Páraic McMahon, Author at Clare Echo

Minister turns sod on €23.6m housing scheme in Claregalway

James Browne TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, pictured after turning the first sod in Baile Chláir (Claregalway) alongside Senator Ollie Crowe; Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton; and Liam Conneally, Chief Executive of Galway County Council. Credit Andrew Downes / XPOSURE. GROUND was officially broken on a €23.6m mixed-tenure housing development in Claregalway …

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McNamara keeps Éire Óg trucking along to new heights

By Páraic McMahon

*A delighted David McNamara keeps a tight grip on the Jack Daly. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. DAVID McNamara was one of the Éire Óg super six to start in both the football and hurling finals as they claimed a historic senior championship double.

Garvey resigns as Greens deputy leader and leaves party

By Páraic McMahon

*Roisin Garvey. FORMER Senator Roisin Garvey has resigned as Deputy Leader of the Green Party and has left the party.

Collision between car & horse in Ennis leaves two people injured

By Páraic McMahon

*FILE PIC TWO people have been hospitalised one with serious life-threatening injuries after a collision between a car and a horse in Ennis in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Visitor facilities in Inis Cealtra & Mountshannon to be upgraded

By Páraic McMahon

APPROVAL has been granted by An Coimisiún Pleanála for the proposed upgrade and enhancement of facilities at Inis Cealtra (Holy Island) and Mountshannon Village.

Minister Carroll MacNeill officially opens new €105m 96-bed block in UHL

By Páraic McMahon

Patrick Madden, from Castleconnell, County Limerick, meets Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and HSE CEO Bernard Gloster on Ward 9C, University Hospital Limerick, after the Minister opened the new 96-bed Block at UHL on Monday October 13th. Picture: Don Moloney A €105m 96-bed inpatient block has been officially opened by the Minister for Health, …

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‘Regulation gone mad’ – no urgency to solve removal of North & West Clare schools from hot meals scheme

By Páraic McMahon

*Photograph: John Mangan RURAL SCHOOLS in North and West Clare were specifically hit with their removal from the State’s Hot School Meals scheme “because of logistics and costs,” elected representatives have claimed.

Mid-West Oireachtas members back three-tier hospital expansion plan for region

By Páraic McMahon

OIREACHTAS members from Clare and Limerick have given their backing to a three-tier plan to expand hospital capacity in the Mid-West, following publication of HIQA’s review of urgent and emergency care services in the region.

Éire Óg win historic senior double

By Páraic McMahon

*Aaron Fitzgerald with the Jack Daly and Canon Hamilton. Photograph: Ruth Griffin. ÉIRE ÓG have won the senior championship double after scoring 1-8 without reply to shake off the challenge of a gutsy St Joseph’s Doora/Barefield to win a fourth Clare SFC in five seasons.

Corofin crowned intermediate champions for fifth time

By Páraic McMahon

*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. COROFIN will return to the top flight of the Clare football next season after winning the intermediate championship final against Cooraclare.

Páraic McMahon

Minister turns sod on €23.6m housing scheme in Claregalway

McNamara keeps Éire Óg trucking along to new heights

Garvey resigns as Greens deputy leader and leaves party

Collision between car & horse in Ennis leaves two people injured

Visitor facilities in Inis Cealtra & Mountshannon to be upgraded

Minister Carroll MacNeill officially opens new €105m 96-bed block in UHL

‘Regulation gone mad’ – no urgency to solve removal of North & West Clare schools from hot meals scheme

Mid-West Oireachtas members back three-tier hospital expansion plan for region

Éire Óg win historic senior double

Corofin crowned intermediate champions for fifth time

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