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It's feared casual traders could be damaging the viability of permanent businesses in Clare. Fianna Fáil Councillor Tom O'Callaghan has this week called on the local authority to review of its policy in relations to Casual Trading Licences which are permits granted to the likes of food truck operators and stallholders. There are 12 designated casual trading areas in Clare, namely the Ennis Market area, Ballyalla Lake, Ennistymon Town Centre, Doolin Pier, Fanore, Kildysart Square, Kilfenora Square, Killaloe Car Park, the Square in Kilkee, Miltown Malbay, Drumgeely in Shannon and Tulla. Councillor Tom O'Callaghan says he wants to be sure that all casual traders are fully compliant with the law.

Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy is the recipient of this year's MÓRglór Award. The hugely popular week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance is held annually at Miltown Malbay, Glór will host a very special concert for the MÓRglór Award 2025 on Saturday, 17th of May. To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by Committee Members, Harry Hughes and Deirdre Comber. Photo(C): Clare FM

150 restaurants, cafés, gastropubs and food businesses shut their doors in the first three months of the year. That's according to a survey by the Restaurants Association of Ireland, which says it offers a sobering snapshot of an industry grappling with rising costs and shrinking margins. Four in five restaurants expect they'll cut staff hours, while 70 per cent expect to reduce overall staff numbers. CEO of the Restaurants Assocation of Ireland, Adrian Cummins says there's been a slowdown in closures, down from around 300 during the same time last year.. To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by John O'Brien, An Teach Bia Maith in Kilrush and Tony Cogan, from Cogan's Bar and Restaurant in Miltown Malbay. Photo(C): https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=823830546412506&set=a.768920478570180

A Clare café owner claims supplier price gouging is forcing businesses to close and putting undue pressure on those that survive. With a new survey indicating a spike in food businesses closing their doors this year, proprietors are pointing to rising costs as their greatest challenge. A total of 150 restaurants, gastro pubs or other food businesses ceased trading in the first three months of this year, according to new figures from the Restaurants Association of Ireland. Of the 170 respondents to the RAI's survey, 65% reported a decline in financial performance last year, compared to 2023. The finding is unsurprising given RAI data indicates that between 2022 and 2025, the price of fruit and vegetables has gone up by nearly 50%, while beef is up 96% and chocolate has soared by a startling 157%. It's also reported that menu costs haven't kept pace with these rising input costs, increasing by just shy of 17% for lunch and less than 19% for dinner. Frank Landy of Sweet 'n' Green in Ennis believes large suppliers are taking advantage of global circumstances at the expense of small businesses. A whole 94% of the survey's respondents foresee a continued rise in food costs this year, while 88% expect beverage prices to do likewise. To stay afloat, four in five restaurants are preparing to cut staff hours and 70% expect to reduce overall staff numbers. Tony Cogan of Cogan's Bar and Restaurant in Miltown Malbay says he's just about breaking even and has to watch every single cent.

A former Clare senator is urging the county's elected representatives fight for funding which she insists is "absolutely mandatory". It comes as the Ennistymon to Moyasta section of the West Clare Railway Greenway project has been denied funding by Transport Infrastructrure Ireland. In response to a parliamentary question from Bodyke Fine Gael TD Joe Cooney, TII says it will "give consideration to funding the progression of the Ennistymon to Miltown Malbay and Miltown Malbay to Moyasta Greenway sections in 2026 taking cognisance of the limited funding available to TII generally and the many competing demands for such funding". Inagh-based Green Party Deputy Leader Róisín Garvey says it will be a waste of money and hard work if the project doesn't come to fruition.

It's hoped a new shuttle bus service connecting towns and villages in West and North Clare will deliver for the local economy. The free of charge Burren and Cliffs Explorer is expected to run for the next three months and significantly ease traffic congestion in the region. Operated by C&C Executive Travel, the service offers seven busses on seven different routes servicing areas including Miltown Malbay, Lahinch, Liscannor, Kilfenora, Lisdoonvarna, Doolin, Ballyvaughan, Poulnabhrone, Corofin and Carron. Chair of Clare's Strategic Tourism Policy Committee, Cllr Shane Talty, who's also a member of the Cliffs Of Moher 2040 Board, says it's a positive day for the region.

A new free of charge shuttle bus service connecting two of Clare's most prominent tourist destinations to towns and villages has officially been launched today. The Burren and Cliffs Explorer is expected to run for the next three months and significantly ease traffic congestion in the region. There are seven busses in the fleet for seven different routes that will all be operated by C&C Executive Travel. The service begins at 9am daily in Miltown Malbay, Kilfenora, Doolin and Liscannor and will have busses arriving at, and leaving the Cliffs of Moher every half hour. Clare Tourism Director Siobhán McNulty believes it will bring major benefits.

This weekend, Miltown Malbay will play host to a very important fundraising gig. The aim of Saturday's concert at The Westbridge" is toraise money for the humanitarian organisation Medicins San Frontieres - Doctors Without Borders -who at present have over 1,000 staff in Gaza to provide vital medical assistance for all civilians caught up in the conflict. John Roberts is the organiser of the event. To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by Organiser, John Roberts. Photo(C): ClareFM

An important fundraiser for homeless people in County Clare will take place in Miltown Malbay later this month. The event, which sees non-profit group Birdbag teaming up with Mid West Simon Community, will be held on the 26th of April. To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by The Organiser, Máire Garvey.

As you've been hearing on Clare FM news, new hopon hop-off shuttle bus service linking towns, villages and visitor attractions throughout North and West Clare is the subject of public consultation and engagement sessions taking place in Miltown Malbay and Kilfenora on Monday (April 7, 2025) and Tuesday (April 8, 2025) next. The free “Burren and Cliffs Explorer” set to be launched by Clare County Council, in partnership with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), this summer will be open to online and onsite bookings. To tell us more about this, Alan Morrissey was joined by Lisdoonvarna Fine Gael Councillor, Joe Garrihy. Photo(C): mladn61 from Getty Images Signature via canva

George Murphy and the Rising Sons are coming to Clare! If you like trad folk and rock ‘n' roll, then the Forge in Miltown Malbay is the place to be on Saturday, the 5th of April. This seven-piece band, who are selling out shows all over Ireland, are not to be missed. To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by singer songwriter, George Murphy. Photo(C): https://www.facebook.com/groups/LocalEventsCountyClare/posts/2777159202468325/

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is calling for the creation of a free, state-run database to help second-hand car buyers access vital vehicle history information. In a newly launched report, the consumer watchdog aims to "close the knowledge gap" by providing details such as mileage readings, write-off status, past accidents, and safety recalls. Currently, much of this data is either unavailable or only accessible for a fee from commercial providers. The CCPC argues that greater transparency would protect consumers and improve road safety by reducing the number of dangerous or misrepresented vehicles on Irish roads. To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by Derek Considine, of Derek Considine Car Sales Ltd in Miltown Malbay and Michael Breen, of N18 Autos in Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photo (C): Erik Mclean from Pexels via Canva

How would you like to take part in Squid Game...but without the physical violence? Miltown LGFA, along with St. Joseph's Miltown Malbay GAA Club and St. Joseph's Secondary School Spanish Point, have joined forces to create an offshoot of the popular Netflix TV show, where hundreds of cash-strapped contestants accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly. While Quid Game in Miltown Malbay may not contain such deadly stakes, it promises to be a test of skill, patience, wits, and endurance. The aim of Quid Game is to raise funds for the development of a new training pitch. To learn more about it, Alan Morrissey was joined by chairperson of Miltown GAA, Francis Lynch, and principal of St Joseph's Secondary School in Spanish Point, Paul Reidy. Photo (c): https://www.facebook.com/miltownmalbay.ladiesfootball/photos/quid-game-fundraiserwe-would-like-everyone-to-know-about-a-really-exciting-fundr/1133928318742067/?_rdr

A new shuttle bus service to the Cliffs Of Moher to be rolled out later this year will come with free entry to the landmark. The complementary service by Clare County Council will be ran as a pilot through the peak tourist months of June, July and August both this year and in 2026 and will be extended to May and September depending on demand. There will be multiple pre-determined routes with stops at Miltown Malbay, Lahinch, Liscannor, Kilfenora, Lisdoonvarna, Liscannor and Doolin. Local Fine Gael Councillor Joe Garrihy is hopeful it will be a success.

Clare County Council is holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the humanitarian response to Storm Éwoyn. It comes as some communities in West and North Clare are now entering their fourth day without access to water, electricity and phone coverage. Residents of Inagh are now into their fourth day without a water supply. The reservoir supplying the village, Kilnamona, Cloonaha and its surrounding areas has been unable to function due to electricity outages caused by Storm Éowyn. ESB predicts power will return to residents by this evening and its hoped this in turn this will return their water supply. Local resident Brigid Rynne, who's also the owner of Wild Ireland Haberdashery in Miltown Malbay says the last number of days have been challenging, especially for vulnerable residents.

The Clare Arts Office has announced that Graham Bulger from Miltown Malbay is the Clare recipient of the Levelling Access Artists Practice Bursary. Graham, a musician, is currently focused on creating his first album. Alan Morrissey caught up with Graham to learn more about his music and how the bursary is helping him with his work. Photo (c): Graham Bulger

On Monday's Morning Focus, it was time for the first Arts Slot of the new year with County Art's Officer, Siobhán Mulcahy. Siobhán provided our listeners with all the details of this week's live events for entertainment lovers in Banner County. This week, Siobhán told us about a Céilí in Miltown Malbay, The Golden Ticket Panto in Kilkee, line dancing in Clarecastle and much more.

A calf health workshop is coming to Ennistymon this week. The information evening at the Falls Hotel will take place on Wednesday, the 20th of November. The workshop will help farmers to recognise serious conditions that affect the health of newborn calves and provide advice on how these conditions can be prevented next spring. To discuss this further, on Tuesday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined in-studio by John Underhill of Burren Vets in Ennistymon & Miltown Malbay. Photo (c): Clare FM

A week long 'celebration of the community' has kicked off in a west Clare Parish. Yesterday marked the beginning of the Miltown Malbay/Moy Pastoral Council's Parish Mission, which runs through until this Friday evening. Daily morning masses will take place at 7am in Miltown Malbay church and 10:30 am in Moy church, while each evening at 7:30pm a mission service, each with a different theme, will be held in Miltown Malbay. Redemptorist CSsR, Father Laurence Gallagher, believes the Parish Mission will bring the community together and that the weeks events will generate a great buzz around the parish.

Members of the public are being urged to have their say on a new strategy that will shape the next five years of Clare's economic, physical, social and rural development. The local authority has prepared it draft Corporate plan which has set out 55 priority actions including developing Roche as a 'World Class Opportunity Site', progressing the One Shannon Hub, offshore wind projects and data centres. It also promises enhanced homeless services and will be open to public consultation online via Clare County Council's Have Your Say Portal until November 14th. Mayor of Clare Cllr Alan O'Callaghan insists thorough public engagement will be vital.

In Part 2 of a public interview with 88 year old Kitty Leyden, she talks of being an emigrant in New York, returning home, emigrating to England, meeting her husband, her work in Bunratty Folk Park, making bread, family memories of eviction, her love of music and dance, traditional beliefs and 'piseogs'.  Below are explanations of terms you might need help with:County Home: Institutions that replaced Workhouses in Ireland after 1922.  Many subsequently became publicly funded nursing homes for the elderly.  For much of the twentieth century, however, they remained associated in public memory with poverty, destitution and shame.Dr (Patrick) Hillery: President of Ireland 1976-1990, he was a GP in Miltown Malbay in the 1950s.Bunratty Folk Park: Visitor attraction featuring a collection of traditional Irish farmhouses, as well as a village street, built to represent 19th century Irish rural life.  Kitty worked as an animator in the houses.Cow byre house:  An ancient style of dwelling occupied by both humans and cattle.  Kitty acts in a film shot in the Bunratty byre house about an eviction.  It sparks memories of her grandmother who was evicted and jailed in the 19th century.'They put a layer of straw and hay all the way to her house' The equivalent of a red carpet to welcome the woman home from jail.'The Loop Head': A Bunratty Folk Park house in the style of the Loop Head region of South West ClarePiseogs: A form of folk magic, always malevolent. Performed to cause misfortune to someone, such as burying eggs or an animal carcass on someone's land.'Coming from his cuaird':  Coming home having been night-visiting with neighbours.'Cóiste bodhar' or Death Coach: a harbinger of death.Series 2 of The Clare Oral History Podcast is supported by The Ireland FundsFollow Cuimhneamh an Chláir on Instagram, Facebook, X or LinkedIn

Miltown Malbay is getting a new post office! The official opening of the new post office in Milltown Malbay is this Friday, the 18th of October in Jone's Supervalu. To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by John Jones, of Jones' Supervalu. Photo © An Post

Fr Brendan Quinlivan presents this week's Beyond Belief and hears from Bishop Breandan Leahy of Limerick and Bishop Alan McGucian of Down and Conor who are representing the Irish Church at the Synod, currently underway in Rome. Fr. Laurence Gallagher joins us to share details of an upcoming mission in Miltown Malbay. Bishop Fintan reflects on his appointment as the Irish Church Delegate to the Jubilee Holy Year happening in 2025 as well as the new pastoral from the Irish Bishops on the question of migration.

Éigse Thomáis Uí Aodha returns to Miltown Malbay this weekend. This year will be the sixth year that the annual Irish-language festival will have taken place The festival takes place in memory of Tomás Ó hAodha (1866-1935), a major literary and cultural figure at the time of the Gaelic renaissance and a native of Miltown. To tell us more about it, Alan Morrisey was joined by a member of the organising committee, Séamus Mac Mathúna. Photo (c): Clare FM

A renowned documentary on the story of Bernárd Lynch and his ministry to people with Aids in New York will be screened in Miltown Malbay tomorrow evening. The Community Hall there will show "A Priest's Testament", which was originally shot for Channel 4 27 years ago. To tell us more about it, Derrick Lynch was joined by Bernárd Lynch.

It's hoped the inclusion of six Clare communities in a major government initiative will make boost electric vehicle use in rural areas. It comes as Shannon Gaels, Clooney Quin. Whitegate, Inagh-Kilnamona, Miltown Malbay and Wolfe Tones Na Sionna GAA Clubs have all been declared successful in their applications to deliver EV Charging Points under the Shared Island Fund. The clubs can now draw down funding to cover the total installation costs, subject to reaching agreement with a pre-approved panel of charge point operators. Clare Electric Vehicle Owners Club member John Casey insists the move will bring major economic and social benefits.

It's hoped community organisations across Clare will thrive on the back of a major funding boost. It's after 26 groups, including GAA and soccer clubs, tidy towns committees, men's sheds and activity centres in this county were allocated a combined total of over €806,000 under the Climate Community Action Grant. Among the projects to be funded are the installation of solar panels and bike parking at St.Joseph's Miltown Malbay and Smith O'Brien's GAA Club and a new floodgate for Carrigaholt. Clare Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe believes there will be major societal benefits.

A Clare teachers' representative is calling for overcrowded classrooms to be "consigned to history". Department of Education data has revealed that one in four classrooms in Clare are considered "oversized" with 1,476 primary school students in the county in classes of 30 or more. More than half the classes at St Joseph's National School in Miltown Malbay are oversized while Clarecastle NS has the largest class in the county - with one of its classes consisting of 35 students. Irish National Teachers' Organisation Clare representative Brendan Horan claims learning in an overcrowded environment results in a diluted educational experience.

It's claimed the people of Miltown have been "sold a disaster" due to persistent water outages affecting homes and businesses in the region. It's after a burst main led to supply disruptions in the Coore, Quilty, Mullagh,Miltown Malbay, Spanish Point and Cooraclare areas for the second time in the space of a month. The West Clare Municipal District has since requested a meeting with Senior Management in Uisce Eireann and Clare's Oireachtas members with a view to securing capital funding to upgrade the 50-year-old pipeline serving the network. Local Fianna Fáil Councillor Shane Talty says the situation is completely unacceptable.

The time machine is an immersive exhibition that transforms an old Bank in Miltown Malbay into a portal, transporting you to the past and future to help us imagine ourselves in 2084. To find out more, Fiona McGarry was joined by Maeve Stone, Award-winning artist of Cracking Light Productions. Photo (c): Miltowntimemachine.com

A "super-levy" for online banks has been proposed as a way of revitalising Clare's towns and villages. Wicklow Fine Gael Councillor Peter Stapleton is calling for the Irish bank levy, which produces a fixed annual yield of €150 million, to be re-structured so online banks such as Revolut pay a larger share which is then channelled into communities. Bank of Ireland branches have closed their doors in Kilkee, Miltown Malbay and Tulla in recent years. Councillor Stapleton believes re-structuring the levy could see more physical branches open in areas such as these.

There's good news for a number of sporting facilities throughout County Clare. Twenty projects in total are set to benefit from a significant chunk of a multi-million euro government funding boost. Over €16m has been ringfenced for 189 projects around the country by the Department of Community and Rural Development. A total overall investment of €1.7m will go to the Clare projects, meaning this county will benefit from 10% of the national funding. For more on this Alan Morrissey was joined by Joe O'Reilly, Pricipal of St. Josephs in Miltown Malbay, Christine Glynn, North Burren Community Group and Eoin Conlon, General manager of Leisure Centre in Lahinch.

It's claimed projects in North Clare have been sent forward ten years following a major investment in local amenities. In the latest tranche of Community Recognition Funding, the region has received over €660,000. The allocation wille enable the development of new playgrounds in Lahinch and Miltown Malbay along with enhancement to community facilities and car parks in Bellharbour, Lisdoonvarna and Ballyvaughan. Lisdoonvarna Fine Gael Councillor Joe Garrihy believes the benefits will be reaped by generations to come.

The general manager of a Clare Leisure Centre is hailing the increase in funding for local sports facilities as more kids are being inspired to take up new sports by the ongoing Olympic Games. It comes as Clare is set to receive over €1.7m as part of the government's Community Recognition Fund. The amount of money allocated will be based on the number of new arrivals to the area and will look to provide long term benefit to the communities. Clare has had funding approved for 20 projects with a total funding allocation of €1,702,000, representing over 10% of the total funds allocated countrywide. Lahinch playground is set to receive one of the highest sums in the county. The playground's refurbishment project is set to receive €165,000 to upgrade the facilities at of of the busiest playgrounds in the country. General manager of Lahinch Leisure Centre, Eoin Conlon, says providing access to a wider range of sports is crucial to kids development Another of the beneficiaries in the county is St. Joseph's National School in Miltown Malbay. The school is set to receive €120,000 for a walkway project along with the construction of an outdoor classroom and sensory garden. Principal of St Josephs, Joe O'Reilly, says the fund provides a huge boost to the project's timeline for completion.

A new pilot project will aim to restore 30% of Clare's church grounds at ten sites across the county to nature by the end of the decade. Broadford, Clarecastle, Kilmaley, Moy, Inagh-Kilnamona, Mullagh, Kilrush, Killimer, Cooraclare and Miltown Malbay are the parishes that have been chosen by the local authority for the programme. The project will aim to establish new habitats on church grounds, through the development of initiatives such as pollinator friendly fruit trees, wildflower meadows and barn owl boxes. Clare County Council Biodiversity Officer Barry O'Loughlin says there's a superb community effort involved.

Clare FM's Therese McInerney took a trip to Miltown Malbay to the Willie Clancy Summer School. The Willie Clancy Summer School is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Catch up on day five of the Willie Clancy Summer School on Friday's Morning Focus

Clare FM's Therese McInerney took a trip to Miltown Malbay to the Willie Clancy Summer School. The Willie Clancy Summer School is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Catch up on day four of the Willie Clancy Summer School on Thursday's Morning Focus.

Sinead Ní Uallacháin is in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare to soak up the atmosphere.

Clare FM's Therese McInerney took a trip to Miltown Malbay to the Willie Clancy Summer School. The Willie Clancy Summer School is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Catch up on day three of the Willie Clancy Summer School on Wednesday's Morning Focus.

Clare FM's Therese McInereny took a trip to Miltown Malbay to the Willie Clancy Summer School. The Willie Clancy Summer School is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Catch up on day two of the Willie Clancy Summer School on Tuesday's Morning Focus.

Clare FM's Therese McInereny took a trip to Miltown Malbay to the Willie Clancy Summer School. The Willie Clancy Summer School is a week-long summer school in traditional music and set dance held annually at Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare. Catch up on day one of the Willie Clancy Summer School on Monday's Morning Focus.

An urgent meeting between Clare County Council and Uisce Éireann is being sought to ensure the county's tourism-dependent regions can enjoy adequate water supply going forward. Following supply interruptions in West Clare due to a burst main on the Old Doolough supply on Sunday, Uisce Éireann has confirmed supply has been returned to customers in Miltown Malbay, Spanish Point, Quilty, Mullagh, Coore, Creegh, Cooraclare, Cahermurphy and surrounding area. With fears having been expressed that outages could be experienced during the upcoming Willie Clancy Week, the water utility has claimed there are no planned outages in the area from July 6th to 14th. Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District and Doonbeg Fianna Fáil Councillor Rita McInerney says she believes engagement is needed with Uisce Éireann to ensure they appreciate the importance of reliable water supply in West Clare.

Uisce Éireann is facing calls to ensure an emergency water supply is in place in Miltown Malbay to prevent disruptions to visitors and businesses over Willie Clancy week. It's after a burst main on the Old Doolough supply on Sunday led to widespread outages for traders, locals and tourists in the catchment area. It's understood Uisce Éireann is planning to replace a 4.5km stretch of the 50 year-old asbestos pipe on the network in the near future and that the utility will hold an emergency meeting with West Clare Councillors this week. Mullagh Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Shannon insists repair crews and water tankers must be on standby for the week ahead.

http://www.copperplatemailorder.com                       Copperplate Podcast 295                                        presented by Alan O'Leary                                 July 2024                     www.copperplatemailorder.com 1.Danu:The Garsun Who Beat His Father.All Things Considered. 2. McCarthy Family: The Tempest/The Steam Packet.                  The Family Album 3 Bobby Casey: Colonel Fraser/Toss the Feathers.                  The Spirit of West Clare 4. Danu:   Bridget Donahue.   All Things Considered5. Caoimhin O'Feaghaill & Paddy Tutty:                   Palm Sunday/Mulqueeney's. Flute & Fiddle 6. Patsy Moloney & John Regan:                     McGettrick's 2/Mist on the Mountain. The Old Bog Road 7. John McEvoy & John Wynne: Ask My Father/Boys of Mayo/Eddie Moloney's Fave.   The Dancer at the Fair 8. Sean O'Driscoll:  The Clare HP/Pol Ha'enny.   So There You Go  9. Kate Purcell:The Green Hills of Clare.                  Independent Soul                  10. Sorcha Costello: John Naughton's/Ryan's Rant.                The Primrose Lass11. Eamonn Cotter: Lady Gordon/Lord Gordon.                Trad Music from Clare 12. Daith Gormley: Bill McEvoy's no1/Connolly's/The Banks of the Shannon. Fiddling Without A Bow 13. Tommy Keane & Jacqueline:           Repeal of the Union/My Sweetheart Jane.              The Wind Among the Reeds 13. Ben & Charlie Lennon: The Primrose Polka.              The Natural Bridge 14. Tim Dennehy:   Farewell to Miltown Malbay.               Farewell to Miltown Malbay15. Mick O'Brien & Terry Crehan:   Farewell to Miltown Malbay/West Clare Railway/Sporting Nell.   May Morning Dew

Design Bank, a popup creative space in Miltown Malbay opened over the weekend and will run until the latter end of this month. To find out more about it, Alan Morrissey spoke with the organiser, Aoife O'Malley, the Chairman of North Clare Communities Group, Tom Barrett and Kevin Keane, a potter based in Spanish Point.

Uisce Eireann is being urged to prioritise the enhancement of water and wastewater infrastructure in Miltown Malbay following renewed supply disruptions this weekend. It's after a burst main led to outages in the Coore, Mullagh, Miltown Malbay and Spanish Point areas yesterday afternoon; leaving bars, restaurants and public toilets without water during a peak visitor period. In a statement to Clare FM, Uisce Eireann says crews were immediately deployed to carry out repairs and that supply is now returning to all impacted customers. Clare Independent TD and MEP Elect Michael McNamara says the repeated occurrence is unacceptable.

Pat and Faye Shortt will be bringing their comedy show “Knuckle Down” on tour to Miltown Malbay Community Centre on Saturday, the 25th of May. To find out more about the upcoming show, Alan Morrissey was joined by Pat and Faye Shortt on Monday's Morning Focus.

A former Mayor of Shannon who's called time on his 25-year career in local politics says having no party affiliation has been both a blessing and a curse. Shannon Independent Councillor Gerry Flynn has announced he won't be running in the upcoming local election, having first been elected to Shannon Town Council in 1999 while a member of Fine Gael. The Miltown Malbay native played a central role in securing €27 million in Government funding for the Shannon Town and Environs Flood Relief Scheme in 2018, and made national headlines one year later when he was re-elected to Clare County Council only by having more first preference votes than fellow candidate Garret McPhillips. Councillor Flynn says being an Independent representative forced him to think on his feet and stay in tune with the issues of the day.

On this week's episode of Atlantic Tales, Pat Flynn chats with actor, poet and musician Davóg Rynne from Miltown Malbay.

It is time for the eleventh episode of our newest feature on Morning Focus, Village Tour, where Alan Morrissey paid a visit to Miltown Malbay. With the Village Tour, we here at Morning Focus are aiming to highlight the smaller villages and townlands around the county. By doing this, we hope to showcase their unique character, while also bringing their diversity and individuality to life for you, the listener. During each episode of Village Tour, Alan chats with three people from a particular village or townland in Clare: from locals and business owners to those involved with local sports clubs and community representatives.