The Ennis Eccentric Music Society host music events celebrating original and alternative music talent from Clare and beyond.

To tell us more about the society and the upcoming events, Alan Morrissey was joined by

members, Laetitia Andre, Nick Bromfield & Saoirse Walsh.

This week, Pat Clarke Browne of Munster Business, based in Shannon gave us all the insight into the technological trends shaping 2026.

Pat spoke about the possible launch of the Steam Deck, a handheld xbox and PS 6 from Microsoft, bio Printing heading towards Human trials & more!

Image (c) Technology and light bulb by kaan tanman from Getty Images Signature via Canva

It’s a New Year and this usually involves a New Year’s Resolution, where you swear to yourself that you will go to the gym every day and eat and drink all of the right things...only to give up on it after a very short period!

Clare FM’s Daragh Leamy has been asking people in Clare about their New Year’s resolutions and to tell us about habits and why they don’t last, and why simple steps are the solution for change, Alan Morrissey spoke with qualified fitness coach and founder of Fitness4Fun in Clare, John Conroy.

Image (c) New Year's resolutions by rimmabondarenko via Canva.

This Saturday, January 3rd, Newmarket-on-Fergus GAA presents ‘The Nofscars,’ a star-studded movie night fundraiser dedicated to supporting Phase 3 of their Athletic Development Centre.

Taking place at Treacy's West County Hotel, the event promises to be a cinematic highlight for the local community.

To find out more, Alan Morrissey was joined by Games Development Officer, Colin Ryan.

Image (c) Newmarket On Fergus Gaa via Facebook.

The Minister for Health is being encouraged to establish timelines and costings for measures intended to ease the overcrowding crisis at the region's main hospital once the Dáil resumes.

Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill announced in December that the Government has accepted all three of HIQA's recommendations regarding alleviating hospital overcrowding in the Midwest.

These are the expansion of capacity at University Hospital Limerick, the extension of the UHL campus to a second nearby site and the development of a new hospital with an emerency department in the region.

Lahinch-based Patient Advocate on HSE Midwest’s Programme Improvement Board John Wall says people need specifics as soon as possible.

An Ennis solicitor claims the exodus of landlords from the rental market will continue into the new year.

The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act was passed in June of this year and under the amendment, the entire country became a rent pressure zone while yearly rent increases were cappped at 2%.

Under the new legislation, also implemented Tenancies of Minimum Duration, which take effect from March 2026, has resulted in older landlords choosing to sell their property before the measures take effect.

Sharon Cahir of Cahir & Co Solicitors in Ennis says the act has in no way encouraged landlords to stay in the rental market.

It's hoped more can be done in the new year to promote tourist footfall in East Clare's Hidden Heartlands.

It comes as O'Callaghan's Mills Fine Gael Councillor, Conor Ryan, has been appointed to the board of the Clare Tourism Development DAC.

In the past year, the Inis Cealtra Visitor Experience opened in the Old Rectory in Mountshannon.

Councillor Ryan says althought Inis Cealtra may serve as the jewel in the crown, there are plenty more sites that can be used to diversify the county's tourism product.

Clare Gardaí are encouraging people to plan their night out and to be responsible on the roads this New Year's Eve.

Drug and Alcohol checkpoints will be dotted around the county as part of a road safety campaign in place until January 5th.

Superintendent with the Clare/Tipperary Garda Division Eddie Golden says motorists especially need to ensure there's no alcohol in their system when taking to the road on New Year's Day.

He claims high levels of motorists are caught over the limit each year on January 1st.

The Clare-based CEO of Retail Excellence Ireland has slammed a recent commercial rates increase an an "out-of-touch move" as businesses look ahead to 2026.

A decision taken by Clare's local elected representatives in November to hike the local property tax on businesses by 8% has been widely condemned by traders.

It comes at a time when many small and medium businesses are concerned about mounting costs like pension auto-enrolment which is set to kick in on January 1st.

Jean McCabe of Willow in Ennis says the rates increase couldn't have come at a worse time for businesses in the county town.

Clare County Council has restored almost 100 bikes to their former glory for community use.

Following a campaign for donations in October, the local authority received 91 bicycles from the public that were in various states of disrepair.

The bikes were then refurbished, before being distributed to adults and children that needed them for work or education purposes.

Clare County Council Waste Enforcement Executive Engineer Maria Carey says the campaign was a huge success.