Sean Burke – Location Manager, Gemma-Leah Devereux who plays Anna Ahern, Claire Nugent, Daithí Keane – Director and Niamh Walsh who plays Jenny Ahern. STARS OF the RTÉ drama Smother visited the Clare 250 Cancer Centre as part of filming for the show’s third series.
54% of Ireland’s 1,403 COVID-19 deaths have been nursing home residents while latest data has revealed there to be 29 further deaths and 137 new cases in the country with Co Clare recording its highest increase of cases in the space of 24 hours.
*Aoife Keane. One Clare girl is to cycle 165km to raise funds to help children her own age that are “less fortunate”.
*Publican Eamon Duggan. Photograph: John Mangan COUNTY Clare publican Eamon Duggan believes the Government don’t appreciate the importance of the pub in combating rural isolation.
*Spot flooding on the Tulla Rd in Ennis. FILE PIC A co-ordinated approach to the management of surface water on Clare roads would limit the impact of spot flooding on the public and save valuable money, local councillors have outlined.
TURNING 21 is a rite of passage for every young person, with most of them choosing to celebrate by throwing a big party.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward Elected representatives in Clare have said the standing orders in place for meetings of Clare County Council are a form of “self-gagging”.
THE unique development of Shannon town in the 1960s will feature in the hugely popular Building Ireland series next week.
ENNIS amateur special effects artist Bryan Quinn has astounded the Clare Echo team by using magic to repair his copy of our newspaper.