*Violet Anne Wynne and Donna McGettigan at the 2020 General Election count in Ennistymon. Photograph: John Mangan SINN FÉIN ALLOWED Violet-Anne Wynne to stand as a candidate in the 2020 General Election because they did not believe she would win a seat, the author of a biography on Mary Lou McDonald has said.
*Senator Roisin Garvey (GP). Photograph: John Mangan CLARE SENATOR Roisin Garvey (GP) has taken up the role of the Green Party’s leader in the Seanad.
*Ei Electronics’ Shannon campus. Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON COMPANY Ei Electronics has acquired its Sydney based Australian distributor, Brooks PTY.
A rainbow stretches over Cusack Park. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NAMING RIGHTS FOR CUSACK PARK, the development of the Cloister Car Park and securing sponsors for club championships have all been pinpointed as targeted sources of revenue for Clare GAA next year.
*The Feakle Rd in Ballyminoge in Scariff. Photograph: Ruth Griffin SCARIFF’s planned social housing scheme has met an early hiccup with the construction date delayed.
*Raymond O’Mahony. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ENNIS’ RAYMOND O’MAHONY has been elected as the new secretary of the Clare Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA).
*Clare GAA Chairman, Kieran Keating. Photograph: Natasha Barton CHAIRMAN OF CLARE GAA, Kieran Keating has hit out at the “very flawed process” that resulted in suspensions for two of the county’s senior hurlers this year while the need to provide facilities of a comparable standard to other counties was also stressed.
*Photograph: John Mangan 1,400 TONNES OF SALT has been used in gritting roads across Co Clare in the past week as part of efforts to minimise the risk to road users during the current cold snap.
AN OUTBREAK of verotoxigenic E coli infection (VTEC) has resulted in the temporary closure of a childcare facility in Co Clare.
AN ELDERLY KILRUSH WOMAN was left waiting eight hours for an ambulance to arrive.
