Michelin Star award for Homestead Cottage
*Photograph: John Mangan DOOLIN restaurant Homestead Cottage has been awarded its first Michelin Star – just seven months after opening its doors.
UHL urges public to use ‘alternative care options’ with long delays at Emergency Department
*University Hospital Limerick UNIVERSITY Hospital Limerick (UHL) is currently experiencing extremely high demand and are appealing to the public to consider all care options before presenting at their Emergency Department.
Record number of new homes commenced in Clare in 2023
Commencement data for December shows construction started on 563 new homes in 2023.
Yellow Weather Warning for Clare
Storm Jocelyn will hit the Banner County from 10am Tuesday until 2am Wednesday. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads on Tuesday 23 January and Wednesday 24 January as Met Éireann have issued Orange and Yellow Weather Warnings for Storm Jocelyn which will bring very strong southwest to west winds with severe and damaging gusts. The Orange …
‘200 jobs and worth €3.5m each year’: Ennis 2040 releases details of €48m town centre development
*PICTURED: Kevin Corrigan, Pat Dowling and Carmel Kirby. Photo by Brian Arthur Ennis 2040 DAC, in collaboration with Clare County Council, has released details of an Economic Impact Assessment that sheds light on the transformative potential of a proposed €48 million investment in four strategic town centre sites. The four identified sites—Abbey Street Car …
€3,400 raised by the Ennis Yoga Studio for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
Anne Drumm, Fiona Guiheen and Brenda Byrne with committee members of Clare IPSC (Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign). A recent event run by the Ennis Yoga Studio to raise funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), exceeded expectations by collecting €3,400.
Teens do Banner proud at BT Young Scientist Exhibition
*Eilidh Lawless and Caoimhe McCarthy from Mary Immaculate Secondary School Clare and their project “Does water temperature affect the righting ability of two species of starfish (Asterias rubens and Asterina gibbosa)?’ at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2024 in the RDS Dublin. Clare students received no less than five honours at the BT …
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Bed closures at Ennistymon Community Hospital “unacceptable” – Slattery
*Bill Slattery The continued closure of almost half of all long term and respite beds at Ennistymon Community Hospital is causing serious concern and anxiety in the wider North Clare community, according to Clare Local Election candidate for West Clare Municipal District Bill Slattery.
Local Enterprise Office Clare clients created 188 jobs in 2023
*PICTURED: Padraig McElwee of the Local Enterprise Office, Clare. Photo by Arthur Ellis THE annual results of the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) for 2023 has revealed that Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Clare supported companies created 188 jobs in 2023.
€5,500 raised for MidWest Cancer Foundation in mega concert
*Clare Rose, Aishling O’Connor and Limerick Rose, Molli-Ann O’Halloran were amongst the performers in the concert. A mega concert was held in aid of the MidWest Cancer Foundation at UHL on Saturday 6th January 2024 at Treacy’s Oakwood Hotel, Shannon.