Shannon Airport Group shortlisted as Public Enterprise of the Year
SHANNON AIRPORT Group has been shortlisted for the country’s longest-running business awards.
Required West Clare investment in advance of Irish Open will top NFL €10m spend – Shannon
*Trump Doonbeg. Photograph: Arthur Ellis. OFFICIALS from Clare County Council are due to meet with staff from the Department of Transport as they put forward the case for improving the infrastructure of West Clare in advance of the Irish Open and Walker Cup.
Cooney’s modular wastewater plan to expedite rural housing approved by Cabinet
*Clare TD, Joe Cooney (FG). Photograph: Ruth Griffin. A PROPOSAL originally presented to the Oireachtas by Clare TD Joe Cooney (FG) to install modular wastewater systems in rural towns and villages has now been adopted by the Government.
Owen Ryan tenders resignation with The Clare Champion after eighteen years
*Owen Ryan (centre) is to leave The Clare Champion this month. Photograph: Joe Buckley LONG-serving journalist with The Clare Champion, Owen Ryan is to leave the publication.
Talty’s of Lissycasey win two in a row at national retail awards
ONE of West Clare’s busiest stores has received a national retail award for the second year running.
Munster SFC seeding plans paused with Clare receiving bye to semi-finals
*Aaron Griffin takes on the Kerry defence in the 2025 Munster final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PLANS to have a seeded Munster senior football championship have been paused for 2026.
Fianna Fáil Cllrs say party HQ has lost connection with grassroots
*Junior Minister, Timmy Dooley (FF) and Cllr David Griffin (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley PROBLEMS were evident from the very beginning of the Presidential Election campaign for Fianna Fáil with county councillors in Clare claiming the party has lost its connection with the grassroots.
TÚS maith leath na hoibre – Donnellan graduates with first-class honours
*Paddy Donnellan. Photograph: Brian Arthur BROADFORD’s Paddy Donnellan has graduated with a first-class honours degree in Process and Engineering Management from the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS).
Extra time needed for Clare to overcome Kerry in Oscar Traynor
*Conor Finnucane is congratulated following his goal by Aidan Moloney and Aaron Rudd. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE have qualified for the Munster region semi-finals of the Oscar Traynor after overcoming Kerry for the second year running, this time following extra time.
Burke says Sinn Féin & The Left happy to stay in opposition
*Cllr Pat Burke (FG). Photograph: Gary Collins AN EAST CLARE Fine Gael elected member has said he is more concerned with their failings in Government rather than their poor Presidential election performance.