was interviewed by interviewed  by Pat McNamara of the SBCR Sportsline team and by Dan Danaher of the Clare Champion newspaper on the occasion of the Official opening of the Scariff Harbour Festival 2025. Interview recorded in the SBCR studio on 2nd August 2025 and originally broadcast on Saturday 16th AUGUST 2025

 Pat O’Brien, Tom Hanley, Jim Collins and Stephen Minogue discuss what’s in the papers and online concerning matters in Co Clare. We encourage you to support your local media, the Clare Champion, Clare Echo, and online the Clare Herald.  To send a message or comment  to the studio - Message or what’s app  on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com

 Jim Collins and Pat McNamara review the weekends action.  -02.00  Tulla v Scariff Ogonnelloe   report by Brian Torpey -07.30  Inagh Kilnamona v Kilkishen by Pat O’Brien   -14.00 Truagh Clonlara v St Josephs  -16.15 Whitegate v Clooney Quinn Intermediate Championship report by Jack Treacy - Originally broadcast live 17th August 2025

 -00.40 Pat and Leo look ahead to the Club camogie championships getting under way this weekend. —21.01 Journalist Seamus Hayes joins the lads to discus the last round of the group stage in the Football championships this weekend. Hosts Pat McNamara and Leo Doyle.  Originally  broadcast 16th August  2025 

 compiled by Ursula Hogan and read by Fiona Hogan.  News sponsored by Boru Entertainment https://linktr.ee/boruentertainment

 owner of Shortts bar in Feakle and kind host for our live broadcast spoke to Daragh and Geraldine about the festival and life in Feakle and the struggles of being a pub owner in these times. Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle 9th August  2025 Live from the Shortts bar, Feakle hosted by Geraldine Colleran and Daragh Leamy. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what’s app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com. 

 Joined Geraldine and Daragh for a chat about their musical careers, spending time in Feakle and playing a few live tunes on the fiddle and concertina. Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle 9th August  2025 Live from Shortts bar, Feakle hosted by Geraldine Colleran and Daragh Leamy. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what’s app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com. 

in conversation recorded during the week of the Feakle Festival 2035 Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle 9th August  2025 Live from Shortts bar, Feakle hosted by Geraldine Colleran and Daragh Leamy. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what’s app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com. 

 Nuacht An Nuacht á leamh ag  Melissa Ni Chleirigh. News sponsored by Boru Entertainment https://linktr.ee/boruentertainment

 News in Ukranian translated and read by Olesia Sliusar. 9th August 2025

 News and events from around East Clare for the weekend  of the 2nd-3rd August -12.39 Weather forecast  sponsored by Paddy Punch engineering Scariff, read by Jim Collins   News sponsored by Boru Entertainment https://linktr.ee/boruentertainment

Clare Credit Unions Senior Camogie Championship, Round 1 as played at Clarecastle GAA  Friday 15th August 2025. -00.00 Intro and teams. -02.01 start first half, -35.48 Half time analysis -39.14 Second half -01.16.18  Full time analysis  Match commentary Pat McNamara with Ray Nelson on analysis and Introduced by Jim Collins. Sportsline is sponsored by Derg Credit Union https://dergcreditunion.ie  

from Kilkishen won the 2025 Irish times Debate individual speaker’s award at the finals held in March at Queens University in Belfast,- Ireland’s longest-running third-level debating competition. Liam was a member of University of Galway’s Lit & Deb society. He spoke to Marie and Trish about the experience and the prize received of a four week trip to the USA and how he will be going to do a Masters in Belgium later in the year.  Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle 2nd August  2025 Live from the main stage at the Scariff harbour Festival hosted by Marie McNamara and Trish Nugent.. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what’s app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com. 

 is  studying BA in voice in UL  has been a member of East Clare musical society since he was 11 and talks about his course Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle 2nd August  2025 Live from the main stage at the Scariff harbour Festival hosted by Marie McNamara and Trish Nugent.. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what’s app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com. 

This week Host Jim Collins is joined in studio  by O’Callaghan Mills correspondent Pat O’Brien for all the news. 

News and events from around East Clare for the weekend  of the 2nd-3rd August -12.39 Weather forecast  sponsored by Paddy Punch engineering Scariff, read by Jim Collins   News sponsored by Boru Entertainment https://linktr.ee/boruentertainment

Jim Collins and Sean O’Halloran have a look back at the second round of the county Club Hurling Championship matches with a number of East Clare teams in action in senior and intermediate action.  -02.25 O’Callaghans Mills v Ogonnelloe  report by Pat O’Brien -07.40 Smith O’Briens v Newmarket by Brendan Foley with SOB manager Barry Hennessy -14.10 Bodyke v Clarecastle report by Sean O’Halloran -19.20 Whitegate v Ruan by Jack Treacy -22.42 Broadford v Corofin by Martin Cooper -26.29 O’Callaghans Mills v Tubber report by Pat O’Brien -32.24 Feakle v Newmarket report by Ray Nelson -42.38 Scariff v Ballyea by Alphie Rodgers. Originally broadcast 10th August 2025

-  PRO Feakle Festival highlighting the events taking place at the 38th running of the event, this year taking place between the 6th to 11th August 2025 https://feaklefestival.ie/   Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle 2nd August  2025 Live from the main stage at the Scariff harbour Festival hosted by Marie McNamara and Trish Nugent.. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what’s app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com. 

talking about a Garden gathering for Gaza taking place on Sunday August 3rd 2025 including a "Poems for Palestine" reading which is to be recorded by SBCR. Originally broadcast as part of Saturday Chronicle 2nd August  2025 Live from the main stage at the Scariff harbour Festival hosted by Marie McNamara and Trish Nugent.. Saturday Chronicle is Sponsored by JAMES M NASH AND DERG KITCHEN DESIGN http://dergkitchendesign.ie Message or what’s app the studio on 089 2582647 or email sbcrstudio@gmail.com. 

Official Launch of 2025 Scariff Harbour Festival that took place at Scariff GAA hall on 2nd August 2025 with contributions from  Harry O'Meara Harbour Festival Peter Harty Waterways Ireland Ger Rodgers Scariff GAA Timmy Dooley TD Joe Cooney TD  Jarlath Byrnes, President GAA MC - Jim Collins