Local residents at the official opening of the Springfield Flood Relief Scheme. Photograph: Eamon Ward 21 homes in Clonlara will be protected from flooding following the completion of the €5.2 million Springfield flood relief scheme.
*Seán Neylon of St Joseph’s Miltown gets away from Eoghan Killeen. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. A LAST REMAINING spot in the TUS Clare SFC quarter-finals is the prize when Doonbeg and St Joseph’s Miltown meet this weekend.
*An artist’s impression of the development from Golf Links Rd. PLANS TO construct the largest single housing development in Ennis have met a stumbling block.
*Doolin Coast Guard. TENSIONS have eased within Doolin Coast Guard with senior officials insisting they have no concerns on the atmosphere there while the Junior Minister responsible for the Coast Guard has yet to visit the Unit.
A POPULAR café and pizzeria in Killaloe is to close its doors resulting in 22 job losses in East Clare.
*Shannon Airport. A RAIL SPUR for Shannon Airport “can be done and it is a matter of getting it done,” the Junior Minister in the Department of Transport has said.
*Eibhear Quilligan. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE GOALKEEPER Eibhear Quilligan undergoes surgery this week.
THREE of the six cars stolen from Optimum Autos in Darragh have been recovered as a Garda investigation continues.
THERE IS “great sadness” in North Clare following the death of Moy GAA honorary life president Joe Vaughan in a fatal house fire.
A MAN in his seventies has died following a fatal house fire in Moy.