Clare Manager Brian Lohan After Munster SHC Win Over Limerick

On this week’s Atlantic Tales, Pat Flynn visits Ballinruan to meet Sandra King of Irish Fibre Crafters.

Pat also travels to Scarriff to chat with singer/songwriter, therapist, and educator, Peneleapaí.

It's hoped the current 27 week average waiting time for a driving test in Clare will soon be significantly slashed.

The Road Safety Authority has published a national action plan to reduce waiting lists that will see driving tests conducted in evenings, on weekends and even bank holidays.

New centres will also be opened in Dublin, Kildare and Louth to ease the backlog, with the RSA setting the goal that no motorist will wait longer than 10 weeks for a test after September this year.

Chris Curran from the Chris Curran Driving School in Ennis believes it could work.

A meeting of Ennis's local representatives has heard that parked vehicles are preventing the town's streets from being properly cleaned.

Fianna Fáil Councillor Antoinette Baker-Bashua is calling on Ennis Municipal District to publish its schedule of street sweeping in local areas so residents know when to move their cars and other obstacles such as bins.

The response issued by Ennis MD says roughly 50% of its planned maintenance is "reactive" to the likes of litter and flooding, and because of the size of the area, it isn't "operationally practical" to commit to a fixed schedule.

Councillor Baker-Bashua says if residents had notice, there could be a more thorough clean.

Fr Gerry Kenny presents Beyond Belief for today, the 25th May 2025.

He visits the church in Carrigaholt which has recently reopened after it was damaged by smoke resulting from a fire last November. He talks to Fr Michael Casey and Mary Maloney from the Parish Pastoral Council about how the damage has been repaired and the church reopened.

Fr Gerry also talks to a Jesuit Theolgian Fr Gerry Whelan about the legacy of Pope Francis and finds time to catch up with Stephen Fletcher over a coffee and some cake.

Stephen Fletcher presents our Sunday Prayer for today the 25th May 2025, the 6th Sunday of Easter

Ennis Chamber is expressing confidence that the newly approved Penney's store will benefit the whole town.

Primark LTD has now been granted planning permission to construct a three-storey flagship outlet on Harmony Row.

The store is expected to generate €14m in revenue in 2029 and Penney's claims it will act as a catalyst for inward investment in the local economy.

Ennis Chamber President Diarmuid McMahon says all local retailers should see a footfall boost.

It's claimed Shannon is keenly poised to become an electric aircraft development hub.

It's after US firm Beta Technologies debuted its Alia C-TOL, the first battery powered aircraft flown in Ireland at Shannon Airport this week.

The event was hosted by Atlantic Aviation, the Irish Aviation Authority and Future Mobility Campus Ireland, while Shannon Airport itself has been identified as an aviation technology testing hub in the programme for government.

Future Mobility Campus Ireland CEO Russell Vickers is confident his dream of 'air taxis' for the Ryder Cup will be realised.

Coming up on the show, we will look ahead to the start of Clare's All Ireland camogie championship campaign, preview Clare's senior and minor hurling championship outings, hear from Tulla United and Newmarket Celtic ahead of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup final, Clare ladies footballers on their Munster Senior B final and Greyhound Focus too.

Ciara Lawless, known as the Celtic songbird, and hails from Roscommon, released her Debut

Album ‘Paint My Soul’ on 26th April 2024 and her second album ‘Divine Intervention’ on the 2nd May 2025.

Described as the Irish Kate Bush, Ciara is a professional Irish singer, performer, with a strong

background in pop, classical and opera music. Ciara is a seasoned singer/songwriter with a

proven track record of winning competitions and entertaining diverse audiences.

Ciara competed and won in both national and international competitions as a Soprano at the

Austria international Choral competitions in 2017 with the Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir,

where she was the youngest member to be given a solo. Ciara also performed at the Winter

Namm music show in Los Angeles in 2019.

Ciara is one of the strongest Irish emerging artists that is set for world domination with her

powerful voice that has hints of Kate Bush and Florence And The Machine. With 2 albums

recorded and ready and a tour on the horizon, Ciara is ready to take the main stage and solidify

her place as one of Ireland’s next big names in the Music Industry.