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The RPGBOT.Podcast is a thoughtful and sometimes humorous discussion about Tabletop Role Playing Games, including Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder as well as other TTRPGs. The discussion seeks to help players get the most out of TTRPGs by examining game mechanics and related subjects with a deep, analytic focus. The RPGBOT.Podcast includes a weekly episode; and The RPGBOT.News and The RPGBOT.Oneshot. You can find more information at https://rpgbot.net/ - Analysis, tools, and instructional ...
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DairyVoice is a podcast, with new episodes available twice a month. The series has an exclusive focus on dairy producers and associated industry professionals that need help with cost-savings, efficiency, and other invaluable industry information. The podcast series, features expert speakers from across the United States on topics such as Cow Comfort, Business Management, dairy cash flow, and other current industry issues that arise.
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Clare IFA Urges Government To Iron Out "Major Issues" With Ash Dieback Scheme
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Clare's IFA Chair is imploring the Government to put a stringent plan in place to secure of recovery of Ash trees into the future.It comes as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Senator Pippa Hacket has opened a new scheme to compensate farmers who have replanted plantations impacted by ash dieback. Under the Climate Action Performan…
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Tributes Paid To Clare TD Joe Carey Following Retirement
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Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey has announced his resignation as a public representative.Deputy Carey, who has been on sick leave since March of last year, confirmed he will not be a candidate in the next General Election.By Clare FM
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"Brave Policy Change" Needed To Solve Clare Rental Crisis
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It's claimed a brave policy change is needed to combat Clare's rental crisis. It follows Daft.ie's latest rental price report for April to June which shows the average price of a tenancy in this county has jumped by more than 10% in a year to €1,425 per month. Additionally, the number of homes available for rent in Munster has fallen by 17% since t…
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Clare SME's Call For Supports Over Fears Of "Overreliance" On Corporation Tax
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Fears have been expressed for small and medium businesses in Clare due to Ireland's "overreliance" on corporation tax.It follows the launch of the Irish Small and Medium and Enterprise Council's pre-budget submission, which is calling on the Government to focus on supports for indigenous firms.According to the CSO, 70% of Clare's private workforce …
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In The Garden - Planting Bulbs For Spring Colour
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On Monday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Tom Stewart from Keane’s Garden Centre in Kilcolgan.This week, Tom gave listeners some advice on planting bulbs for Spring colour. If you have a question for Tom, contact the show on 0818 400 964 or send a text or Whatsapp to 086 1800 964.By Clare FM
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Brian Flynn's Top 10 Best Songs By Irish Artists
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On Monday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Clare FM's Brian Flynn, who took listeners on a musical journey through his top 10 best songs by Irish artists.By Clare FM
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Shannon Make-Up Artist Brings Clare Talent To The Rose of Tralee
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The handy work of a makeup artist from Shannon was clear for all to see at the Rose of Tralee! Danielle Clarkson’s exceptional makeup artistry highlighted the beauty of the contestants. The 21-year-old is co-founder of BeautybyCED, a Clare based family-owned business.For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by Danielle Clarkson, of BeautybyCED.…
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Mark O'Brien's Double Guinness World Record Attempts
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A swimmer who is living with motor neurone disease (MND) is hoping to break two Guinness World Records in two countries in one day when he takes part in a special event this coming weekend. Mark O’Brien, who lives in Bedfordshire in the UK, will take part in two sprint events on Sunday – the first in London, with the second taking place in Dublin. …
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10th Anniversary Celebration Of The 22nd Battalion Association
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Next month sees the 22nd Battalion Association Clare celebrating its 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion, they will be honouring two of their former members. They will also hold a Golf Classic on the 21st of September in Ennis Golf Club to support Slainte an Chlair.For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by Philip Brigdale, Chairman of the 2…
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The issue of illegal dumping around the county rears its head every so often, and this morning is one such occasion. Meelick appears to be one of the more popular locations for such anti-social and disgusting behaviour, and the issue has not stopped.To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by the Cratloe Fianna Fáil Councillor and Cathaoirleach …
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Clare Has 5th Lowest Total Of GPs Nationwide
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The government is facing calls to urgently ramp up efforts to recruit GPs in Clare. New figures from the Irish College of General Practitioners show this county has the joint-fifth lowest total of practicing GPs nationwide. There are currently just 83 GPs operating in Clare, which works out as one doctor for every 1,535 people. GP at Ennis Medical …
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Funding Boost To Alleviate Sixmilebridge Congestion Problem
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It's hoped a new funding boost will alleviate major pedestrian safety and traffic congestion issues in Clare's fastest growing town. It's after the Sixmilebridge Town Team was granted €50,000 to design a footbridge over the O'Garney River. In 2022, a masterplan was developed for the South-East Clare community under the town centre first initiative,…
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COUNTERSPELL - I'm going to counterspell a Spellcaster's counterspell
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Join us as we dive into the mechanics and challenges of Counterspell across different editions of D&D and Pathfinder! We break down what works, what doesn’t, and how it impacts gameplay. Whether you’re a fan of the 2014 D&D rules or prefer Pathfinder’s approach or looking forward to the 2024 D&D rules, this episode has something for every tabletop …
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Tana Dennis of Cargill Talks About Oxidative Stress in Calves
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In this episode of DairyVoice, host Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films by Connor Agriscience talks with Tana Dennis PhD of Cargill. They discuss Oxidative Stress in Calves; what it is, what to look for, how to treat the issue and finish with excellent nutritional tips for your calves.By Connie Kuber with Tana Dennis
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Ennis Restaurant Claims Electricity Bills Forced It To Cut Back On Staff
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An Ennis restaurant claims it has no room to increase its prices further amid spiralling electricity costs.New figures from the Central Statistics Office show restaurants and pubs consumed more than twice as much electricity per square metre as offices last year.Restaurants and pubs were also the type of premises that consumed the most overall elec…
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Fr Gerry Kenny leads our Sunday Prayer for today, Sunday 25th August 2024, the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.By Clare FM
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East Clare Councillor Urges Landowners To Engage With Hedge Cutting Scheme To Aid Road Safety
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An East Clare councillor is encouraging rural landowners to engage with hedge cutting schemes in the interest of road safety.It comes as Clare County Council has opened its Community Hedge Cutting Grant Scheme heading into the open season.The local authority is set to offer €15,000 as part of the recommencement which will facilitate grants of €50 p…
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CRAFTING THE COSMERE w/ Andrew Fischer and Lydia Suen: Adapting Brandon Sanderson’s Fantasy World into an Epic RPG
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Join us as we chat with Game Designer Andrew Fischer and Narrative Designer Lydia Suen about the Cosmere RPG Kickstarter! We dive into the challenges of adapting Brandon Sanderson's expansive universe into a tabletop RPG, discuss the Kickstarter's success, and explore key game mechanics like the plot die and focus resource. Plus, get a sneak peek a…
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Ennis Principal Says There Are "Other Routes To The Same Destination" As Leaving Cert Results Opened
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Grade inflation was introduced by Education Minister Norma Foley in 2020 to offset the potential effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on exam results.That year, record results were achieved and inflation rose even higher in 2021 when students had the option of sitting exams or opting for accredited grades.Grade inflation remains in place this year, boo…
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Clare Leaving Cert Results Said To Be In Line With Or Slightly Above Last Year
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Leaving Cert results in Clare are said to be "in line with or slightly above" those of last year.It's now three hours since the almost 1,400 students who sat their Leaving Cert exams in Clare this year became able to access their long-awaited results online.It's been a tumultuous few years of secondary school for the 1,378 students in Clare who com…
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Clare Gardaí Urge Students To Avoid Confrontation At All Costs For Leaving Cert Results Night
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Clare Gardaí are urging those celebrating their Leaving Certificate results tonight to avoid confrontation at all costs.Large crowds are expected to descend on the county's bars and nightclubs this evening and over the weekend for the class of 2024's social gatherings.Those heading out tonight though are being reminded not to engage with anyone dis…
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Family Of West Clare Murder Victim Insists Killer Should Never Be Released
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The brother of a West Clare murder victim has vowed to do everything in his power to ensure his sister's killer remains behind bars.Today marks the 19th anniversary of Ann Walsh, who lost her life at the age of just 23, when she was strangled by her former boyfriend on the grounds of the local church.Raymond Donovan subsequently received a life sen…
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Energising Clare: Episode 11 – Offshore Wind Part 2 - Future and Atlantic Waters
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It is time for the eleventh episode of our newest feature on Morning Focus, Energising Clare.This new feature will be about educating you, the listener, on renewables.On this week’s episode, Alan Morrissey was joined by Ronan O’Flynn, Engineer with ESB & manager in the Offshore Wind development area to discuss offshore wind.…
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Caherconnell Furnace Festival 2024 Set To Take Place In The Burren
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On 24th & 25th of August 2024 , the International Caherconnell Furnace Festival will take place at Caherconnell Fort in the Burren, Co. Clare!You will be able to see iron smelters from across the globe smelting iron ore into iron. Blacksmiths will be making replicas of iron objects found during excavations at Caherconnell.This year will also featur…
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Debate Over Proposed Lidl Store In Sixmilebridge
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Plans by Lidl to build a new store in Sixmilebridge are facing opposition from concerned locals. The German retail giant has applied to construct a new outlet in the town. However, fears are being expressed for local retailers. To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by Fr Harry Bohan, Long-Serving Priest in Sixmilebridge, Former Clare H…
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Heritage Week Event To Take Place At Hastings Farmhouse Site
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How a house was built over two centuries ago will be explained at a Heritage Week event taking place in Shannon this weekend. The event, which will be held at the Hastings Farmhouse site, is jointly organised by Dúchas na Sionna and the Shannon Archeological and Historical Society. For more on this, Alan Morrissey was joined by local historian John…
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Advice For Students Amid Leaving Cert 2024 Results
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Almost 1,400 Clare students will be receiving their Leaving Certificate Results this morning. From 10am, students nationwide and across this county's nineteen secondary institutions will be able to access their results both online and in person from their school. It's expected the class of 2024 will have a post marking adjustment of 7% applied to t…
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Claims Aircraft Used To Transport Weapons To Israel Passed Over Kilkee
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It's claimed an aircraft used to transport weapons from the US to Israel passed over County Clare earlier this year. New records obtained by The Ditch shows a cargo plane with the registration X4-ICA entered Irish airspace in Wexford and exited at Kilkee on its way to JFK International Airport in New York on January 14th of this year. The plane tra…
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Clare Water Safety Officer Hopeful New National Strategy Will Reverse Drowning Trends
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It's hoped the first ever national swimming strategy, which has just been published, will reverse drowning trends in Clare and across the country. The new government plan will aim to provide everyone with an opportunity to swim, with a view to improving general water safety awareness and developing elite athletes. Among the key pillars of the strat…
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Morning Focus: Live Broadcast From Scariff
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Morning Focus was broadcasting live from the Edna O'Brien Public Library in Scariff.Firstly, we revisited an issue we discussed last week regarding the pilot school bus scheme for South-East Clare students. We heard from parents Aoife Keogh and Edel Rafferty about a protest that took place in sixmilebridge this morning.After that, Alan was joined b…
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Midwest Hospital Campaign Urges HIQA To Consider Views Of The Public In Review
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The Midwest Hospital Campaign insists an upcoming review of urgent and emergency care in this region must take the views of the public into consideration.HIQA has published the terms of reference for its long-awaited review, which will consider the case for a second emergency department in the Midwest, with the findings to be published next summer.…
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Clare Tour Operator Voices Concerns Over Partial Cliffs Of Moher Closure
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Two sections of a popular walking trail at the Cliffs of Moher will be closed today, so that works planned for later in the year can be carried out in the coming weeks. A total of 5,500 metres of the walking route will be closed to the public, with access being prohibited except to members of the emergency services. Clare County Council had propose…
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Protest In Sixmilebridge Over Pilot School Bus Scheme In South-East Clare
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Last week, we brought you the news that parents were concerned and frustrated over plans to pilot a new school bus scheme in South-East Clare. Parents were reacting, after it emerged over 550 students from Cratloe, Newmarket-On-Fergus and Sixmilebridge will be integrated on an enhanced version of the public Ennis to Shannon 343 route. Their concern…
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Clare Oireachtas Health Committee Member Criticises Timeline Of HIQA Midwest Review
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A Clare member of the Oireachtas Health Committee claims the timeline given by HIQA for its review of urgent and emergency care in the Midwest is "stretching it". The Health Information and Quality Authority has published the terms of reference for its review which it's said will "inform decision-making around the design and delivery of urgent and …
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Clare IFA Chair Dismisses Residential Zoned Land Tax As A "Land Grab"
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The Clare branch of the IFA has dismissed the deferred tax on residential zoned land as a "land grab". Finance Minister Jack Chambers has confirmed the Residential Zoned Land Tax, which would see land zoned for residential development taxed at 3% of its market value, has been deferred until next year. The tax had been proposed to target land hoardi…
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STARFINDER 2E PLAYTEST - The RPGBOT.Preview
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Summary In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we preview the Starfinder second edition playtest and the promise of the Starfinder setting. We explore the different ancestries in the playtest book, including androids, barathu, kasathas, lashuntas, patra, ratfolk, shearin, and skittermanders. We highlight the unique features and abilities of each an…
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A Pot Of Films Festival 2024: Ennistymon Debuts Exciting New Community Film Event
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A Pot of Films Festival, Ennistymon’s inaugural Community Film Festival, will take place on the 24th of August. In early July we chatted with the festival’s Events & Promotions Manager, Aoibheann Boyle about the callout for short filmmakers to participate in the festival.With the festival looming large on the horizon, Alan Morrissey was joined once…
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Clare Housing Committee Member Predicts Ireland Will Suffer Unless Housing Stock Boosted
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A member of Clare County Council's housing committee fears the country will suffer "across every vein" unless a new government with a plan for boosting housing delivery comes to power.The spotlight has fallen on the shortfall of social housing here, as a new report has identified Clare as having the eighth lowest rate of local authority housing, as…
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Clare Mother And Baby Home Survivors Accuses State Of "Dangling A Carrot" Regarding Redress
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A Clare Mother and Baby Home survivor is accusing the State of "dangling a carrot" in front of him and his fellow survivors when it comes to redress.Former Trade Unionist Sheila Nunan was appointed by the Minister for Equality as "expert negotiator" tasked with securing money from church orders for Mother and Baby Home redress in May of last year.S…
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Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’Leary On New Album And Upcoming Show
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Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary are releasing their new album today. Hydra is the fantastic new record from the duo, who are also getting ready to hit the road. They will be supporting the renowned American singer-songwriter Bonnie Prince Billy on his nationwide tour, as well as playing shows of their own.…
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Clare Developer Claims Tax Break Will Lead To Increased Supply Of Rental Properties
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A Clare developer claims unless financial benefits are provided, most developers won't undertake large scale, time consuming housing projects.It comes the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers has called on the government to reintroduce the Section 23 tax break which was in effect before the crash to increase the amount of available ren…
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Gabriel Kehinde On Return From Injury And Future Plans
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Gabriel Kehinde is an Ennis track athlete who became the third-fastest man in Ireland last year, when he finished third in the 100-meter sprint at the National Track and Field Championship. To find out more about his recovery from an injury and to discuss his future plans, Gabriel joined Alan Morrissey in-studio on Wednesday's Morning Focus.…
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Obesity Treatment Should Focus On Health Gain Over Weight Loss
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Research published in The Lancet has recommended a change in how health services view treatment of obesity – that the target should be lifelong health gain rather than weight loss. The Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism says treatments for the disease are needed lifelong to have health benefit. It says the different complications o…
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Clare Government TD Urges Taoiseach To Use Stronger Wording Around Second Midwest ED
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A Clare Government TD insists the Taoiseach should be using stronger wording around the need for a second emergency department in the Midwest. It comes as Taoiseach Simon Harris has said "when it comes to the Midwest, we should have an openness to a second emergency department" pending the findings up the upcoming HIQA review. It's now two weeks si…
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Clare FM Preview Of 2024 Clare TUS SHC Round 2
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Clare FM Preview Of 2024 Clare TUS SHC Round 2By Clare FM
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Clare Businesses And Householders Call On Government To Stop Fuelling Price Hikes At The Pumps
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Households and Businesses in Clare are calling on the Government to focus on absorbing costs, rather than fuelling price hikes at the pumps.It comes as Ireland is expected to have the highest levels of diesel tax in Europe after the upcoming budget.More fuel price hikes lie ahead for motorists at the pumps, with Ireland poised to top the EU fuel ta…
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One Closed Section Of Cliffs Of Moher Trail Could Reopen By End Of September
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It's hope one section of the Cliffs of Moher walking trail could be re-opened as early as the end of September.Following two tragic deaths at the popular North Clare attraction in recent months, the Clare Local Development Company has confirmed 5,500 metres of the trail will be closed to the public from Thursday.Access will be restricted to emergen…
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Bus Éireann "Very Confident" Revamp Of Popular Clare Service Will Eradicate Past Issues
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Bus Éireann says it's "very confident" a new revamp of its most popular Clare service will eradicate issues of the past.The 343 bus route is to be come a 24-hour service between Shannon Airport and Limerick - with buses going every 20 minutes during peak hours and every 30 minutes during off peak hours on weekdays.The changes will also see the crea…
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Calls For Local Council To Increase Number Of Pedestrian Crossings In Towns
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A North Clare resident, who's visiually impaired, is calling on the local authority to increase the number of pedestrian crossings in the county.It follows the publication of a new Vision Ireland survey, which shows a 37 per cent increase in reports of injuries caused by obstacles on footpaths nationally in the last 12 months.Lahinch resident Clair…
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Travel Tales With Fergal: Provence In France
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On Tuesday’s Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey spoke to Fergal O’Keefe, host of the Travel Tales with Fergal podcast.On this week’s Travel Tales, Fergal discussed his travel experiences to Provence in France and surrounding areas.By Clare FM
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