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County Clare award winning teacher says teaching is ‘more than academics.’

Donna Fitzgerald, a teacher at St Joseph’s Secondary School in Tulla, is the only one of the four national winners of a Teachers Inspire to have received a group nomination. Organised and run by Dublin City University, Teachers Inspire is an Ireland-wide initiative that seeks to celebrate teachers and to recognise the transformative role they …

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REBECCA O’NEILL: Making a travel bucket-list

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Having a travel bucket list is talked about by so many people yet there is also a sizeable amount of individuals that actually stick to the list once they write it down.

First coercive control case comes before Clare courts

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*Photograph: John Mangan Gardaí were unable to serve a Book of Evidence on a 47-year old Co Clare man concerning the alleged sexual assault and false imprisonment of his ex-wife.

Green Senator among objectors to 175m wind farm

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*Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Eamon Ward Over 100 objections have been lodged against a 175 metre high eight wind-turbine wind farm overlooking the Wild Atlantic Way in west Clare.

Winning form continues for Clare greyhounds in Limerick

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Clare greyhounds were in winning form at Limerick on Monday last.

Clare County Development Plan - Public Consultation Events

Public consultation events on Draft Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029

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Members of the public in County Clare are being encouraged to provide input on the Draft Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029. A series of public consultation events will take place across the county subject to public health guidelines over the coming weeks, commencing on Tuesday, 25th January, 2022. The events form part of a public …

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People in Clare donated over 15,000 COVID-19 vaccines

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UNICEF Ireland has revealed that people in Clare donated over 15,000 COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest countries at Christmas. The festive surge in donations brings the county’s total donations to UNICEF Ireland’s Get a Vaccine, Give a Vaccine campaign to 50,000 vaccine deliveries. UNICEF is leading the procurement and delivery of life-saving COVID-19 vaccines, as part …

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Ennis man boxing clever as profits surges to €6m at healthcare firm

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Pre-tax profits at healthcare recruitment firm, TTM Healthcare increased almost three fold to €6.69m in 2020.

Local Enterprise Office Clare Clients Created 278 Jobs in 2021

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Local Enterprise Office Clare now supporting over 230 Small Businesses and 1,330 jobs according to new figures 278 new jobs created in 2021 Net employment gain of 153 in 2021 230 total small businesses employing 1,330 people supported by LEO CLARE Yesterday, Monday 17th January, at a live virtual event, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade …

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A larger than life Fr Kevin remembered

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Month’s mind mases are now being prepared in Kerry and in his native Cooraclare for the late Fr. Kevin McNamara whose sudden death shocked parishioners and his many friends in both counties.

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