*Máire Ní Mhurchú, Chair of the ISCF speaking at last week’s Visit Clare Tourism Networking event in The Inn At Dromoland. Photo Eamon Ward. ECONOMIC value of short-term lets across a 32 week tourism season in Co Clare has been calculated at €4.8m.
*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Brian Arthur LEO VARADKAR’s (FG) decision to step down as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael will not result in an early General Election according to two of Clare’s Oireachtas members.
*Senator Martin Conway pictured with Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar while campaigning in Dublin in 2021. CLARE SENATOR, Martin Conway (FG) has backed Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris (FG) to become the next Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael.
*Aisling Reidy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE MIDFIELDER Aisling Reidy says they feel a league title is the least they deserve.
*Leonard Cleary. Photograph: Eamon Ward. ‘OUTSIDE THE BOX’ thinking is needed to assist the tourism industry overcome the accommodation challenges facing the sector in Co Clare.
*Eoin Cleary. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill EX Clare senior football captain, Eoin Cleary has said he is enjoying life away from an inter-county set-up.
*Short-term lets sparked a debate at this month’s Council sitting. PROVIDERS of short-term lets should not be made “scapegoats” for the housing crisis in Ireland, Clare’s housing policy chairperson has said.
A “SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT” has been recorded in the amount of patients waiting for a first appointment in the adult outpatients diabetes clinic within UL Hospitals Group.
1,500 visitors are estimated to attend the Ennis Tattoo Convention which takes place in the county town this weekend.
ABBEY Street car park served as an excellent venue for the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Ennis which attracted hundreds to the county town.