FATHER-OF-THREE Seamus Cotter was once given 18 months to live. Ennis father-of-three Seamus Cotter helped launch the Marie Keating Foundation’s Gold Medal-winning show garden at Bord Bia Bloom in Dublin’s Phoenix Park last week as he marks a remarkable milestone – 10 years since being diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and told he had …
THE LEO will also launch a six week succession programme for businesses owners looking to either sell or pass on their business in Autumn. These projects, as well as the achievements of Clare LEO, were outlined in a presentation to several elected representatives at Clare County Council headquarters on Wednesday. Senior Enterprise Development Officer Theresa …
THE Draft Local Enterprise Plan 2026-2028 was presented today in a meeting at Clare County Council headquarters. Miltown Malbay’s Theresa Mulvihill Kileen delivered a presentation to several of the county’s cllrs on the work of Clare’s local enterprise office so far and their plans for the future. Members of each of Clare’s LEAs attended the …
Over €4m spent on school prefabs & rental of land since 2020. MORE than €4.1 million has been spent on the rental of land and prefabs in County Clare since 2020. Figures supplied by the Department of Education show that €4,120,753 was spent on the rental of prefabs and land in the county between 2020 …
Cooney queries long-term use of school prefabs in Clare Read More »
A BAIL application is to be made next week in court for a 40-year old Dublin man charged in connection with an estimated €4.2m cannabis drug seizure on the outskirts of Shannon last week. At Ennis District Court on Wednesday, counsel, Barry O’Farrell BL told Judge Adrian Harris that a bail application would be made …
SHANNON Athletic Club have been granted planning permission to construct a new 400m running track at Tullyvarraga in the town, following a long running development saga. The club have also been granted permission for ancillary track facilities, changing rooms, an enlarged parking area and floodlighting by the local authority. An initial application was submitted by …
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THE fifteen time Clare Senior Hurling Champions made the application to Clare County Council late last month as part of ongoing efforts to improve facilities and member experience in the community. Located next to the recently opened €1.2 million Sixmilebridge GAA Arena, the Cappa Lodge pitch acts as a secondary facility for the hurling club …
BEST of luck to all the students doing their Leaving Cert and Junior Cert in the coming days. Every year in Ireland it happens almost like clockwork. The rain disappears, the evenings stretch longer, gardens burst into colour, and warm sunshine pours across the country. And somewhere, somebody always smiles and says: “You can tell …
Thought for the Week – You Are More Than A Grade Read More »
A 15M TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE will be built close to Doolin Cave in order to provide enhanced broadband to Inisheer and Inishmaan, should a planning application by the NBI to Clare County Council be approved. Galway planning consultants Entrust have made an application to the planning department for the structure as well as a sizeable adjoining …
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FOLLOWING the completion of recent roadworks, the local authority is proposing a number of road and footpath developments in the Clare village, popular with commuters to Ennis, Shannon and Limerick. The council have applied to the planning department for “Proposed new parking area, proposed junction upgrades to include raised tables, upgrade of existing parking areas …