*Photograph: Martin Connolly THE BILL to Swiss pharma giant, Roche in decommissioning and demolishing its County Clare plant at Clarecastle and connected environmental costs now totals €57.27m for a three year period.
*The IAA’s Shannon offices. MORE THAN half the 727 staff employed at the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) last year received pay in excess of €100,000.
*The first time offender was before Killaloe District Court. A 24 year old silage contractor told Gardaí that the €2,480 in cash, which was the proceeds of criminal conduct found in his car, was won on a horse.
*The tents at Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre. THE NUMBERS of asylum seekers being accommodated in tented accommodation at Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre in South Clare currently tops 100.
LARGE CROWDS are expected in Barefield this Sunday to celebrate the life of an adopted Clare man with the staging of the 2nd ‘Pat Bogue 5k’ event.
A 46-year old mother accused of attempting to murder her eight year daughter is finding her time on remand in prison “extremely difficult”, a court has heard.
THREE PRIMARY school going children at the centre of ‘flogging at home’ allegations want to return home to their mother after almost three years apart, a court has heard.
*Minister Darragh O’Brien flanked by Cathal Crowe TD and Senator Timmy Dooley. Photograph: Joe Buckley Junior Minister Kieran O’Donnell (FG) has rapped Clare County Council for excessive zoning of lands for housing in its new Clare County Development Plan.
A HUSBAND threw used and dirty cat litter on top of his wife during the course of an alleged assault at their Co Clare home on Wednesday evening, a court has heard.
*St Flannan’s staff objecting the plans. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL should be in no doubt that there is an overwhelming rejection by the entire school community at St Flannan’s College in Ennis to HSE plans for a €25m community hospital on the college’s green space.
