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Ennis-based chiefs working with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Ireland have been awarded extra funding to continue their work. Tristan and Scott Casson-Rennie have been given a €3,000 bursary and a place on Social Entrepreneurs Ireland’s Action Lab programme. There are more than 244,000 people across Ireland affected by FASD, which is the largest preventable neuro-developmental […]

There are concerns that builders aren’t developing certain sites in cities over the cost of construction Government ministers have signed off on the €500m Living Heart Cities fund, which is aimed at unblocking stalled developments. On Tuesday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Ronan O’Brien, Executive with the Construction Industry Federation in the Southern […]

A teenage Ukrainian refugee is finding solace in Clare’s scenery as he and other come to terms with having to watch the war in their home country unfold from afar. Yaroslav Shcherbyna fled Dnipro in Eastern Ukraine with his mother and younger brother at the end of March. War in Ukraine broke out 10 weeks […]

Introduced last year to help facilitate outdoor dining during periods of Covid restrictions indoors, the measures removed the €125 fee per table businesses were charged to serve customers outside. Pubs and restaurants are appealing to the Government to extend the waiver on outdoor dining. For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by Charlie O’Meara, […]

On Tuesday’s Morning Focus, Alan was joined by Ennis television journalist Colm Flynn. Colm, who is from Drumcliffe, is Rome Correspondent for EWTN – the Global Catholic Television Network. Colm recently travelled to Ukraine for the Network, where he saw first-hand the devastation caused by the war with Russia. Alan caught up with him to […]

On Friday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Brid McNamara, Clare Camogie PRO joined us to pay tribute to Kate Moran. The 20 year-old underage inter-county player with Galway, was playing for her club Athenry against Ardrahan on Monday evening when she required emergency services. Kate was treated at the scene before she was […]

On Thursday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Cathal Crowe, Fianna Fáil TD from Meelick and Róisín Garvey, Green Party Senator from Inagh to speak about the latest measures to address the rising cost of living and the controversy over the ban on the sale of turf from September. Clare FM – Podcasts · […]

It is bowel cancer awareness month. Paddy Sheedy has been battling stage 4 bowel cancer and has approximately between 1 and 6 months to live. A GoFundMe page was set up to help Paddy and his family. On Wednesday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Paddy Sheedy, Newmarket-on-Fergus native and Pamela Higgins, lifelong friend […]

We recently spoke on Morning Focus about the Ukrainian children who were starting school in Lisdoonvarna. There are, of course, a significant number of Ukrainian children either beginning or soon to begin attending school around Clare. One of those is 15 year-old Yaroslav Shcherbyn who is today starting school in Kilkee. On Friday’s Mornings Focus, […]

A 15-year-old Ukrainian boy who is starting school in Kilkee today is hailing what he’s describing as an ‘amazing’ welcome he’s received since arriving in Clare. More than 1,500 Ukrainian refugees are now in this county, with the majority being accommodated in North and West Clare. Yaroslav Shcherbyn travelled from Dnipro in Eastern Ukraine to […]