Clare COVID-19 cases increase to 321 with more activity in Irish hospitals
*Photograph: John Mangan 57 new cases and a further 4 deaths have been recorded in Ireland from COVID-19 with an extra two people diagnosed with the virus in Co Clare.
Day: 24 May 2020
Wynne concerned by childcare pressures on Clare parents
Concern has been expressed by Clare TD Violet-Anne Wynne (SF) over the level of worry experienced by parents within the county about accessing childcare when they attempt to return to work.
Gillian to get going for frontline workers at Sláinte & Cahercalla
*Sláinte an Chláir. Photograph: Paschal Brooks WE DID a double take when we heard that Gillian Davis Dunphy was aiming to do 100,000 steps in a day for charity. Surely an extra zero slipped in there by accident?
Council to get free use of glór for meetings during pandemic
Clare County Council will not be charged for the use of glór to host the June meeting of the local authority.
‘Limit Air BnB short-term rentals in rent pressure zones’
A clampdown on Air BnB properties in rent pressure zones across the county is needed, a North Clare representative has maintained.
Scattery Island one of sixty islands surrounding Ireland no longer inhabited
Remnants of the last remaining inhabitants of Scattery Island last to this day, 32 years after their departure.