IT’S time for coffee lovers to get excited as The Clare Echo can reveal that Starbucks are about to set up their first outlet in Co Clare. Though details of when the international coffee giants will open their doors have yet to be revealed, we can exclusively confirm that the deal is signed, sealed and …
A VIGIL will take place in Ennis tonight in support of the people of Catalonia after the Spanish region’s referendum for independence was marred by violence involving Spanish police. TV footage showed Spanish police kicking voters and pulling women by the hair out of polling stations yesterday as people attempted to vote. Sinn Féin Clare …
IT’S 20 years ago since Ennis was named Ireland’s Information Age Town and the people of Clare’s capital town celebrated while those on the periphery lived in hope that they too would get a free computer. In a time before drones existed, possibly one of the largest co-ordinated efforts in the town’s bid saw school …
CAR giant Jaguar is using its new base in Co Clare to develop driverless cars. Jaguar/Land Rover has established a research facility at a new 50,000 square foot office development, Universal House, in the Shannon Free Zone and is understood to be creating 30 positions. The base in Shannon will be used by the company (which …
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THE granting of a licence to Irish Cement to burn alternative fuels would be bad news for County Clare, it has been warned. Clare County Council has made a detailed submission to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning the proposal to burn alternative fuels at its plant at Castlemungret in Limerick. In a statement, Cllr …
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WE’RE all about promoting local business and that’s why The Clare Echo is heading to Killaloe next month to meet female entrepreneurs from across the county. Local Enterprise Office Clare will co-host a networking event for local female entrepreneurs in Killaloe as part of National Women’s Enterprise Day (NWED) 2017, an event for aspiring female …
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A MINDLESS act at Ennis RFC has left club members baffled. Gardai were called to the scene today and have taken a statement after club members discovered 120 square metres of netting was ripped from its fixture and stolen from the Showgrounds Road location yesterday evening. It’s not yet known how much the damage will …
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Ciaran spent many years pouring pints of the black stuff in his family’s famous Halfway House pub. Having first moved into the world of sales to work for Heineken, golf fanatic Ciaran returned to Clare to take up a role as Sales Executive with The Clare Echo.
Clare Youth Service teenagers were delighted to receive a special message from comedian John Bishop upon the opening of the Clare Youth Service Art Expo on Friday.
ENNIS was deservedly crowned Ireland’s Tidiest Large Urban Centre for the seventh year in a decade at the National Tidy Towns competition in Dublin today – while committee members paid tribute to the recently deceased John Finn, a former St Flannan’s teacher, for his contribution to the competition. At the prestigious awards ceremony, towns from …