IT’S finally here and we are beyond excited! Today is the day we will finally get to see for certain if Loop Head has made it into the final cut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi as it hits cinemas today. There was great excitement around West Clare last year as the Star Wars film …
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IT’S been a bumper month for employment in Clare as biomedical testing company Beckman Coulter have just announced 70 jobs. Beckman Coulter, which develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate and innovate complex biomedical testing, is expanding the company’s development and manufacturing facility at Lismeehan, County Clare, creating the jobs over the next two …
THEY bring our issues to the fore of local politics, but how much do we know about our District Mayors? We here at The Clare Echo felt it was about time we got to the real nitty gritty of who these people REALLY are, so we gave them the grilling of all grillings. We think …
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CLARE County Council are due to make a final decision on Donald Trump’s planning application to build a defensive sea wall in Doonbeg by the end of this week. In case you have been living on the moon for the last couple of years, let us fill you in. Trump International Golf Links Limited have …
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CLARE County Council is breaking new ground on the tourism front as they will appoint a Tourism Development Officer for Clare for the first time ever. Economic Devlopment Director of Services Brian McCarty confirmed that Clare County Council received approval for the appointment from the Government last week. “This resource, when appointed will be a …
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CLARE County Council has given 51 families a fantastic Christmas gift as two new housing schemes will see these people in need spending the festive season in their new homes. The schemes, at Lios Anama in Sixmilebridge and Aisling, off Shanaway Road in Ennis, comprise a mix of three and four-bedroom houses with families moving …
A FUEL drive for the elderly of Ennistymon is being organised by Ennistymon Vocational School for a third year, with locals being urged to give a little warmth this Christmas – by donating turf, coal, timber, briquettes, kindle or firelighters. Organiser Gabrielle O’Brien, who said she would love to see the idea spreading throughout the county …
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A 2,200 year old body found in the Burren suffered a violent end and was buried in a very unusual way, according to archaeologists. Irish Fieldschool of Prehistoric Archaeology site director Dr Ros Ó Maoldúin said the body of the person in their twenties, dating from the Iron Age, was found with stab wounds. “It’s …
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THE campaign to get Pope Francis to visit Co Clare when he comes to Ireland for the World Meeting of Families in 2018 is gathering momentum. Fianna Fáil Councillor Cathal Crowe has added his voice to the campaign started by East Clare tourism advocate Eoin O’Hagan. Cllr Crowe’s request reads: “That Clare County Council liaise with …
