You’re reading The Week on KCLR, highlighting some of the stories you may have missed on-air and online.
From Syria to Ballon: we hear from Carlow’s newest pharmacist while there are plans for a united Confirmation ceremony for Kilkenny City schools.
Local entertainers have taken to the streets calling for everyone to Stand up for Musicians.
Preparations are underway for next week’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.
And one woman tells of how she beat the bulge but still indulged.
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Getting down to Business
With the slow reopening of the country, many businesses have failed to reopen their doors.
But we have seen a number of new enterprises come to the fore, among them a first for Ballon with its pharmacy which began to trade on Monday.
It’s been set up by Fadi Almasri, one of the country’s first Syrian refugees, who wanted to give something back.
He’s been telling our Eimear Ní Bhraonáin about it on KCLR Live:
Stand up for Musicians
Entertainers this week decided to voice their opposition to how they feel their industry’s been treated during the pandemic.
Plans were afoot to take to the streets on Wednesday as part of the nationwide protests calling on people to Stand Up For Musicians.
Ahead of that one of the organisers of the Kilkenny City event, Tomás Jackman, spoke to our Eimear Ní Bhraonáin on KCLR Live …
Our Edwina Grace popped down to the gathering on The Parade in Kilkenny City the following day and spoke to some of those taking part.
The report then aired that evening on The Way It Is with Sue Nunn:
Trisha’s Transformation
Edward Hayden spoke to Irish corporate wellness speaker and Chef Trisha Lewis of Trisha’s Transformation about her latest book.
This, her second offering, is called Trisha’s 21-day-reset.
Have a listen to that chat on The Saturday Show here …
Sport Spot
Preparations are underway at Mount Juliet Estate to host the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open next week, from 1st to 4th July.
General Manager at the County Kilkenny hotel, Mark Dunne, joined our Sue Nunn on The Way It Is to discuss the excitement that’s building there.
Listen back to that here:
Then on KCLR Live our Eimear Ní Bhraonáin caught up with the venue’s Director of Golf Matt Sandercock …
The local hosting has seen the creation of a new gin, with Mount Juliet Estate teaming up with Highbank Orchards – the latter’s Rod Calder-Potts joining Sue Nunn for a chat on The Way It Is …
Elsewhere in sport, Aisling and Katie were in Croke Park for the All Ireland League and told our Sue Nunn all about it on The Way It Is …
Confirmation
We got word in our newsroom on Thursday that there were plans underway for Kilkenny City schools to hold a united Confirmation ceremony and the Diocese of Ossory’s communications office was fast to respond (read about that here).
That evening our Sue Nunn invited Bishop Denis Nulty onto The Way It Is for a longer chat about the event preparations and Government advice re similar – hear that here:
Catch Up
There’s plenty more from across the week here on KCLR.
You’ll find our news stories here while regular key features from programmes covering a range of topics, including travel, fitness, health care, as well as repeats of our talk shows and more can be found in our Catch Up section.
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