AN Coimiúsin Pleanála (ACP) has confirmed that plans have formally been withdrawn for a €1.4bn wind farm comprising ’30 Eiffel Tower sized turbines’ off the coast of Co Clare and Co Galway. TV chat-show host and standup comedian, Tommy Tiernan was one of 177 third parties to lodge submissions with ACP on the contentious plan …
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*St John the Baptist Church in Ballyea. THE mother of 16-year old Clare student, TJ Chambers told mourners that she and TJ’s father, Tomás “are completely and utterly heartbroken with what has just happened to our perfect little family”. At the St. John the Baptist-Church in Ballyea on Friday afternoon, Suzanne Chambers addressed her son …
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*Ennis Courthouse. A JUDGE has imposed a six-year prison term on a father for the “grotesque” sexual assault of his then 14 year old daughter at their Co Clare home.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. PLANS to construct a new permanent ballroom at the Trump owned resort in Doonbeg will have no impact on the tiny protected 2mm snail, the Vertigo Angustior.
*The case has been adjourned to January 7th. A JUDGE has stated that an Ennis man believes that female professionals who help him are “fair game” for the man to send them lewd images of himself.
*The cost to Aer Lingus of returning the Boston-bound flight to Shannon was €28,213. A JUDGE has given the go-ahead for a female US college student to give evidence via video link in a trial where a 58-year old Co Galway man is denying two counts of sexual assault on the teenager on board a …
*Aldi on Francis St was among the stores targeted. A 13-year old Ennis girl has appeared at the Children’s Court concerning a spate of alleged thefts from retail outlets in Ennis.
*A neutral party is to hand over the gifts. A JUDGE has overseen a court agreement where Christmas presents for two children from a father in prison are to be handed over to the children’s mother via a neutral party in time for Christmas Day.
*The Armada Hotel in Spanish Point. THE SPANISH POINT hotel business operated by Mount Everest conqueror John Burke reached new heights last year when it enjoyed record revenues of €14.19m.
*St Peter and Paul Cathedral. A 42 year old Ennis man has been jailed for six months arising from an incident where he ‘destroyed the floor’ of a Catholic Cathedral building in Ennis by defecating on it.