12-month period examined.Ellen O’Sullivan
President of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland spoke to Marian
Internet users must learn to switch off and overcome their online addiction, according to the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. The organisation for accredited counsellors and psychotherapists in Ireland has warned that increasing numbers of people are losing control of the amount of time that they spend online and that therapists are seeing an increase in internet and social media addiction.Citing a recent study carried out by Wilhelm Hofmann of Chicago University's Booth Business School, the IACP has warned that using social media can be even more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol.Shane Kelly Professional Services Manager IACP joined Marian to discuss the issue.
It's that time of year. Students are searching for and settling into their new home from home. The walls in shared bathrooms are getting ready to talk. I never had the privilege of experiencing the thrill that is student accommodation – whilst I was in college, that is. I always felt slightly hard done by. That I was cheated out of a rite of passage, a gateway to my coming of age. I did, however, make up for this once I finished college and stepped onto the rental ladder. Michelle McBride Blogger and secondary school teacher spoke to John earlier in the week.
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