*Gardaí detected the Tipperary teenager going at speed at the Killaloe/Ballina bridge. A judge commented ‘Mother of God tonight’ in court after an 18 year old school boy accused of dangerous driving told him that he was due to start his Leaving Certificate exams.
*Photograph: Brian Arthur THE HISTORIC opening of the Brian Boru Bridge could have been handled much better, elected representatives have conceded.
KILLALOE’s new bridge is to be named after Brian Ború.
A NEW BOULES ARENA is planned by Killaloe/Ballina Sports and Community Facilities Development at Clarisford Park.
*The new bridge between Killaloe and Ballina lit up for the first time. COMPLETION targets for one of the biggest infrastructural projects in East Clare are on track to be met.
TWO CLARE projects have been forwarded for consideration for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF).
KILLALOE’s Bypass has opened to traffic in the first major step of the biggest regional road project currently underway in the country.
THE KILLALOE Male Voice Choir returned home with two bronze awards from the Praga Cantat Choral Festival in Prague.
*Photograph: John O’Neill AN AMALGAMATED Garda Division of Clare and Tipperary has been “a logistical nightmare,” the Dáil has heard.
ST FLANNAN’S Cathedral will host the twelfth annual SCS Killaloe Music Festival.
