New political party, Aontú has recruited over twenty five Clare members following its first public meeting in the county. 34 people attended Wednesday’s meeting at Treacy’s West County Hotel, farmers, teachers, business men and women were among the crowd, approximately 15 of those present were retired individuals. Local organisers of the party confirmed to The Clare…
*Photograph: Martin Connolly Roche’s closure in Clarecastle has been deferred by approximately three months. In November 2015, Roche Ireland confirmed it was to exit the Co Clare plant after forty one years. A phase-out of production began in July 2016 when the search for a buyer of the site proved to be unsuccessful. September 2019…
*Tony Kelly. Photograph: Martin Connolly In their second defeat of the 2019 Allianz National Hurling League, Clare paid the price for indiscipline and basic mistakes according to Tony Kelly. When it came to wides, Clare had eleven, Cork only seven. But most costly off all was the frees, Cork were awarded 22 over seventy minutes…
A safety review of junctions on the M18 has been initiated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). It comes on the back of a motion from Cllr Pat Hayes at Clare County Council’s December meeting. The Fianna Fáil councillor sought a review of junctions 12, 13 and 14 on the M18 for safety and traffic purposes.…
*Photograph: Shauna Kennedy Dublin Airport’s monopoly should be tackled in the best interest of Shannon, the wider region it serves and other regions outside the capital, economists have stated. Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick Stephen Kinsella and Limerick Chamber economist Dr. Catriona Cahill entered the debate on Dublin Airport’s unhealthy dominance…
*Cllr Tom McNamara. Photograph: Gary Collins Tom McNamara has become the third sitting Fianna Fáil councillior to announce his retirement from politics. At the party’s selection convention for the Kilrush Local Electoral Area (LEA) on Friday, the sixty five year old confirmed he would not be seeking re-election for a third term to Clare County…
*Photograph; Martin Connolly Students of Scoil Na Maighdine Mhuire in Newmarket-On-Fergus this month stepped on board the BUMBLEance to learn about the work of children’s national ambulance service. The visit forms part of the Clare County Library’s ‘Books and BUMBLEance tour’ which has already visited Scariff, Miltown Malbay and Shannon libraries with children’s writers on…
*Photograph; Martin Connolly Cork picked up their first win of 2019 Allianz National Hurling League at the expense of an underwhelming Clare side. Cork 1-20 Clare 0-20 Venue: Páirc Uí Rinn Although the better team in the opening half, Clare found themselves level pegging at the interval which would have rang alarm bells in their…
A new road which would link two of Clare’s busiest routes has been put on the backburner due to insufficient funds. In the Draft Ennis and Environs Local Area Plan 2015-2021, close attention was given to infrastructure safeguards for a link between the Tulla Rd and the Gort Rd. At a meeting of the Economic…
Homeless individuals that were subject to Garda surveillance “have moved on” from where they were residing in Ennis. Speaking at Monday’s meeting of the Joint Policing Committee, Sergeant Kieran Ruane confirmed there hadn’t been an increase in anti-social behaviour in the county town during the month of December. He did note that coverage in local…