Stephen Fletcher presents this Sunday's Beyond Belief and reviews the past year with Colm Flynn and looks forward to 2024.

he also chats to Fr Gerry Kenny over coffee and mince pies left over from the festivities.

Bishop Fintan Monahan gives a New Year Blessing.

TFI Local Link is being urged to up its game with regard to promoting its services in Ennis.

The bus service currently has daily routes which connect the county town to the likes of Limerick, Kilrush, Ballyvaughan, Broadford, Whitegate and Quin with many of these running several times a day.

With the Ennis Town Bus Service not expected to come on stream until early 2025, Green Party representative Bridget Ginnity believes local bus routes can serve people in the intervening period.

The Ennis resident says a greater effort must be made to inform the public of how to avail of Local Link services.

Sunday Prayer for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany, the Baptism of Our Lord is presented by Stephen Fletcher.

A MidWest Charity is urging the people of Clare to undertake free training that will aim to prevent deaths from drug overdoses.

Last year, 171 people were treated for drug addiction in Clare and Novas is now offering 'naloxone training' to active users , along with their friends and family.

Naloxone is a medicine that's designed to reverse the effect of opioids and buy enough time for emergency services to reach the scene of a critical incident.

Health and Respite Services Manager with Novas, Julie McKenna says everyone who can should get the training.

A Clare forester is calling for families to reuse their artificial Christmas trees to offset their carbon.

Traditionally today, the last day of Christmas or Nollaig na mBan, is known as the day for Irish families to take down their decorations and throw away their tree.

Clare County Council is providing free tree disposal points at the Central Waste Management Facility, Inagh - Lisdeen Recycling Centre, Kilkee - Scariff Recycling Centre - Shannon Recycling Centre and the Gardening Section, Gort Rd, Ennis until January 20th

Former Green Councillor and Forester in Darragh, Brian Meaney believes that using real Christmas trees is better for the environment.

Vehicle sales in Clare were 13% above 2022 levels last year.

Figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that 2,392 cars were sold in this county in 2023 compared to 2,112 the previous year.

Petrol remains the most popular engine type in Clare, making up 27% of total sales, closely followed by diesel at 25% and petrol electric at 22%.

Director General of SIMI Brian Cooke says the data indicates that the industry has well and truly recovered from the drop in sales brought on by the pandemic.

Coming up on the show, we will hear from one of the greats of Clare football as Cathal O'Connor confirmed his retirement from the intercounty game.

We will reflect on the first outing for the Clare footballers, and look ahead to Clare's first outing in the Munster Hurling League against Limerick next week.

There's also a Munster semi-final for the Colaiste Mhuire camogie side and Clare darts are preparing for a busy few months ahead.

The 6th of January is Nollaig Na mBan, or Women’s Little Christmas.

It will also mark the release of FISTULA, a powerful new film directed by Dearbhla Glynn, the award-winning Irish filmmaker who lives in Clare.

If you haven’t heard of Fistula, it’s a condition that over 2 million women live with, causing immeasurable suffering and social isolation.

To find out more about it and the film, on Friday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Dearbhla Glynn, Award-winning Irish filmmaker who lives in Clare.

On our weekly series 'Ours To Protect', we take a closer look at biodiversity and sustainability in Co Clare.

This week, Pat Flynn has been speaking with Karen Foley, Environmental Awareness Officer with Clare County Council, about the importance of how we dispose of any waste we might have left after Christmas.

A Clare Developer is confident that future housing delivery in this county will not be affected following a surge in construction company insolvencies last year.

Deloitte's latest report shows that 89 building firms were forced to shut their doors in 2023 as they were unable to pay their debts.