*St Caimin’s Community School, Shannon TWO schools in Clare have recently been granted permission to extend. Clarecastle National School and St Caimin’s Community School in Shannon have both been given the green light to proceed with their planned extensions. Welcoming the announcement, Deputy Cathal Crowe (FF) said, “Both schools have ambitious extension plans and I look forward to seeing these additional spaces …
RESPONSIBILITY is needed for an old cemetery wall falling on loved ones’ graves. The boundary wall of O’Briensbridge cemetery collapsed at the end of May and has since become a major obstacle for visitors to the graveyard, with stonework falling onto inhabitants of the burial ground. “People couldn’t tend to their graves or go and …
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*Bog road as part of Dereney Rd A BOG road closed since the end of 2024 is finally expected to reopen later this year. The Clare County Council plans on adding Geogrid Reinforcement to a section of the Dereney Road, subject to the Climate Adaptation grant. The notice of motion submitted by Cllr Pat Burke …
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*Shannon Community Partnership Board SHANNON Community Partnership are holding their first Network Meeting of 2026 this Tuesday, February 3rd. This event, welcomed by Wassim Derguech of Future Mobility Ireland, will celebrate the group’s 2025 achievements while also learning about upcoming projects and finding out how you can get involved. Part of the panel event will …
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*Jessica Sheedy A YOUNG girl’s surgery at UHL leading to her death “should not have been performed,” the HSE have admitted. Jessica Sheedy (18) from Bruff, Limerick, experienced complications in May 2018 during surgery to remove a large but benign tumour from her abdomen at University Hospital Limerick (UHL). She passed away three days later …
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*MSc Human Resource Management graduate Hellen Gyamfi from Ennis. Photograph: Arthur Ellis A TOTAL of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, have graduated from the University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and …
*Sinead Power, Andrea O’Keeffe, Theresa O’Keeffe and Hannah Shannon. Photograph: John Sheridan INAGH-Kilnamona Camogie Senior County Champions 2025 and the Inagh-Kilnamona GAA Premier Junior B Champions 2025 celebrated their achievements with a social in Hotel Woodstock last month. All photos by John Sheridan
CAR mirrors are being hit weekly on a dark Clare road, according to Cllr Patrick O’Gorman (FF). On a weekly basis, “mirrors are being clicked off each other” and “buses have to go across the road” due to a lack of visibility on the Sixmilebridge-Cratloe Road, O’Gorman told councillors at the Shannon Municipal meeting on …
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*Table quiz winners Kilmurry McMahon NS with their trophies INIS Cathaigh Comhaltas branch held their inaugural National school table quiz on Friday last in Teach Ceoil, Kilrush. The host and quizmistress was Karen Coughlan, Múinteoir at Ennis CBS, while the committee who ran the quiz were Seán Mac Mathuna, Anthony Henchy, Vincent O’Halloran, and Anne …
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*Kayleigh & Rosie Currane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill KILMIHIL celebrated their senior football county championships at the club’s victory social last weekend at Hotel Woodstock. All photos by Gerard O’Neill