On Wednesday’s Morning Focus Marian Egan spoke with Jan O’Sullivan, Minister of State for Housing and Planning about the issue of property tax and unfinished housing estates in the county
Clare County Council has 63 unfinished Housing Estates according to the Department of the Environment.
The tourism industry in Clare joined Fáilte Ireland in a comprehensive programme of sales activity in the USA last week
The sales mission’s aim is to support the new transatlantic air services from Philadelphia and Chicago into Shannon Airport this summer
Marian spoke with Mary Gleeson of The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis and
Fiona Monaghan of Fáilte Ireland in the West spoke about how the trip went
They said the Gathering Ireland 2013 is resonating very well with Americans and many of the operators visited had planned Gathering trips for during the year.
The Kilnamona Youth Club was founded in 1967 and closed in 2006; the club was going for nearly 40 years
This is being celebrated at a reunion taking place this weekend as part of Gathering 2013
Former Youth Leader Eileen Breen and one of the original members
Tony Barrett joined Marian in studio to talk about the club’s history and what will take place this weekend.
Kelly Power from Cooraclare and Maeve Foley from Quilty are organising a charity night Take Me Out West Clare style in aid of Irish premature babies, limerick neo natal and Bru Columbanus
The fundraiser is taking place this Sunday in the Armada Hotel Spanish Point
Both Kelly and Maeve joined Marian in studio to highlight the event and speak about their experience having had premature babies
Kelly’s boy Cian is nearly 3 now and Maeve has a little girl Abbey who is over a year old now.
Tickets still available from Natural Beauty by Dee in Kilrush or Riverside Beauty in Cree.
For support and information for parents see www.irishprematurebabies.ie
Trocaire’s Lenten Campagin comes to an end this Sunday
Trocaire’s Communications Manager Michelle Hoctor spoke with Marian
Last year people from Clare and the surrounding dioceses of Limerick, Killaloe and Galway donated €621,285
See www.trocaire.ie
There have been some archaeological discoveries including a seaweed farm on Aughinish Island and the coastal area between Ballyvaughan and Kinvara
Connemara based archaeologist Michael Gibbons had a word with Marian about his research and described the discoveries as a ‘drowned landscape.
Anne Marie O’Reilly of Clare Citizens’ Information Service was in studio to answer listners’ social welfare entitlement, employment and consumer law queries.
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