Shock at sudden closure of busy Tuamgraney store & service station
*Photograph: James Treacy ONE OF EAST CLARE’s most prominent service stations closed suddenly on Friday and has entered receivership.
Day: 20 September 2023
O’Reilly says Wynne didn’t reach out prior to Sinn Féin exit & admits party open to now running two Clare candidates
*Tommy Guilfoyle, Louise O’Reilly, Donna McGettigan, James Ryan in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley. A LEADING SINN Féin TD has said Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) did not reach out to her prior to her exit from the party and has not ruled out two General Election candidates running in Co Clare.
Shannon Town striving to close gap at top of the Premier Division
*Shannon Town Utd players including Brian Monaghan celebrate. Photograph: Natasha Barton SHANNON TOWN UTD expect this will be the last year that they are the only team from the Airport town competing in the Maloney Garden Machinery Premier Division.
An Bord Pleanála turns down oral hearing requests by St Flannan’s teachers and Board of Management
*St Flannan’s College. AN BORD Pleanála has rejected a request by teachers and staff and the Board of Management at St Flannan’s College in Ennis for an oral hearing to be held into contentious plans for a €25m HSE community hospital to be built on Church-owned green space at the college.
Scariff/Ogonnelloe & Feakle/Killanena seal semi-final spots
*Labhaoise O’Donnell finished with a hat-trick for Scariff/Ogonnelloe. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENTERING THE FINAL round of the Clare Credit Unions senior camogie championship, title holders Scariff/Ogonnelloe and Feakle/Killanena are among the sides to have booked their place in the knockout stages.
Leahy is first Clare candidate for next year’s European elections
*Michael Leahy. Photograph: John Mangan COROFIN ARCHITECT and planner, Michael Leahy (IFP) is to run in next year’s European elections.
Moneypoint to remain back-up supplier until 2029
*Photograph: John Mangan MONEYPOINT will continue to function as a reserve electricity supplier until the end of this decade.