Day: 27 May 2025

Kilrush student honoured for hospitality experience at national competition

KILRUSH student Avamay Broderick receives top prize for the Tourism and Hospitality category in The National Career Skills Competition 2025. The competition calls for students to enter with details of work experience and a career investigation they have undertaken in Transition Year or in their Senior Cycle years of school. Avamay completed her work experience …

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Brian Ború Bridge opens: ‘Tailbacks will fully be a thing of the past’

*PICTURED: Declan Burgess, Cathaoirleach, Tipperary County Council and Alan O’Callaghan, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, pictured with Fiadh Kenny of Convent Primary School and Alex Short of Killaloe Boys National School at the official opening of the Killaloe Bypass road project. Photo by Brian Arthur THE Brian Boru Bridge has been opened, offering a new link …

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“It’s something special”: Relay for Life Clare returns to Ennis this June

This summer, the people of Clare are being called to come together once again for Relay for Life Clare, a 24-hour community event that celebrates cancer survivors, remembers those lost to the disease, and raises vital funds for cancer research and support services. Taking place from 1pm on Saturday, June 21 to 1pm on Sunday, June 22 in Tim Smythe Park, Ennis, …

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Award-winning trio ‘Socks in the Frying Pan’ returns to Ennis for Fleadh Nua Festival 2025

The multi-award winning folk trio, “Socks in the Frying Pan” will be returning to their roots in Ennis to headline The Fleadh Nua Festival 2025. The Fleadh Nua, which began in 1974, is a ten-day festival with over 120 programmed events. The Fleadh Nua aims to bring together concerts, céilithe, music, song and dancing workshops, …

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Clare Cup round-up: Kilmaley & Clonlara amongst quarter-finalists

CRUSHEEN, Sixmilebridge, Clonlara, Newmarket-On-Fergus, Doora Barefield, Kilmaley, O’Callaghan’s Mills and Inagh-Kilnamona are all marching on to quarter-finals despite a mixed bag of results this weekend. Clooney-Quin continued their good run of form in the competition so far as they romped to an easy win over Corofin, just missing out on a top-four spot. A monster …

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