Clare Fm - Podcasts

Campaigning is continuing for General Election 2024. The people of Clare will go to the polls on the 29th of November, when they will choose the four TDs to represent the county in the 34th Dáil. Let’s get a flavour of what has been happening on the campaign trail. Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said there is a real problem with Fine Gael election candidate John McGahon remaining on the party's ticket after the Sunday Times published pictures of the damage inflicted to farmer Breen White during an incident outside a pub in 2018. Fine Gael has been accused of trying to "bribe" parents with giveaways in the lead-up to the election, promising to lodge at least 1 thousand euro into a savings account for every baby born over the lifetime of the next government. A multi-billion euro disability plan is being put forward by the Social Democrats today. If it gets into government, the party would spend 1.1 billion euro a year between 2026 and 2030 to help people with disabilities. To discuss all of this and mo