On today’s edition of The Afternoon Show Clare FM’s Máire Moynahan spoke with Jonathan Irwin,CEO of the Jack and Jill Foundation. The children’s charity is reassuring people that online donations at Jack & Jill are secure and much needed, as the organisation uncovered a credit card scam involving fake donations. In the last month and a half they have received and refunded over €130,000 via credit card donations which have been scammed from private credit cards, with individual amounts ranging from 2 cents up to €3,000, with the majority of donations under €5. These criminals use Jack & Jill and other charity websites to test and verify that the details are still active on the card they have stolen so that they can use it for further, bigger fraudulent transactions or sell it on to other criminals. They were made from skimmed cards linked to financial institutions in countries such as Luxembourg, Venezuela, South Korean, Puerto Rico, Italy and Ireland. The charity is reassuring the public that their website is secure and that all the illegal donations have been returned. Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation provides and funds home nursing care for 300 children up to the age of 4 with severe developmental delay as a result of brain damage, has issued a statement to reassure people that online donations are safe, in spite of a recent charity scam uncovered by Jack & Jill. Jack & Jill has supported 42 families in Clare since 1997, with 7 in the county under Jack & Jill’s wing today.
Ned Kelly is the Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum of Ireland and spoke to Clare FM’s Gavin Grace following the museum’s announcement of a major success in its effort to protect the national heritage of portable antiquities from the activities of looters. On 15th May 2013 the Art and Antiques Unit of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation handed a collection of 899 metal-detected archaeological objects to the National Museum. Some of the objects were recovered in the UK by officers of the Norfolk Constabulary with the remaining objects being recovered in Ireland by the Art and Antiques Unit. The collection was amassed by an individual, now deceased, who operated in the Co. Tipperary area.
Shannon man Gary Carroll also joined the show today and spoke to Gavin. Gary’s alter ego has made an impact today when he decided to sell his car on Done Deal by way of a special music video! Gary or Fecquin is trying to sell his red Volkswagen polo bread van, which is in mint condition, but to do so, created a special music video to help boost interest in its sale. Gary is well known for making hilarious videos featuring Fecquin Foley and sings about all kinds of issues with the band Mother Focal. His videos are available on Youtube and are all set in Co. Clare.
Molly Muldoon is the Deputy Editor of Irish Central in New York spoke to Gavin about all the major news events in the United States, particularly the stories that are having an impact on the Irish Community in the States. They discussed the reaction to Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s address at Boston College and how Cardinal Sean O’Malley has boycotted the event in protest to the current abortion debate in Ireland. They also discussed immigration reform in the US and how it will impact on Irish who wish to travel to the US and indeed the many undocumented Irish there .
Michael Harding is an Irish Times Columnist, Playwright and Novelist and is also the Author of best seller – Staring at Lakes. He joined Gavin in studio and talked with openness and honesty about his journey through life, leaving the priesthood, falling in love, being overwhelmed by depression and ultimately how he found a way out of the dark by accepting the fragility of love and the importance of now. He tells his remarkable story with great wit and has enthralled and entertained audiences with his unique take on life in Ireland now. Michael Harding in Conversation with Comedian extraordinaire Tommy Tiernan is taking place in The Lime Tree Theatre in Mary I on Wednesday 22nd at 8pm.
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