All-Ireland champions Clare face Tipperary in first outing of 2025
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior hurlers will have their first outing of 2025 this Saturday.
One Shannon Hub progress ‘dragging’
PROGRESS of the One Shannon Hub is “dragging” which is leading to rising frustration among local elected representatives but senior officials in Clare County Council say they remain “one hundred percent committed” to the project.
Killaloe Bypass opens to traffic
KILLALOE’s Bypass has opened to traffic in the first major step of the biggest regional road project currently underway in the country.
Clare Echo’s 2024 sporting awards
WITH HIGHS and lows aplenty throughout the sporting year, it’s been twelve months to remember on and off the field with plenty of competition for the sought-after Clare Echo sporting awards.
Carey added to the ballot for Seanad election
*Leonora Carey (FG). LEONORA CAREY (FG) has secured a nomination to contest the Seanad Elections.
Hanrahan joins Peter Keane’s Clare management
*James Hanrahan. FORMER CLARE captain, James Hanrahan has joined Peter Keane’s management.
Spike in flu leads to introduction of visitor restrictions in local hospitals
VISITING RESTRICTIONS are to be implemented across all of UL Hospital Group’s hospitals following a spike in hospitalisations of persons with the flu.
Department circular hindering improvements in Toonagh
OMISSION FROM a Department of Transport circular is likely to hinder a Toonagh road which has cars travelling at an “unbelievable” speed from sourcing funding.
Clare’s people & landscape celebrated in Súil Gallery’s inaugural exhibition
Peadar King, Editor; John Kelly, Photographer; Anne Jones, Editor at the Art of Place Exhibition Opening in Súil Gallery. Photograph: Paul Corey SÚIL Gallery’s inaugural exhibition showing the art of place in Co Clare runs until the end of January.
Record number of 502 new housing tenants for Galway County Council in 2024
A RECORD 502 keys were issued to tenants of Local Authority, Approved Housing Bodies, Rental Accommodation, and Mortgage to Rent schemes during 2024, according to the Housing Department of Galway County Council.