*The Hyrdo Hotel in Lisdoonvarna is one of the accommodation providers hosting refugees. AN EXIT STRATEGY is needed with a clear timeline on when Clare hotels and accommodation providers used to house asylum seekers and refugees can return to the tourism market.
*A fallen tree in Shannon. Photograph: Donna McGettigan GUSTS OF 106 km/h have been recorded in Co Clare since the arrival of Storm Ashley along with power outages and road blockages.
*Music Generation Clare presents Pádraig Rynne, Tara Breen and Jim Murray at the Well in Ennis, this Friday, for Culture Night. ALMOST fifty events are to take place in Clare this Friday (September 20th) for Culture Night.
*Lahinch playground. TWENTY community projects in Clare will share in the €1.7m worth of funding announced in the Community Recognition Fund.
*Algae bloom on Lough Lickeen. UISCE ÉIREANN have come under fire for their communication amid ongoing water issues in North Clare.
*Helga Himmeslbach. Photograph: John Mangan TIME FOR talking is over and action must now be delivered, a North Clare widow whose husband was killed in Ballyvaughan has said on the efforts to improve road safety in the area.
*Liam Jegou. BALLYVAUGHAN’s Liam Jegou finished seventh in the final of the men’s C1 canoe slalom at the Olympics in Paris.
*Photograph: John Mangan A French national has pleaded guilty to the dangerous driving causing the death of a 71-year old motorcyclist outside the Burren village of Ballyvaughan in North Clare last July.
*Helga Himmselbach at the location where her husband was killed. Photograph: John Mangan ON THE first anniversary of the death of her beloved husband, Jerry O’Connor, Lisdoonvarna woman Helga Himmelsbach has said the amount of near-misses on the roads of North Clare is only increasing.
Annette Kenny, Seasonal Dog Warden, and Ciara Daffy, Environmental Community Warden, Clare County Council, at Lahinch Beach. EXTRA DOG control patrols are to be conducted across Clare beaches this summer.
