Day: 6 July 2026

lifebuoy

Calls for QR codes with emergency info to be installed on county’s life buoys well-received at June council meeting

A MOTION by a Clare cllr to install QR codes containing emergency information on all life buoys in the county received considerable support at a recent council meeting. Cllr. Tommy Guilfoyle (SF), who has since been elected Mayor of Ennis, made the proposal during the June sitting of Clare County Council, receiving the backing of …

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Mills re-Boyce after electric extra-time surge to win back Clare Cup

*Seán Boyce takes on Matthew Crotty. Photograph: Ruth Griffin Championship hurling coverage brought to you in association with McKeoghs Home, Garden & DIY A perfectly timed brace of Sean Boyce goals ultimate proved decisive as O’Callaghan’s Mills eventually held off East Clare rivals Scariff to garner the Clare Cup honours after extra-time.

Planning underway for first stage of West Clare Greenway

CLARE County Council has begun submitting the first section of the West Clare Railway Greenway to An Coimisiún Pleanála for development consent. When complete, the Greenway will stretch for approximately 100 kilometres, linking Kilrush with Ennis via Kilkee, Miltown Malbay, Lahinch and Ennistymon, linking all tourist areas of the West Coast. This comes after Minister …

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Historic West Clare Irish college to be granted new lease of life after planning approval

COLÁISTE Eoghain has been granted planning permission to turn the former Irish college in Carrigaholt into “a residential cultural and educational centre with overnight visitor accommodation”. The former Irish college first lodged plans for the renovations this time last year with a further information request by Clare County Council over relevant ecological surveys, wastewater concerns …

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