STUDENTS from St Flannan’s and St John Bosco Kildysart gathered at Treacy’s West County on Tuesday at an induction day for this year’s LEO awards. Local Enterprise Office Clare (LEO Clare) delivers the Local Enterprise Offices National Student Enterprise Awards Programme in second level schools across the county. This exciting initiative is open to all …
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ENNIS is living up to its reputation as the boutique capital of Ireland thanks to two neighbouring O’Connell Street clothes shops. Willow has for the fourth time been named as one of the Retail Excellence Ireland Top 30 stores and boutique owner Jean McCabe told The Clare Echo she is delighted to be part of …
CLARE’S motorists will cut their commutes to Galway substantially and the north-west from tomorrow, following the opening of the new M17/M18 Gort to Tuam. Locals and tourists alike will no longer be stuck in traffic on what Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) calls ‘single carriageway roads that have deficiencies which restrict safe and efficient movement’. “The …
JUST when you thought you were out, they pull you right back in! Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning for Clare, just days after promising a sustained period of warm, sunny weather. The forecaster says that Clare, along with our Munster neighbours and Galway will see between 30mm and 50mm of rain …
CLARISFORD Park in Killaloe is celebrating its first birthday after making headlines throughout the year. The development of the park was a mammoth effort by the Killaloe Ballina community, who came together to do something about the lack of outdoor amenities in the area. The new facility has seen the development of new groups in …
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The Clare County Council Arts Office will host a two-day Arts and Disability event on the 13-14 October at the Buttermarket building, Drumbiggle Road, Ennis. The Arts Office says the free event, entitled ‘Drawing from the Well’, aims to offer all arts and disability practitioners, participants and partnering organisations “an opportunity to reflect on their …
Elaine has been with The Clare Echo since Day 1. A former reporter with The Clare People, Elaine was appointed as The Clare Echo’s first reporter before transitioning into the production side of print media. A West Clare woman with a love for local theatre, there’s no drama on print day when Elaine is around. …
Stuart Holly | LinkedIn | Mail: editor@clareecho.ie Stuart is founder editor at The Clare Echo since its establishment in 2017. Stuart is The Clare Echo’s strategic leader but is also renowned for his delegation skills! The Ennis native has a keen interest in the workings of business and the future of journalism.
ENNIS Hospital, as part of the UL Hospitals Group, and the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association (ILFA) have marked IPF World Week (September 16th to 24th) with an awareness event. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a rare and progressive condition which involves the development of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the lungs. There are over 1,000 people …
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CALLS have been made to Clare County Council to install temporary CCTV cameras in Meelick and Cratloe to help identify those responsible for dumping waste in the area. While numerous towns and villages are celebrating Tidy Towns success, Councillor Cathal Crowe has highlighted the murky practice of illegal dumping in rural Clare. Couches, bags of …
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