Kildare Focus 19.08.21

Kildare Focus

Thursday, 19 August 2021 - 31 minutes

Elaine O' Connor
Co-Founder, Event Industry Association of Ireland (EIAI)
• Calling for the Dáil to return early from its summer break
• Need more support from Government to deliver a reopening plan

Lauren Beehan
Broadcaster & Deputy Editor of AA Roadwatch
• Spontaneous vehicle fires are getting rarer all the time, but they can happen
• AA Ireland looked into the main causes of vehicle fires & how to deal

Declan Power
Security & Defence Analyst
• Monitoring of a Russian spy ship spotted off the west coast

Constantine Spandagos
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ESRI
• Research – Social influence and economic interventions to motivate energy-saving. What works better?

Geraldine O’Flaherty
• Bichon fries, Teddy Bán Bear, is this year’s hopeful for Kildare in the Nose of Tralee competition run by Pet Sitters Ireland