Mayor Ryan donates Christmas Card allowance to two charities
CLARE’s first citizen is to make donations to two local organisations instead of sending Christmas cards this year.
Day: 22 December 2021
Drivers doing donuts outside Meelick graveyard
DRIVERS are doing donuts at the entrance to a graveyard in Meelick, a county councillor has said while issuing an appeal for traffic calming measures.
Palm Free experiences ‘quite incredible’ increase in demand
A REMARKABLE business story in the hills of East Clare, Palm Free Irish Soap has defied the odds these past two years by growing their business two-fold – you could say, they’re cleaning up. Such is the recent success of Palm Free that operations have moved from a converted barn at the Hoynes family home …
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Maintenance of Ballymaley roundabout ‘quite dangerous’ for Barefield Tidy Towns
BAREFIELD TIDY TOWNS are finding it difficult “and quite dangerous” to maintain the roundabout at Ballymaley.
Pottery school and personalised gifts at centre of Ballymorris Pottery
IT’S difficult for some to conduct an interview with a potter without mention of ‘that scene’ containing Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore getting steamy at a potter’s wheel in the 1990 hit movie, Ghost. The reference is all the more significant to Hannah Arnup of Ballymorris Pottery in Cratloe, who bore witness to a recreation …
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Penalties not the way to decide hurling matches says winning manager Taaffe
*A delighted Pat Taaffe at the final whistle. Photograph: Ruth Griffin Penalties are not to way to determine winners of a hurling match, the victorious manager of the U21B county champions has said.
Christmas gift-bags delivered to 160 over 55s in West Clare
Collette Casey and Morwenna Kersual of the West Clare Family Resource Centre with a selection of the Christmas Gift Bags being delivered to 160 Over 55s in West Clare. OVER 160 people in West Clare have received Christmas gift bags from the Kilrush based Family Resource Centre.
REBECCA O’NEILL: Help the homeless this Christmas
This Christmas, make an effort to help those less well off than you writes Clare Echo columnist, Rebecca O’Neill.