Radio Beams – Anthony Galven Healey – Magician, Journalist and Author

Radio Beams this week we have Anthony Galvin-Healy a native of Ennis. He went to school in St Flannans and was influenced by his English teacher to write.
Anthony is magician, author and a journalist. Prior to the Pandemic he travelled Ireland extensively doing his Majic shows.
He also published a book on the crime lords of Limerick city called Dead or Alive.
Tune in Tuesday 3.30pm www.rcb.ie

Radio Beams this week we have Anthony Galvin-Healy a native of Ennis. He went to school in St Flannans and was…

Posted by Dermot Hayes on Monday, 26 October 2020

Budget 2021 measures a welcome and bold step to help stabilise Ireland’s SME sector

SME Recovery Ireland has today (13.10.20) broadly welcomed Budget 2021 as a big step in to help recover and sustain Ireland’s decimated SME sector. Reacting to the €17.75 billion Budget package, the group is particularly encouraged to see SME focused supports which it had called for in the budget including:

A €3.4 billion Recovery Fund to stimulate increased domestic demand and employment.
A new Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) which will pay up to €5,000 a week to businesses forced to close temporarily because of Level 3 Covid19 restrictions or higher from today – SMERI had advocated for this in its national Small Business Recovery Plan.
An extension of the tax warehousing scheme to include repayments of Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme funds.
The reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector to 9 per cent.
The extension of the Emergency Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) to March 2021 and a commitment to introduce a similar type of scheme to run from March 2021.
The extension of the Credit Guarantee Scheme.

Commenting, Chair of SME Recovery Ireland, John Moran said: “Today’s Budget is a welcome step in providing greater clarity and certainty to Ireland’s small business community. It is assuring to see Government commit to such a high level of expenditure to ensure economic stability during what looks to be a difficult year ahead and make use of the low interest rates available to Ireland for borrowing. Although much of the detail is yet to be announced we welcome the steps taken today.

“We are confident that Government is listening to the concerns and asks of Ireland’s small business owners. SME Recovery Ireland called for the introduction of a recovery fund and a compensation scheme in our National Small Business Recovery Plan launched back in May and it is assuring to see elements of these proposals echoed in today’s Budget. The introduction of the Covid Restrictions Support Scheme is a particularly welcome measure and replicates the Danish style fixed cost compensations scheme we have been highlighting to Government. We also recommended that this should be administered via Revenue and the government has taken this on.”

Mr Moran added: “Through our involvement with the SME Growth Taskforce, we are committed to working with Government to establish the appropriate measures required to stimulate the SME sector as part of the forth coming National Economic Plan. While the details of the €3.6 billion Recovery Plan are yet to be set out, we will be pushing for a significant proportion of this to be directed towards the SME sector, the country’s largest employer.

“We also recognise that there a significant emphasises on education, training and upskilling in today’s announcement and we see this as an excellent opportunity to introduce new business literacy support programmes to help build financial resilience in the SME sector. This is something that we have been putting forward to Government for consideration.”

For further information on SME Recovery Ireland proposals, visit: www.smerecovery.ie.

Reflections

Antonio and friends are back on the airwaves after a short break with a new series of Reflections . The programme was recorded whilest observing social distancing rules.
Listen in to Reflections on Sundays at 1:00pm on 92.5-94.8fm and live stream.
A weekly 30-minute space for Christian prayer, song and devotion. It is presented by the Kilkee Prayer Group led by Anne Haugh and Kathleen Ryan and joined in by Donnie Dillon, Anne Marie Harte and Antonio Cebas. It is an invitation to engage in Christian worship through prayer and song, as well as to reflect on the lives of the Saints whose feast day we celebrate. All listeners at home are invited to add their own prayers and petitions and together with those of the group offer them in unison to the Grace of the Lord and our Blessed Lady.

Listen back to more Reflections


The Genealogy Show Series 11, Ep 7 – Gaeltacht Areas and Irish Surnames

Lorna is a Professional Genealogist and Family Historian. She is a longstanding member of the Association of Professional Genealogist. Lorna is the Resident Genealogist for Dromoland Castle in County Clare. 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.

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Paulines Poems

What better way to unwind than to join the Craol 2018 award winning show with Pauline Skehan and friends for poetry, chat and song. An accomplished poet, Pauline is joined by Rob and Emma makes for an enjoyable half hour show. Paulines second printed book of poetry is available from the ‘Starfish Enterprise’ business centre in Kilkee.

Radio Beams – Theresa Mcguire ne O’Grady fashion designer living in Toronto

Theresa Maguire (ne O’Grady) native of Kilnaboy now living in Toronto.
BRAND + PRODUCT INNOVATION
Radio Beams talks to Theresa.

Theresa Maguire is a leader in the retail fashion industry. She was a founding member at Club Monaco where she helped build and grow the brand and product into an International success story. She went on to establish the brand team at Walmart Canada & launched the GEORGE brand in 2004. Working at Aritzia she was instrumental in organising the company for its expansion into the US market. Theresa is a guest lecturer at George Brown College & is an advisor in the start-up community.

Tune in to Radio Beams 3.30pm Tuesday www.rcb.ie


RCB Sports Show – Munster Hurling Championship Preview

Preview Munster Gaa Senior Hurling Champ with Stephen Lucey (LimerickGAA), Eamonn Corcoran (Tipperary Gaa), Tomas Mulcahy (Cork GAA), Jamesie O’Connor (Clare GAA) & Ken McGrath (CLG Port Lairge – Waterford GAA).

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Submissions invited on the design of Irelands Deposit Return Scheme (DRS)

More information:

Deposit Return Scheme Consultation On Potential Models For Ireland/

The Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) is looking for your views on how this DRS should operate in Ireland. The consultation document outlines possible options and poses some questions in this regard. However, you do not have to respond to all questions and you are free to raise other relevant points.

Submissions can be made to

The closing date for submissions is 5pm Thursday 12 November 2020

The Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan T.D., today (2 October 2020) has invited the public to give their views on the design of a deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans.

The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future – and the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy set out the Government’s commitment to introduce a Deposit and Return Scheme (DRS) for plastic bottles (up to 3 litres in volume) and aluminium cans.

The public consultation paper published today suggests a deposit of €0.20 per container, with submissions invited from the public and stakeholders on the design of the Scheme. The primary function of a DRS is to increase recycling rates and support the circular economy by keeping materials in productive use and reducing demand for new materials. They have also been shown to assist in the reduction of littering of beverage containers.

Deposit and return schemes have been around for decades and were originally designed by the beverage industry as a way of ensuring the return of bottles so they could be washed, refilled and resold. In Ireland, some people will remember this as a system that was previously used to ensure that glass milk and soft-drink bottles were returned for reuse. In a DRS a refundable deposit is applied to beverage containers to incentivise consumers to return their beverage containers for recycling or reuse.

Speaking at the publication, Minister Ryan said:

‘If we are to get the benefits of a circular economy we need to adapt our approach to how we use and manage our resources. We must strive to keep resources in circulation for as long as possible and the introduction of a DRS is a first step in this, as we need to collect and recycle more plastic bottles and aluminium cans. It will also help to reduce litter and will ensure that we meet the EU targets which are coming down the tracks. This consultation paper is the first step in this process and I hope that interested stakeholders and members of the public take the time to consider the issues around DRS and support its introduction’.

The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, published by Minister Ryan on 4 September outlined the steps that would be taken to lead to the introduction of the scheme. These steps are:

1. A public consultation on design options- being launched today for a period of six weeks.

2. Public consultation on preferred model and draft regulations (Q1 2021);

3. Commencement of underpinning legislation (Q3 2021);

4. Introduction of scheme (Q3 2022).

Alongside this consultation paper, which sets out how potential DRS models could operate in Ireland, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is also publishing a report it commissioned from Eunomia Research and Consulting to analyse options for Ireland to increase its capture of plastic bottles and aluminium beverage containers.

To facilitate a structured response, the paper poses some questions for consideration. Respondents are not required to respond to all questions and are free to raise other relevant points. All submissions are welcome and will be considered in developing the new Deposit and Refund Scheme.

The closing date for submissions is 5pm, Thursday 12 November, 2020.