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03/09/2024

More than 10% of primary school students in Clare are in an oversized class. New figures released by the Department of Education have revealed that one in four schools in this county have an oversized class of 30 or more. The National School Annual Census is compiled by the Department of Education b...

02/09/2024

Members of West Clare Communities will have the opportunity to avail of information clinics held in both Kilkee and Kilrush this week. The clinics are designed to highlight range of employment, education, community, transport, recreation and social services available throughout West Clare. This week...

02/09/2024

Thomond Park played host to a unique charity fundraiser over the weekend. An abseiling event took place on Friday to raise funds for the Mid-Western Cancer Centre at UHL in honour of Mairead Cleary Keniry, with over €23,000 having been raised so far on the GoFundMe page. More than 20 of Mairead’...

02/09/2024

A Clare native living in Australia claims the “pros outweigh the cons” despite significant cost-of-living challenges in her new country of residence. Shannon’s Sarah Mulcahy moved to Queensland in April of this year after studying Early Years Education and Primary Teaching but finding herself ...

02/09/2024

A Clare-based mother who recently moved from Scotland says she never imagined finding a childcare place would be so difficult. From today, the minimum hourly subsidy under the National Childcare Scheme for children under 15 has increased by 53% from €1.40 to €2.14. The Department of Children has...

02/09/2024

A block in the system is said to be forcing some people in Clare to become “entrenched” in homeless accommodation for years. The number of adults in this county availing of emergency accommodation rose to 75 at the end of July – while the number of homeless children across Clare and Limerick h...

02/09/2024

CLARE FM - CATCH UP: Legal Advice: Divorce and Separation

On Monday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey spoke to William Cahir of Cahir & Co. Solicitors, Ennis, in our weekly legal slot.

This week, William discussed divorce and seperation.

If you have a legal question for Cahir & Co. Solicitors, email us at [email protected]

On Monday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey spoke to William Cahir of Cahir & Co. Solicitors, Ennis, in our weekly legal slot. This week, William discussed divorce and seperation. If you have a legal question for Cahir & Co. Solicitors, email us at [email protected] You can listen to the full interview...

02/09/2024

CLARE FM - CATCH UP: Abseiling Event At Thomond Park In Memory Of Mairead Cleary Keniry

Thomond Park was the venue for a rather unique charitable initiative in recent days.

On Friday, Munster’s home ground played host to an abseiling event.

The charitable event was in memory of Mairead Cleary Keniry.

For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by Kayla Murtagh, Fundraiser Organiser and Work Colleague of Mairead.

Thomond Park was the venue for a rather unique charitable initiative in recent days. On Friday, Munster’s home ground played host to an abseiling event. The charitable event was in memory of Mairead Cleary Keniry. For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by Kayla Murtagh, Fundraiser Organiser a...

02/09/2024

Nearly 200 children across Clare and Limerick are living in homelessness. The number of people in emergency accommodation in the Midwest region has risen once again as homeless figures nationwide have hit a record high. As of July 28th, 75 adults are availing of emergency accommodation in Clare. Cou...

02/09/2024

Clare County Council has given the green light to 74 housing loans in the past two years. New figures released by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien show the council has been recommended to approve just 43% of the 171 local authority home loan applications it’s received since January 2022. The sch...

02/09/2024

CLARE FM - CATCH UP: Emigration Reaches Near Ten-Year High

The number of Irish people leaving Ireland has reached its highest point in almost a decade.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that more than 69,000 people emigrated from Ireland in the 12 months to April, compared with 64,000 in the same period of 2023.

This is the highest emigration figure since 2015.

For more on this, Alan Morrissey spoke with Sarah Mulcahy who is from Shannon and is currently living in Australia.

The number of Irish people leaving Ireland has reached its highest point in almost a decade. Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that more than 69,000 people emigrated from Ireland in the 12 months to April, compared with 64,000 in the same period of 2023. This is the highest emigration....

02/09/2024

A submission calling for Ennis General Hospital to be equipped with an Emergency Department has been lodged with the Health Information and Quality Authority. It comes as HIQA has commenced it’s independent review to determine reforms to emergency and urgent care reform in the MidWest. The 30-page...

02/09/2024

Tune in all this week to Out The Gap with Lauren Lynch to hear her brand new Irish Artist of the Week Simple Things and their brand new track 'Take Me Away'. 🎼🎹🎤

02/09/2024

02/09/2024

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02/09/2024

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02/09/2024

++CATCH-UP++
DÚCHAS IS DÓCHAS Heritage and Hope - Series 2

Clare FM - Sounds Like You

02/09/2024

It’s claimed the role played by Ennis General Hospital in alleviating a recent surge in overcrowding at UHL highlights the clear need for an Emergency Department in the county town. New INMO figures show a total of 151 patients were accommodated on trolleys and overflow beds there last month, foll...

01/09/2024

A temporary restriction on the capacity of liquids, gels and aerosols permitted onboard flights comes into effect at Shannon Airport and all airports across the EU today. Under new EU Commission laws, passengers will not be allowed containers greater than 100ml in their cabin baggage. The restrictio...

01/09/2024

Residents of Ennis and surrounding areas will soon get to have their say on which vacant building in the area they’d like to see brought back into use. Clare County Council has received funding through the THRIVE Town Centre First Heritage Revival Scheme to identify a vacant or under-utilised heri...

01/09/2024

In the first episode of the new series of Atlantic Tales, we meet former Irish Air Corps pilot and flying instructor Oisín McGrath, now flying for the Irish Coast Guard and who recently broke a Guinness world record.

https://soundcloud.com/clarefm/atlantic-tales-oisin-mcgrath-episode-174/

01/09/2024

++Senior Football Championship++

SCORE UPDATE: Full-Time

Corofin 1-05 (8)
St. Breckan's 2-11 (17)

With McDermott's Pub - Doolin.

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01/09/2024

++Senior Football Championship++

SCORE UPDATE: Half-Time

Corofin 0-03
St. Breckan's 1-05

With McDermott's Pub - Doolin. https://mcdermott-s-pub.com/

01/09/2024

A Clare centre for adults with disabilites has been described as “clean” and “well maintained” in a new report – two years on from an inspection which found it to be “visibly dirty”. The Health Information and Quality Authority has just published the reports of its inspections of the H...

31/08/2024

Two Clare members of the Defence Forces will be honoured with Mayoral Awards tomorrow. Major General Adrian Ó’Mhurcú began his service in the army reserve of the 22nd Infantry Battalion before enlisting as a Cadet in the permanent defence forces in 1982. General Ó’Mhurcú would go on to serve...

31/08/2024

The average age at which a woman in Clare gives birth for the first time has risen by two years in the space of a decade. New data collected by the Central Statistics Office has revealed the average age of a mother in Clare is one of the highest in the country – with the …

31/08/2024

++Senior Football Championship++

SCORE UPDATE: Full-Time

Eire Óg 2-17 (23)
Lissycasey 1-06 (9)

With GD Building Products Ennis. https://gdbuildingproducts.wixsite.com/gdbp/about and Pat Foudy & Daughter, Tyre Centre, Mill Rd, Ennis. http://www.findatyre.ie/index.php/pat-foudy-daughter-tyres-ennis/

With over 10 years of experience in the Building and Roofing trade, we provide professional service in supplying all roofing products for the domestic and commercial markets.

31/08/2024

++Senior Football Championship++

SCORE UPDATE: Half-Time

Eire Óg 0-08
Lissycasey 0-03

With GD Building Products Ennis. https://gdbuildingproducts.wixsite.com/gdbp/about and Pat Foudy & Daughter, Tyre Centre, Mill Rd, Ennis. http://www.findatyre.ie/index.php/pat-foudy-daughter-tyres-ennis/

With over 10 years of experience in the Building and Roofing trade, we provide professional service in supplying all roofing products for the domestic and commercial markets.

31/08/2024

The majority of employees in Clare would prefer a four-day working week, regardless of the impact on their salary. That’s just one of the findings from a new survey conducted by FRS Recruitment, which also reveals that 30% of employees in this county did not use their full allocation of holidays l...

31/08/2024

Clare FM’s live coverage of Sunday's TÚS Clare Senior Football Championship Round 3 game between Corofin and St. Breckans comes in association with McDermott's Bar & Restaurant, Doolin

Throw-in is at 3pm in Cusack Park