Martin Conway prevails once again in Seanad Election
Martin Conway (FG) has successfully retained his title as Clare’s only Senator.
Day: 3 April 2020
120 COVID-19 deaths in Ireland & 50 confirmed cases in Clare
Ireland’s biggest daily increase of 424 new cases of COVID-19 has been confirmed by the Department of Health as the death rate passed 100.
Ventilators & hospital beds arrive on plane to Shannon
A Qatar Airways Boeing 777 cargo plane carrying vital medical equipment from China landed at Shannon Airport on Thursday evening.
Ann Marie Flanagan eliminated from Seanad election
*Ann Marie Flanagan. Photograph: James Sheppard Disability activist Ann Marie Flanagan (IND) has lost out in her attempts to become a Senator.
VOTE: Clare’s Greatest Senior Hurling Half Back Line 1990-2020
Fierce debate has taken hold in houses across Co Clare in the search to determine the county’s fifteen best hurlers to have played senior level between 1990 and 2020. Thousands of votes have already been submitted for who will line out in goals and in the full-back line. Click HERE if you haven’t already cast …
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Frontline workers frustrated by difficulties securing childcare
Frontline workers have been praised across the world for their efforts in tackling COVID-19 but for some in Clare, they are fretting daily with the worry of trying to secure childcare.
Clare GAA clubs going above and beyond during COVID-19 pandemic
*Aileen Broderick, Éire Óg assistant secretary, and Antoinette Loftus volunteering during the Covid-19 crisis. In times like these, it important for certain pillars within the community to go above and beyond the call of duty. Members of GAA clubs right across Co Clare have gone above and beyond the call of duty during these unprecedented …
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National Ambulance Service ‘will be able to cope’ with COVID-19 surge
Volunteers will not be needed to assist in transporting personnel to COVID-19 testing centres.
NAMA owned buildings ‘falling into disrepair when people are crying out for houses’
*The derelict Mushroom Factory in Tubber. Photograph Deirdre O’Mahony, Abandoned Clare, publication produced by Gregory Mc Cartney for Abridged magazine 2011 Buildings owned by NAMA in Co Clare are “falling into disrepair” and are contributing to a lack of life in towns and villages across the county. Properties that came into NAMA’s ownership in 2009 …
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