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Uisce Éireann apologise to community of O’Briensbridge following EPA report

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UISCE Éireann has apologised to customers for “failures” in relation to water treatment at O’Briensbridge. An EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) audit this week revealed that people in the East Clare village were exposed to inadequately disinfected water for 12 months before a boil notice was put in place last August, a notice which was lifted …

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Shannon Heritage staff raises funds for Children’s Ark Unit at UHL

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PICTURED: Kristina Buckley (Play Specialist, Children’s Ark Unit), Aileen Moloney (Shannon Heritage), Jennifer Khan (Assistant Director of Nursing for Paediatric ED), Joe O’Connor (Play Worker, Children’s Ark Unit), Caroline O’Sullivan (Shannon Heritage) and Teresa Joyce (Clinical Nurse Manager 3). STAFF of Shannon Heritage have presented a cheque for €1,000 and children’s toys to The Children’s …

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‘Extraordinary’ 315-million-year-old fossil sponge found near the Cliffs of Moher

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PICTURED: Dr. Eamon Doyle, Dr. Joseph Botting and Dr. Lucy Muir with the new fossil sponges discovered near the Cliffs of Moher An extraordinary new species of fossil sponge dating back to a time when County Clare was located close to the Equator has been discovered in the rocks that make up the Cliffs of …

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2023 Clare news year in review

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*Protests in Inch garnered national attention. Photograph: John Mangan WITH the year’s end upon us, The Clare Echo goes through the archives to look at the good, the bad and the ugly from 2023.