Power outage in Ennistymon after transformer catches fire
*Photograph: John Sheridan A FIRE on an electricity pole in Ennistymon left over 700 people without power in North Clare.
Old Killaloe Ballina bridge to be pedestrianised permanently
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon. PERMANENT pedestrianisation of the Old Killaloe Ballina Bridge is to come into effect this Friday evening.
‘No better feeling that meeting the lads three times a week & going to the trenches’ – Corofin captain Cahill
*Corofin captain Gearoid Cahill leads the celebrations. Photograph: Ruth Griffin MEETING, training and going to the trenches with the guys you have grown up alongside in Corofin makes playing GAA with the club ‘one of the best feelings’ for Gearoid Cahill.
€1m for Killaloe/Ballina enhancement plan but Crusheen rail stop misses out on funding
€1M has been allocated for the delivery of public realm and enhancement projects in Killaloe and Ballina but the wheels are not moving in Crusheen with no money set aside for the reopening of the rail stop in the village.
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
*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
*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
*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
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
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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