Day: 9 November 2018
‘No need for legal advice’ in Lissycasey
An Post have said there is no requirement for legal advice over the closure of the Lissycasey Post Office. This week it emerged that the Lissycasey Post Office Action Group were seeking legal advice as “misleading information” was published. However, An Post have told The Clare Echo there is “No need for legal advice. The …
Closures of post offices ‘an assault on rural Ireland’
Legal action is being taken by the Lissycasey Post Office Action Group over the closure of the village’s post office this week. According to the group, misleading information was published by An Post. Talty’s Mace Store in Lissycasey were willing to take on the post office service but the local action group were unsuccessful in …
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‘Massive’ numbers speak Irish in Clare
PUBLIC support for the Irish language is “undeniable” according to research published earlier this week while it has been claimed that the amount of people speaking the language in Clare is “massive”. Céard é an Scéal is a newly published research report conducted by Conradh na Gaeilge, with Kantar Millward Brown and Cinnteacht. It found …
1,000 Clare Dads avail of paternity
CLARE fathers are continuing to benefit from the Government’s paid paternity benefit scheme with more than a thousand availing of the scheme since its introduction in September 2016. That’s according to Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey who said that the current rate is €240 per week will increase to €245 per week from next …