Lahinch’s Aoife wins apartment in Castlegar fundraiser
A 25 year old from Lahinch is the new owner of a Salthill property after winning a fundraising draw.
‘A powerful loss to Clare but a big gain for Galway’ – Liam Conneally appointed Chief Exec of Galway County Council
Liam Conneally. Photograph: Eamon Ward ENNISTYMON native Liam Conneally has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of Galway County Council.
60% of Coláiste students would cycle if infrastructure improved
60 percent of students at Coláiste Muire in Ennis have said they would be more inclined to cycle to school if wider footpaths and increased cycling lanes existed.
Woman (80s) dies in West Clare crash
A WOMAN in her eighties has died following a road traffic collision involving a car and a truck between Kilbaha and Kilkee.
Conviction for sexual offence should be ‘black mark’ & rule people out of social housing – Clare TD
*The comments were made at a sitting of the Clare JPC. A CLARE TD has said persons with a conviction for sexual offences should not be considered for social housing schemes that also include families.
GALLERY: ‘We now have our own Book of Kells’ – Dermot Hayes’ memoir launched to great fanfare
*Dermot Hayes gets a kiss from wife Marian. Photograph: Natasha Barton ST PATRICK’S HALL in Corofin was packed to capacity on Saturday for the official launch of ‘The Road That Rises’ the memoir of Clare activist Dermot Hayes.
Sporting great Honest John Purcell will be remembered at Patrick’s Day Parade in Ennis
‘Honest’ John Purcell will be remembered as a hero of the past when PJ Purcell, grand-nephew of John, will act as one of the Grand Marshals at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ennis.
McNamara responds to claims Independents have ‘easiest gig in Dáil’ & reveals openness to help form future Govt
*Michael McNamara. CLARE TD, Michael McNamara (IND) has said fellow TD Cathal Crowe’s (FF) comments that Independents have the “easiest gig in town” in the current Dáil is wide of the mark and revealed he is not opposed to going into Government with any party if successful at the next General Election.
Thefts in Clare ‘easily preventable’ if public lock the doors and keep windows shut
*Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward BURGLARIES AND THEFTS are rising across Co Clare with the public aiding this level of criminality by keeping doors and windows opened, the Chief Superintendent has said.
Anti-social behaviour in Ennis ‘repeated across the country’
Photograph: Fiona McNamara “INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR” witnessed in thew town of Ennis is not unique to the county town, the county’s Chief Superintendent has said.
