Wings helping Shannon’s potential as a music venue take flight
*Mikey and Lee Wall performing. Photograph: Joe Buckley WINGS festival returns what will be the third instalment of the week-long music festival in Shannon Town.
CLARE CUP: Inch crusade past Connolly in Kilmaley derby & Tulla come up trumps vs Coole
*Man of the match Conor Finucane prepares to hit a free. COOLE FC and Mountshannon Celtic were the biggest names to exit the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup while in the Kilmaley derby it was Inch Crusaders who claimed the bragging rights.
Six different applications could see 66 wind turbines erected across East Clare
EAST CLARE is facing the possibility of becoming a wind turbine hotspot if multiple developments are given the green light.
‘We need extra referees to alleviate the burden on our current crop’ – Clare GAA looking for new whistlers
*John Bugler, Fergal O’Brien and Andy McMahon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA have launched a referee recruitment drive in a bid to boost the amount of whistlers in the county.
€7.7m development to build 30 social houses in Ennistymon put on hold
*Photograph: Martin Connolly DELIVERY of 30 social houses in Ennistymon has been put on hold.
Clare footballers to resume bid for league promotion
*Daniel Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S footballers will recommence their bid for promotion in the Allianz National Football League when they travel to Offaly on Sunday.
Cllr Murphy slammed over “ignorant and “disgraceful” comments on elderly drivers
*Cllr Paul Murphy. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARECASTLE representative, Cllr Paul Murphy (FG) has come under strong criticism for singling out elderly drivers in his defence of traffic calming measures along the Clon Road in Ennis.
‘We’re more likely to spot a leprechaun than a Garda on the beat in Clare’
*Photograph: John O’Neill THERE is a better chance of spotting a leprechaun than a Garda on the beat in Co Clare, a Shannon public representative has remarked.
Cowan’s temporary leave from UL Hospitals Group ‘unsurprising’
Noeleen Moran. Photograph: Martin Molloy A KEY member of the Mid-West Hospital Campaign has said the decision of the UL Hospitals Group CEO to go on temporary leave is “unsurprising”.
Uisce Éireann unable to provide figures for Ennis project as traffic disruption continues on Lifford Rd
TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS will continue on the Lifford Rd in Ennis for the next five weeks while Uisce Éireann carry out works in the locality.