*Fianna Fáil’s sitting councillors in East Clare, Tony O’Brien, Alan O’Callaghan and Pat Hayes. NOMINATIONS have closed for prospective candidates within Fianna Fáil’s East Clare Comhairle Ceanntair to contest next year’s local elections.
ENNIS’ Bernárd Lynch is to be honoured with a civic reception by Clare County Council.
*Untreated water entering the sea at Lahinch. Photograph: John Mangan 1,800 tonnes of raw sewage enters the Clare coastline daily.
*An artist’s impression of the scheme. AN APPLICATION is set to be made to An Bord Pleanála for the development of a 20 unit housing development on the Gort Rd in Ennis.
A HALO LIGHT over the Virgin Mary at the Hermitage Grotto “has been causing problems for some time”.
*Clare’s Rory Hayes. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE DEFENDER, Rory Hayes is a major injury doubt for the county’s opening round of the Munster SHC.
*Pictured outside Shannon Airport l-r is Jack Shields from Shannon Airport’s Security Screening Unit, Shannon Airport Duty Free’s Connie Corry and Magdalena Gawron from Shannon Airport’s Security Screening Unit. ST PATRICK’S DAY is set to give a boost to passenger traffic at Shannon Airport.
ELECTIVE PROCEDURES at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) have been cancelled for Wednesday (tomorrow) with all UL Hospitals Group sites including Ennis Hospital reported to be very busy with a high amount of inpatients.
TWO YOUNG CLARE dancers performed the opening number at a Lord of Dance twenty five year anniversary special.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward A DETAILED SUBMISSION has been made by Clare County Council to the Department of Housing seeking inclusion of Ennis and Shannon in the affordable housing schemes.
