‘Killaloe is a nice place but it could be a lot better’ – facelift for town’s lower end sought
CALLS FOR “a major clean up and facelift” of Killaloe town’s lower end and its bridge crossing the border into Tipperary has been sought.
Alan O’Callaghan
Farmer puts out silage bales to deter illegal encampments by Sixmilebridge graveyard
BALES OF SILAGE have put been out by a local farmer to deter illegal encampments from pitching up outside a graveyard in Sixmilebridge.
Parking in Scariff ‘reaching crisis-point’ as acquisition nears for car park & multi-service hub
*The Market House in Scariff. Photograph: Martin Connolly PLANS TO add a car park to Scariff in a three-part regeneration project for the town is getting the “most priority” with an agreement nearing completion for its acquisition.
AIB must ‘learn how to treat customers’ following cashless backlash
*AIB’s Shannon branch is located in the Shannon Town Centre. Photograph: Joe Buckley AIB must ‘learn how to treat customers’ in the wake of their reversal to scrap plans to make 70 of its 170 branches cashless.
AIB complete u-turn on plans to make four Clare branches cashless
AIB will not proceed with proposed changes to make 70 branches cashless including four in Co Clare.
Condition of road between Oatfield & Truagh ‘simply pathetic’
*Truagh Cemetery. A “bad section” of road between Oatfield and Truagh is included in next year’s programme of works, officials in Clare County Council have confirmed.
200 Clare roads ‘on file awaiting funding’ for local improvement scheme
OVER 200 roads in the county are awaiting funding on the local improvement scheme (LIS).
Clare GAA ‘out of tune’ in failure to embrace county’s traditional music reputation – councillors
*The Tulla Pipe Band in Cusack Park on county final day. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CLARE GAA is out of tune when it comes embracing the county’s reputation as the home of traditional music.
Difference in border road at Ralahine ‘like going from night into day’
*Ralahine Castle. Photograph: Bob Singer A BORDERING ROAD between two Municipal Districts “is like going from night into day,” according to an elected representative.
Return of Spancil Hill Fair celebrates 400 years of history
*Photograph: Chris Copley SPANCIL HILL’s “once a year traffic jams” returned as the famed Horse Fair brought with crowds in excess of 4,000 in attendance.