20 Clare projects to share €1.7m from Community Recognition Fund
*Lahinch playground. TWENTY community projects in Clare will share in the €1.7m worth of funding announced in the Community Recognition Fund.
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Formal complaint lodged with Uisce Éireann over ongoing water issues in North Clare
*Algae bloom on Lough Lickeen. UISCE ÉIREANN have come under fire for their communication amid ongoing water issues in North Clare.
‘Time for words is over, the time for action is here’ – safety on North Clare roads under spotlight
*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.
‘To be in the fight for Olympic medals is what we dream of & today I was almost there’ – seventh place finish for Ballyvaughan’s Liam
*Liam Jegou. BALLYVAUGHAN’s Liam Jegou finished seventh in the final of the men’s C1 canoe slalom at the Olympics in Paris.
French national pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of Lisdoonvarna man in Ballyvaughan
*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.
‘I find it hard to understand how they have such a disregard for life’ – widow shocked by lack of improvements on North Clare roads
*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.
Seasonal dog warden appointed as Council enhance paw patrol on Clare beaches
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.
€11m to be invested in new Ballyvaughan wastewater treatment plant
AN INVESTMENT OF €11m in a new wastewater plant for Ballyvaughan has been confirmed.
Ennistymon make Cusack Cup final with semi-final spots for Lissycasey & Miltown as O’Currys preserve Garry Cup status
Seanie Malone in defence. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill RESULTS from the final round of games in Divisions 1(Cusack Cup) and 2 (Garry Cup) have confirmed who will compete in the play offs while also confirming who will be dropping to division 2 for next season.
Miltown end Ennistymon’s unbeaten run to stay in Cusack Cup semi-final hunt alongside Lissycasey, Kilmurry Ibrickane & Doora/Barefield
*Gordon Kelly. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ST JOSEPH’S Miltown have become the first side to defeat Ennistymon this year, overcoming the previously unbeaten North Clare side on Monday evening.