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Day: 17 January 2025

‘Cruel and insensitive’ to halt grants for gas and oil boilers

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CLARE Councillors have strongly criticised the Government’s directive to halt grants for replacing gas and oil boilers in private homes, labelling the move as unfair and potentially harmful to elderly residents in rural areas. The Department of Housing recently directed councils to cease grants for the replacement of fossil fuel boilers, effective from the start …

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He’s coming up on the radar’ – Dooley set for shootout for Ministry

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CLARE versus Limerick has turned into one of the keenest hurling rivalries over the past three seasons but now the counties are set for a shootout on the political field. The Clare Echo understands that Clare TD Timmy Dooley (FF) is up against his good friend Niall Collins (FF) for one of the final positions in Cabinet. Since …

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Council treats more than 12,000km of National Secondary and Regional Roads in 10 days

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CLARE County Council gritted more than 12,000 kilometres of road utilising over 1,600 tons of salt over 10 days of this month’s cold spell. Implementing its Winter Maintenance Plan, the local authority gritted more than 770 kilometres of the national secondary and regional road network during each treatment carried out daily both in the early …

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Clare Cup draw made

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The draw for the Clare soccer cup was held on Monday night at Frank Healy Park during a committee meeting of the Clare league. There will be five preliminary rounds as follows: Connolly Celtic v Newmarket Celtic A; Hermitage B v Sporting Ennistymon; Lifford v Shannon Hibs B; Rhine Rovers v Shannon Hibs A; Coole …

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