HENRY’S Bistro and Wine Bar opened its doors on Market Street this week with popular businessman Dermot Fetton at the helm. Dermot – well-known for running The Cloister restaurant on Abbey Street for the last six years with wife Noreen – says their new establishment will have a lovely casual bistro feel with a very …
(L-R): Eamon Ryan, Roisin Garvey, Barry O’Donovan, Grace O’Sullivan. Photograph: John Mangan Two candidates have been announced by The Green Party to contest next year’s local elections in Clare. Over sixty people gathered at the Rowan Tree in Ennis on Thursday night where Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan declared Roisin Garvey and Barry O’Donovan would …
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*Photograph: Eugene McCafferty Having secured an official Guinness World Record in August, ‘Knitters of the World’ and the Clare branch of the Irish Red Cross were recognised by Clare County Council. Following a meeting of Ennis Municipal District on Wednesday, Mayor Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy and elected members acknowledged their achievement. Produced by Valery Larkin …
There has been a reduction in the instances of dogs and horses being impounded, seized and euthanized in Co Clare. Figures up until the end of September show only five horses have been euthanized in the county this year in comparison with 45 in 2015. Six horses have been rehomed this year which is a …
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Clare’s longest standing councillor has hit out at the proposed reduction of General Municipal Allocation (G.M.A.) for the four municipal districts in the country. Cllr PJ Kelly was speaking at Monday’s meeting of the local authority where he tabled a motion which asked “that the C.E.O. reverses his proposal to reduce G.M.A. in forthcoming estates …
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A Newmarket-on-Fergus native will this week launch the first book devoted to Irish government policy towards Northern Ireland from the division of the country in 1921 to the present day. Donnacha Ó Beacháin is Associate Professor at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (DCU) where he lectures on post-Soviet politics, unrecognised states, …
*Photograph: John Mangan In a week where a documentary on whistleblower, Maurice McCabe cast a dark shadow on An Garda Síochána, one member of the force has been hailed for his service to Co Clare. On Monday, a mayoral reception was held for Chief Superintendent John Kerin ahead of his upcoming retirement. Warm tributes were …
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*Photograph: RIP.ie A Kilmaley undertaker was “surprised and honoured” to be the funeral director for the reposal, mass and burial of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. Musician, composer and academic, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin died last Wednesday after a long illness. His funeral took place at St Senans Church, Kilrush on Monday and PJ Murphy was the chosen …
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*Photograph: Geograph.ie Cold water has been poured on a proposal to purchase a site for sale in Ennis to accommodate the homeless. At Monday’s meeting of Clare County Council, James Breen asked that they consider purchasing a building which is currently for sale at Carmody St in Ennis which in his estimates can “accommodate 100 …
Unlikely Carmody St site will be purchased to house homeless Read More »
Clare County Council has forked out over €1 million on the travelling community in the last three years. A total of €1,259,103 has been spent by the Council since 2016 and the local authority expects this figure to rise to €1,363,407 by the end of the year. The expenditure is towards accommodation, maintenance, waste collection, …
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