Caint agus Comhrá – revitalising the Irish language one coffee at a time
*Photograph: Natasha Barton Caint agus Comhrá, an Irish-speaking social group in Ennis, has expanded its weekly meetups to offer a gathering six days of the week.
Day: 11 February 2025
Fitzgerald remanded on bail for sentencing over bank thefts totalling €35,000
*Colm Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A SON of former All-Ireland winning Clare hurler and manager, Davy Fitzgerald, appeared in court today to affirm guilty pleas to thieving a total of €35,000 from a bank in his native Clare.
Lohan & Clarke to speak at Shannon mental health conference
*Brian Lohan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE MANAGER, Brian Lohan and ex Galway hurler Fr Iggy Clarke are among the line-up to take the stage at Shannon’s second annual free mental health conference.
Clare councillors want HSE to officially recognise FASD
Tristan Casson-Rennie Chief Executive Officer FASD Ireland. Photograph: Natasha Barton. ONE OF Clare’s newest councillors is leading the campaign to have Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD) officially recognised by the HSE.
Gardaí confirm ‘no ongoing risk to public’ & assure bomb threat to Clare schools was ‘not credible’
*St Caimin’s Community School in Shannon closed on Tuesday morning. Photograph: Joe Buckley AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA have confirmed that the security threat which resulted in the closures of schools in Shannon, Sixmilebridge and Ennis on Tuesday morning “is not credible”.
Schools in Clare close after bomb threat issued
SCHOOLS ACROSS Clare have closed until lunch time on Tuesday after an apparent bomb threat was made.
Dromoland takes Gold, Silver & Bronze at Ireland’s prestigious Gold Medal Awards
DROMOLAND CASTLE swept the medals table winning gold, silver and bronze accolades at the prestigious Virgin Media Business Gold Medal Hotel Awards gala ceremony hosted by Anton Savage at The Galmont Hotel & Spa, Galway on Tuesday evening.