Radio Beams chat to Kay Murphy President of the Active Retirement of Ireland.
Kay helped out back in 1998 in Newmarket on Fergus and from then on she has worked her way up the line.
Kay talks about her work and the Corona Virus it affect on its members.
Active Retirement has over 25,000 members in Ireland and growing.
You can listen to this on www.rcb.ie 3.30pm on Tuesday .

Radio Beams guest this week is Tommy Ryan who sings for his neighbours in Gallows Hill. Tommy and his son John perform on a weekly basis during Lock down. Tommy talks about his singing in Day Care Centers and Nursing homes in Clare and how he missed been there.
Tommy has a collection of over 1,500 songs on his computer ready to play.

Radio Beams Tuesday show talks to two men who came over 15 years ago to Ireland to make it their home.
They were born in Bangladesh and are now Irish citizens. Who work and pay their tax here and have their families.
Both Nassim and Ami will tell you more.
3.30pm Tuesday’s

Walking is a popular pastime . Here in Clare there are a number of walking clubs.
Radio Beams speaks to Concepta and Joe Lillis, founders of West Clare Walking Club. Along with Mary Clarke who is active member on Ballyvaighen Walking Cllub.
While they have walked in many beauty spots in Clare they also have walked up many well know peaks in Ireland.

Tune in Tuesday’s 3.30pm

Radio Beams show featuring David Lyons Wild Life Ranger who lives in Clare. He is very informed on the birds and bees.
As well as how Clare is doing as a habitat.
Tune in to www.rcb.ie 3.30pm every Tuesday and repeated THursday at 4:30pm

Alan Coote of Ballyalla Lake Kayaking is talking about how to use a Kayak. How he set up the company and how he tried a number of ways of working. Summer naturally is a busy time and in around Ennis.
Ben’s Surf Clinic is going for a good number of years. With 5 Surf Schools in Lahinch, there are lots of choices for customers. Any age can and do take part. It is good for the mind and body.
Tune in on 92.5/94.8fm and Live Stream on www.rcb.ie at 15:30pm Every Tuesday and Thursday (rpt) at 4:30pm

Radio Beams is delighted to speak to Kathleen Malone from Doolin who recently recorded a new album entitled My Island Home . All proceeds are going to Burren Chernoble. Her later dad Jerry Lynch features in one of tracks.

Radio Beams get to talk to two parents. Emma Murphy and Ann Marie Organ about their take on going back to school at the end of August.
Over all very excited. Home school did not go all that well.
Tune in for more Tuesday 3.30pm and repeated on Thursdays at 4:30pm Radio Beams

Radio Beams guest this week is front line staff nurse Martha Casey who works in UL hospital Limerick. (Martha is from Ennis.)
Martha started nursing in 1975 in the UK as an 18 year old.
Came home and raised her family of 6.
Then went back nursing in Limerick. Since the end of March Martha has worked in the Covid ward in Limerick.
Listen live every Tuesday at 3:30pm and repeat Thursday at 4:30pm
www.rcb.ie

Radio Beams show today is with Pat Talty who works as community worker with Bedord Row in Clare.
Tune in at 3.30pm to www.rcb.ie to find out more.

This weeks Radio Beams brings you a story of lock-down. We have Ennis woman, Dearbhaile Casey. Dearbhaile is a Genetics PhD student who is missing normality in Dublin. Tune in to RCB at 3.30pm every Tuesday and repeat on Thursday’s at 4:30pmRadio Beams

From the 4 corners of Clare. Full of colour, life, fun, human stories of conquests, and achievements. From all walks of life in Clare.
Dermot brings a unique inside to people activities and life in Clare.
Not afraid to challenge the norms, asks the hard question and bring humour to the story.
Dermot covers stories that never may get air time on any station and his relaxed way of finding out the issues that bother people.
You can tune in each Tuesday at 3.30pm and the Thursday repeat at 16:30pm
Radio Beams

Radio Beams, today features Ronan Daly ”Bob Dylan” of west Clare, sang in the Point Dublin at international box match, also the Rose of Clare in Cooraclare. He has written a number of songs. He is a founding member of west clare film club.

Tune in at 15:30pm on 92.5/94.8FM

Radio Beams – Meals on Wheels in Clare.
We have Hanna O Brian from Clare Care who tells of how they adapted their services during Covid19. By now delivering over 60 meals in and around Ennis.
Obair New Market on Fergus have examined there offering of meals and wheels and have expanded it to cover their immediate area and now cover parts of Ennis and East Clare. Giving out over 150 meals at day. Emer Murphy coordinator tells us all about it.

Then we have on recently set up in Ennis Meals on Wheels, spearheaded by Tina Whelan and Fr Ger Fitzgerald with Chef Frank Landy who do 50 free meals at day, while others charge a minimum of €6.

Also doing great work in the Shannon Food Bank run by Karen Cassidy and others, where they have dried food they give out and they are linked in to Food Cloud.

We also note others in Doolin Hotel like wise are giving out free dinners for the Covid19 period to support the more elderly population as well as Kilmaley Day Care Center.

Overall, there are up to 2000 meals a week given out to the more vulnerable people in Clare.

Radio Beams this week is about Sports with Rory Hickey, GAA, Ennis Track Club and Denis Hynes, FAI. Rory is a former GAA ref at national level and life time member of Eire Og Club in Ennis. He talks about the effect of Covid 19 on players and clubs. Plus all the competitions that would be played this year.

Ennis Track Club talks again about all the local, national and international competitions not happening. Athletes can train on their own and do a lot of strengthening at home. Non the less they miss the friendship and getting out meeting others.

Clare FAI

Denis Hynes says this affects thousands of members in Clare. From under age there are about 4,000 children and then there adults, around 2,000. It’s a lot of people and many many find it hard to get back to fitness. Plus the club who at the best of times run on shoe strings. Then all those local and national competitions.

Tune in Tuesday at 3:30pm

Radio Beams this week get to speak to two very well known people in Ennis. Alan Flynne recently elected President of Commerce and Peter Moylan, one of the oldest businesses in Ennis, about their feelings on approach to Covid 19.

President stated that it will take a lot of community and business working together to rebuild business back in to Ennis and the county again..
While Peter looks at how the online retail is going and would it work for their business.

Radio Beams speaks to Seamus about his addiction and alcoholism.
His live time struggle with the drink.
He is very frank and tells the story of his work on himself to understand the addiction.

Radio Beams speak to Helen, James, Ann Marie, and Michael about the Coronavirus. Tune in Tuesday at 3.30pm www.rcb.ie
Local opinion about at world pandemic.

Radio Beams story this week is about Mary Cashan who was born in Dublin but now lives in Clare.
She tells of the horrific times she has in the orphanage St Ann Booterstown Dublin.
She spent 15 years been abused and never learned to read of write. Tune in Tuesday 3.30pm www.rcb.ie

Radio Beams review the recent Ennis Book Festival.
A number of speakers tells Radio Beams about the festival.
Tune in Tuesdays at 3.30pm and Thursday 16:30 for the repeat on 92.5-94.8fm or live web stream at www.rcb.ie