The amazing community spirit of Clare Red Cross
THE Clare branch of the Irish Red Cross have done some incredible work helping communities deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
Newmarket-on-Fergus groups going the extra 500 miles this weekend
Staying apart but coming together is the slogan of a Newmarket-on-Fergus fundraiser that takes place over the June Bank Holiday weekend.
WATCH: Ella shaves her head for Irish Cancer Society
*Tadhg and Ella Fitzpatrick shave their heads for the Irish Cancer Society SIXTEEN year old Ella Fitzpatrick and her dad Tadhg have said goodbye to their luscious locks.
Fleadh Nua goes global
LIKE many other events around the county, this year’s Fleadh Nua in Ennis has been cancelled due to Covid-19.
Gillian to get going for frontline workers at Sláinte & Cahercalla
*Sláinte an Chláir. Photograph: Paschal Brooks WE DID a double take when we heard that Gillian Davis Dunphy was aiming to do 100,000 steps in a day for charity. Surely an extra zero slipped in there by accident?
Scattery Island one of sixty islands surrounding Ireland no longer inhabited
Remnants of the last remaining inhabitants of Scattery Island last to this day, 32 years after their departure.
New community group welcomes Council’s mobility plan
ENNIS’S newest community group has welcomed Clare County Council’s mobility plan, which sees temporary Covid-19 traffic restrictions put in place.
SOS offer free wellness webinars to people of Clare
A LEADING mental health and suicide prevention charity is offering a series of daily live ‘wellness webinars’ to support the mental health of people in Clare.
€2,000 of suspected cocaine seized in Ennis
GARDAÍ seized €2,000 of suspected cocaine in Ennis yesterday. Shortly before 12 midday Gardaí from Clare Divisional Drugs Unit executed a search warrant at a house in the Tobartaoscain area. During the course of the search Gardaí discovered a metal tin that was held underneath a car with a magnet. The tin contained €2,000 of …
WATCH: Outstanding Orla crosses the finish line
THERE was never any doubt that Orla Platten from Quin would reach her goal of cycling 21km in 21 days, but it has to be said that she did it with style.
