Burren farming stories of old to be retold at Kilfenora event
TRADITIONAL farming stories and a rich heritage of North Clare will be explored this Friday as part of Biodiversity Week.
Council Chief Exec apologises for comments of Ennis 2040 COO at tense briefing
*A CGI of the proposed Abbey Street development. COMMON GROUND needs to be found to stop “the siege of Ennis”, a tempestuous Council briefing was urged which saw an apology issued following comments by Ennis 2040’s senior official and a call for the designative activity company to be dissolved.
Scariff library officially renamed in honour of Edna O’Brien
SCARIFF public library has been officially renamed in honour of Edna O’Brien.
‘Slow starts are too costly against top quality sides’ laments Clare midfielder Brian Mc
*Clare’s Brian McNamara. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A ‘slow start’ from Clare’s senior footballers left them with too much to do in their opening round defeat to Cork in the All-Ireland SFC.
Munster final loss ‘not the end of the road’ for Clare’s minor hurlers
*Clare’s minor hurlers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CONCEDING two goals in the space of seven minutes “took the wind” out of Clare’s sails as they came up short in their bid to win successive Munster minor hurling titles.
McNamara slams derision directed towards persons who have questioned Ennis 2040 plans
*Clare TD, Michael McNamara. Photograph: John Mangan A CLARE TD has hit out at plans to construct a mixed-use development on Abbey Street car park as part of the Ennis 2040 strategy and labelled it “an illegal transfer of publicly owned property”.
Club championship draws put intriguing ties on the horizon in Clare
*Clonlara’s David Fitzgerald in action against Darren O’Brien and Dara Walsh of Éire Óg. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLUB teams across Clare have discovered who they will be facing in this year’s championships.
Malone appointed as referee for Munster U20 hurling final
*Niall Malone. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNIS’ Niall Malone has been appointed as the referee for the Munster U20 hurling final.
Blue Flag & Green Coast awards for 14 Clare spots
FOURTEEN Clare locations have been awarded Blue Flags and Green Coast awards for the upcoming 2024 bathing season.
The Electoral Chair: Kilrush local electoral area election debate
Dinny Gould, Susan Griffin, Kevin Hassett, Cllr Ian Lynch, Cllr Rita McInerney, Cllr Cillian Murphy, Michael Shannon, Alan Troy and Joseph Woulfe. WEST CLARE is certainly awake so far as political debates are concerned.