Spring Draw ~ 25th Anniversary

Spring is here, and the RCB live draw is in full swing! so don’t miss a chance to pick up a prize in our Spring Raffle, Winners will be announced Live on air on Tuesday 27th May 1pm-2pm on Community Unity.

Tickets available from South West Clare Community Radio T/A RCB at The Community Centre, Kilkee, William’s Hardware; Kilkee, and other local shops.

Garda permit awarded


PRIZES

1st Prize: Lorna Moloney Genealogy voucher – €250
2nd Prize: Kilkee Golf Club 4 Ball voucher – €140
3rd Prize: Hamper courtesy of O’Mara’s Bar Kilkee
4th Prize: Hartmann’s Jewellers Kilrush voucher – €50
5th Prize: Bellbridge Hotel Spanish Point voucher – €50
6th Prize: G Beauty Kilrush voucher – €35
7th Prize: Keating’s Bar & Restaurant voucher Kilbaha – €30
8th Prize: Stella Maris Kilkee voucher – €30
9th Prize: Nolan’s Deli Kilkee voucher – €25
10th Prize: Banner Books Kilrush & Ennistymon voucher – €20

Tickets €5 each


VACANCY Part-Time Outreach and Training Coordinator


Outreach and Training Coordinator  – 18.5 hours per week CSP rate

Location: South West Clare Community Radio CLG T/A Raidió Corca Baiscinn, Community Centre, Circular Road , Kilkee, Co Clare.

Job Description
This position is funded through Pobal and the Department Rural and Community Development.

Main Function
To build partnerships with local community and key target groups, promote and facilitate volunteer participation in the station and design and deliver training aimed at building the confidence and capacity of volunteers to ensure quality programming.

Key Responsibilities of post:

OUTREACH:
• Create and foster links with local community groups, schools and other target groups
• Assist with promoting the station in the community and raising visibility.
• Contribute to planning and organising community-focused Station activities.
• help with recruiting and retaining of volunteers

TRAINING:
• in conjunction with the manager Prepare a comprehensive annual training plan
• Researching, identifying, sourcing and applying for training funding from State agencies, local authorities, European and Irish grants etc.
• Design and-deliver a programme of training aimed at building the confidence and capacity of volunteers to ensure quality programming.
• Deliver one to one training and feedback to volunteers when required
• Induct and coordinate and deliver volunteer training
• Coordinate and facilitate work placements
While all members of staff have individual job descriptions they are required to collaborate with all other staff. S/he may be expected to work in different locations and to undertake other duties from time to time including occasional weekend work.

Essentials skills required for this post
• A strong working knowledge of broadcasting, radio production and techniques
Experience of developing, planning and delivering QQI training (with a ‘Train the Trainer’ qualification or working towards this)
Ability to communicate and work with a diverse range of individuals and organisations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and priorities own work to meet agreed objective
• Ability to work as part of a team

All roles are subject to funding continuation.
• Short listing may apply, A panel may be formed from which future vacancies may be filled
• RCB Community Radio Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
• Satisfactory references and Garda vetting will be required.
• Fixed term contract April 2025 to December 2025 subject to funding.

This position will be based in RCB – a Community Services Programme based in Kilkee

The person appointed must be eligible under Pobal CSP employment criteria.

Applications (with CV) should be sent to:
Station Manager, South West Clare Community Radio CLG T/A Raidió Corca Baiscinn, Community Centre, Kilkee, Co Clare. V15D276.

Or by email to: 
Closing date is the 11/04/2025

RCB are contract hosts on behalf of Pobal and funded by the  Department of Rural and Community Development.
 

VACANCY Production Assistant

Job Description

This is a developmental opportunity, no experience necessary. Accredited training will be provided to support your career.
Duties
Assist with production of radio programmes; implement programming schedule; on-air presenting; audio editing; desk operation
Sector: information and communication.

Application Details
Eligibility to participate on CE is generally linked to those who are 21 years or over and in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for 1 year or more or 18 years and over for certain disadvantaged groups. Your eligibility will have to be verified by the Department.

You can register your interest, details here or you can contact an Employment Personal Advisor (EPA) in your local Intreo Centre.

DOONBEG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

Ref: #CES-2382574

No of positions: 1
Part Time.

Community Employment Programme.
Hours per week: 19.5 hours per week
Community Employment Programme Rates

Closing On: 17 Apr 2025

VACANCY Part Time – Administration & Accounts


South West Clare Community Radio CLG T/A Raidió Corca Baiscinn
Vacancy – Part Time – Administration & Accounts
19 hours per week

Location: South West Clare Community Radio CLG T/A Raidió Corca Baiscinn, Community Centre, Circular Road , Kilkee, Co Clare.

Job Description
 
Administration & Accounts
The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, flexible, innovative in their approach and committed to providing a quality service meeting the needs and priorities of the people we support.
 
Essential Criteria
• Minimum of 1 years’ experience of office administration including bookkeeping, financial returns, payroll and computerised Sage accounts
• Experience in petty cash system, debtors and creditors and general ledgers, participants payroll, bank reconciliation and revenue returns.
• Ensure set up of employees wages on bank account
• Experience of budgeting and financial record keeping
• Experience of preparing financial reports
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office
• The Administrator will be responsible for preparing the returns and complying with funder procedures including payroll, public procurement and the Purchase Order system.
• Maintain all records as required by POBAL, CnM and RCB
Compliance with the funder’s requirements regarding eligibility of individuals to hold a CSP supported post is set out in the job description, which is available from      

All roles are subject to funding continuation.
• Short listing may apply, A panel may be formed from which future vacancies may be filled
• RCB Community Radio Ltd is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
• Satisfactory references and Garda vetting will be required.
• Fixed term contract April 2025 to December 2025 subject to funding.

This position will be based in RCB – a Community Services Programme based in Kilkee, Co Clare 

The person appointed must be eligible under Pobal CSP employment criteria.

Applications (with CV) should be sent to:
Station Manager, South West Clare Community Radio CLG T/A Raidió Corca Baiscinn, Community Centre, Kilkee, Co Clare. V15D276.

Or by email to: 
Closing date is the 11/04/2025

RCB are contract hosts on behalf of Pobal and funded by the  Department of Rural and Community Development
 

Radio Beams – Jim Page singer song writer over 50 years.

Radio Beams show today is with well known singer song writer Jim Page (JimPage.net). Lives in Seattle USA. He comes on tour to Ireland. Christy Moore sings a few of his songs.
Saturday 19th April he is playing at The Westbridge Main St, Leagard North Miltown Malbay (see link above). On stage before he performs are a number of local acts supporting.
Tune in every Tuesday at 3.30pm, and Repear Thursday at 5:30pm

Community Unity – Tomas Walsh, Ailish Connolly.

Teresa travels into the Loop head to meet Ailish Connolly at Kilbaha Gallery and discovers a curious new in house Kilbaha Gallery publication ‘Smashing It in the Art Industry’, available as an e-book or physical form paperback from Kilbaha Gallery website. The book delves into various aspects of getting started in the art industry for art as a career , Ailish tells us about it today.
Audrey has the Community Diary of events and to round off , in the studio is Tomás Walsh , dedicated weekly volunteer at the station, who is developing skills to create, record, and assemble his own shows, refining and enhancing his skills week on week, he now knows enough to prepare his own programming.
With Teresa Jackson , Chris Behan, and Audrey Spendlove.

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Monday-Friday 1:00pm: – 9:00pm
Saturday and Sunday 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Telephone : 083-0232022 or contact us by Web Form

Schedule from Monday 14th April


Monday


1pm Opening Sting
1.01pm News
1.08pm RCB Documentary – Down the Banks
2pm Programme Share – Fat Friars Ep 1
3pm RCB Archive Documentary Hour – Special Delivery
4pm News
4.10pm Gramadach Gan Nua Ep 1&2
4.40pm The Deadly Coast Ep 4
5.15pm RTE Doc on One – Thomas & Tess
6pm Sports Show
7pm Gospel Talk with John Morrison
7:30pm Programme Share – From Byway to Highway Ep 4
8pm West Wind Blows Educational – Plath
9pm Closing Sting



Tuesday


1pm Opening Sting

News
1.08pm Community Unity
2pm Programme Share – Hedge Schools Series Ep 2
2.45pm Maritime Stories Ep 13&14
3pm Mass
3.30pm Radio Beams
4pm News
4.08pm KCT 5 2024 – Colm Liddy – A Gallop Through 10000 Years of Irish History
5.30pm Rte Doc on One – Wexford Scrapbook
6pm Hospital Requests
7pm Sports Show Rpt
8pm Programme Share – Queeriosity
9pm Closing Sting



Wednesday


1pm Opening Sting
1.01pm News
1.08pm Mike’s Melodies with Mike Lowe
3.15pm Maritime Stories Ep 13&14 Rpt
3.30pm Paulines Poems
4pm News
4.08pm S&V Documentary – Trail of Tears
5.05pm Flora & Fauna Ep 1
5.40pm RCB Social Benefit – Whales of Wonder Ep 4
6.00pm Melody Lounge Show
6.30pm (Scoth)
7.30pm West Wind Blows Educational – Gerard Manly
8.30pm Gramadach Gan Nua Ep 1&2 Rpt
9pm Closing Sting



Thursday


1pm Opening Sting
1.01pm News
1:08pm RCB Out & About 2024 – Ep 11
2pm Mass
2.30pm Hospital Requests
3.30pm Bookline
4pm News
4.08pm Genealogy Show
4.30pm Radio Beams RPT
5pm Program Share – Ladies Sing The Blues Ep 2
6.00pm Music Hour – Routes
7pm Face to the Music Ep 4
7.30pm Don’t Stop Me Now Ep 2 – Presenter Chris Behan
8pm Lee’s Electronic Hour
9pm Closing Sting



Friday


1pm Opening Sting
1.01pm News
1.08pm Community Unity Rpt of Tuesdays Live Show
2.10PM Programme Share – Seascapes Maritime Ireland
2.30pm Mikey’s Mix
3.30pm Smaointe Easter Special
4pm News
4.08pm The Archive Music Hour – Smoking Room Sessions
5pm Scoth na Seachtaine
6pm John Morrison Country Gospel Hour
7pm RCB Archive Documentary Hour – Beaten Path Ep 6
8pm Mikey’s Mix (Rpt)
9pm Closing Sting



Saturday


1pm Opening Sting
1.01pm KCT 5 2024 – Colm Liddy – A Gallop Through 10000 Years of Irish History Rpt
1.30 Pm Smaointe Easter Special Rpt
2.50pm Music/Interlude
3.00pm A Litttle Bit of Gardening Show 32 – Weeds
3.30pm Pauline’s Poems Rpt
4pm Milke’s Melodies Rpt
6pm Closing Sting



Sunday


1.00pm Opening Sting
1.01pm John Morrison’s Country Gospel 2 hr Easter Special
3.00pm Reflections
3.30pm Genealogy Easter Show
4pm The Archive Hour – The Word Easter Show
5pm West Wind Blows Educational – King Lear
6pm Closing Sting

Mikey’s Mix

Good day to all you lovely people 😅😎 and hope you can tune in to my sho 2.30pmw to the variety and never know what it might inspire you to do on this beautiful sunshine 🙌🚰☘️🔥
Mikey’s Mix on the air every Friday, live from 2:30pm rpt Friday evenings at 8pm .

Mikey's Mix

Melody Lounge

Tune into the melody lounge with Lee Costelloe where he picks some of his favourite songs from all genres and eras, from the well known to the alternative, you’ll hear it here.Listen in on RCB every Wednesday evening at 6:00pm on RCB.
http://rcb.ie.

The Genealogy Show – Power in Ireland, Anglican Ascendancy and the Popery Laws.

Presenters:James Gill, Rory Dillane, Ken Bula
Producer:Lorna Moloney

Lorna worked as Project Genealogist for George Boole *200 genealogy project for University College Cork and is an excellent researcher for Irish family histories.

Lorna produces and presents the successful show: ‘The Genealogy Radio show’ aired each Thursday at 4p.m. from beautiful Kilkee, Co. Clare at Raidio Corcabaiscinn and Podcasts are available weekly.

Lorna has delivered conference papers at Oxford; Lincoln College: Exploration of the Medieval Gaelic Diet: (2012); seminar papers at the Moore Institute in NUI Galway, ‘The Gaelic Lordships in Thomond, c. 1400-c.1500’ and papers at Irish Conference of Medievalists on themes of Brian Boru and landscape of East Clare. Lorna has published on medieval themes and on maritime subjects. Her research areas are the MacNamaras and O’Briens of Thomond.

Lorna received her Certificate for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogy (CAFG) in Dallas in March 2015.

Clans and Surnames Website
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Radio Beams – ICA 80 years old hear from Mary O Halloran and Bridie Rosengrave.

Radio Beams show this week is with two well known Irish Country Women’s Association activists Mary O Halloran and Bridie Rosengrave.Who celebrate 80 years of the the ICA.Mary has served at national level for some time.
Both talk about the origins of the ICA and the many changes over the decades.
Still trying to grow the organisation.ICA has many benefits in supporting women in the locality.
Tune into www.rcb.ie 3.30pm Tuesday or Thursday 5:30pm

Community Unity with featuring Evaleen Whelton.

On Community Unity today we have Evaleen Whelton, founder of AUsome Training. Eveleen believes that autism is a natural neurological variation to be celebrated, not fixed. She champions Autistic-led, neurodiversity training through AUsome Training, which is in contrast to traditional practices that would take a more standardized approach which can overlooks individual sensitivities.
Audrey follows on with the weekly Community Diary of Events roundup for the region.
With Teresa Jackson, Chris Behan on sound, and Audrey Spendlove.

The RCB Sports Show

This week, Clare sports reporter Seamus Hayes joins Adrian O’Connor to discuss Cork’s landmark 2025 Hurling League final win — ending a 27-year wait. We dive into Clare Cup and Cusack Cup football, including Doonbeg’s solid win over Naomh Eoin, Kilrush Shamrocks’ victory against O’Curry’s, and Killimer’s strong showing over St Senan’s. Plus, we celebrate Ennis/Kilrush women’s rugby with their impressive weekend win over Enniskillan. All that and more from the heart of South West Clare sport!

Official RCB page

Tune in on Fridays evening at 7pm on 92.5fm – 94.8fm and Internet live stream

GAA, ClareGAA, TippGAA, MunsterGAA

Mick O’Dwyer R.I.P

GAA legend Mick O’Dwyer has passed away at the age of 88, leaving behind a remarkable legacy in Gaelic football that spanned decades and touched counties across Ireland – including Clare.

Best known for leading Kerry to an incredible eight All-Ireland titles as manager, O’Dwyer was a transformative figure in the sport. But his influence reached far beyond his native county. In 2013, at the age of 77, O’Dwyer took on the role of Clare senior football manager – a move that brought excitement and national attention to the Banner County.

Though his time in Clare was brief, it marked the final chapter of a legendary inter-county management career. His arrival brought belief, professionalism, and a lift in standards that inspired both players and supporters.
GAA President Jarlath Burns paid tribute, saying Mick O’Dwyer would be warmly remembered in Clare, alongside other counties he managed, for the energy and knowledge he brought to the game.
O’Dwyer’s contribution to Clare may have been short-lived, but his impact was lasting – a final act from one of Gaelic football’s greatest minds.
Mick O’Dwyer – a true giant of the GAA, remembered fondly in Clare and beyond.

[By Adrian O’Connor]


Mick O’Dwyer interviewed in December 2012 for the RCB Sports Show by Niomh Madigan and Paul Kenny.