You’re reading The Week on KCLR, highlighting some of the stories you may have missed on-air and online.
As the country opens up more and more with the gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, cases, it seems, continue to climb.
Amber Women’s Refuge had some stark statistics in its survey which aimed to quantify the impact of domestic violence and abuse on employees and their employers in Carlow and Kilkenny.
The search of a site as part of the investigations into women who disappeared in the 1990s concluded without revealing anything new.
A locally based man tells of his MND diagnosis and you’re being encouraged to give the Irish language a go.
As always, you can join our news team across the day, seven days a week, read the stories on kclr96fm.com and scoreline.ie or take us with you on the KCLR app.
Site Search
Two weeks ago we revealed how a site in Co Kildare was to be searched as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Deirdre Jacob with hopes high of a discovery that could impact the case of Kilkenny woman Jo Jo Dullard.
But on Tuesday those hopes were dashed as Gardaí revealed the search there had come to a close with ‘nothing of evidential value to the investigation’ found – details here
Friend of the Dullard family, Fr Willie Purcell, joined our Edward Hayden on The Way It Is that evening:
Domestic Abuse
Amber Women’s Refuge published details of ‘The Impact of Domestic Abuse on the Workplace’ survey (read about it here).
To discuss the findings, the organisation’s Naoimh Murphy joined Eimear Ní Bhraonáin on Thursday’s KCLR Live:
Bain Triail As …
Edward Hayden’s been catching up with Bride de Roiste about new classes ‘as Gaeilge’ in Carlow …
Concern as Covid Cases Climb
Following on from the further easing of restrictions (nightclubs here), we’ve been seeing confirmed cases of Coronavirus on the rise locally – see the most recent breakdown for the seven Local Electoral Areas here and read how hospitality businesses have been doing with regards to compliance here
On Tuesday’s KCLR Live our Eimear Ní Bhraonáin caught up with the HSE’s Director of Public Health for the South East Carmel Mullaney:
Dribble for MND Day
Paul Smith is a much-cared-for member of Freebooters AFC and the wider Kilkenny community and many were struck by his diagnosis which he talked on-air about this week.
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While you can hear his chat on The Way It Is with Edward Hayden 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.
Best of all, you can read and listen to everything in the KCLR app.