On today’s edition of The Afternoon Show Gavin Grace spoke with Dr. Brenda Corcoran – a consultant in public health medicine with the HSE National Immunisation Office. The HSE has said any Irish teenagers who did not receive the MMR vaccine should get the jab now. A public health campaign, highlighting the importance of childhood immunisation in preventing serious disease, is being launched in Ireland today to coincide with European Immunisation Week. The campaign comes as authorities deal with a major outbreak of measles in South Wales. Latest figures put the number of reported cases there at over 800. For more details please see www.immunisation.ie
Dermot Jewell of the Consumer Association of Ireland also joined Gavin on the show to discuss how banks are to begin issuing €10 notes at ATM’s to take account of customers tighter budgets. At the moment most cash dispensing machines in Ireland are restricted to 20 and 50 Euro notes, compared to 5 and 10 notes, which are the norm in Europe. The initiative will be introduced on a trial basis later this year.
Kevin McGillicuddy of Clare FM Sport was also in studio to discuss how Liverpool’s Luis Suarez has been fined by the club for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic. He’s tweeted that he’s asked for the money to be donated to the Hillsborough Family Support Group. It’s not known how much the striker has been fined. Suarez is waiting to hear what disciplinary action he’ll face from the FA.
Also today we heard the latest in our “Calling Home” series. Marie Reynolds is an Ennis native and is currently living in Brisbane, Australia. Marie has been in Australia for the past 4 years and speaks to Gavin about her reasons for leaving Clare, What she’s doing there and her plans for the future.
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Seamus Ryan is the Organiser of an event to mark World Book Night in Ennis and joined the show to let listeners know what will take place. World Book Night is tomorrow – Tuesday the 23rd of April and a special event will be held at 7pm in the Rowan Tree Cafe, Ennis. As a project “World Book Night” is aimed at promoting reading amongst those who would not regularly read. Seamus will be giving away 20 free copies of Casino Royale, the 1st James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. For more info see http://www.worldbooknight.org/about-us/what-we-do/what-is-world-book-night
Aidan White also spoke to Gavin about a special fundraising concert he has organised. The concert will take place on Saturday night next in The Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis in aid of Cahercalla Hospice. Featuring the Watch House Community Choir, Limerick, Mid West Vocal Academy Community Choir from Lisnagry, Emer O’Flaherty, Helen Catherine Ball and many more. Tickets available form the hospice on 065 682 1966.
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