*Helga Himmselbach puts questions to Cllr Joe Garrihy. ONE MONTH on from the death of Lisdoonvarna’s Jerry O’Connor, a remembrance walk was held in Ballyvaughan with repeated questions put towards politicians on what they are doing to improve the safety of the road network in North Clare.
*Gardaí on duty in Clare. KILLALOE AND SCARIFF are to move from the Clare Garda Division as part of new nationwide changes to be rolled out to the operating model of An Garda Síochána.
*Helga Himmelsbach. Photograph: John Mangan NORTH CLARE locals blocked off access to Ballyvaughan for under half an hour for the second time in the space of a week as part of their efforts to seek better road conditions.
*Locals hold their demonstration in Ballyvaughan. Photograph: John Mangan ROADS were shut off on Thursday morning to mark the first ‘coming together’ of a section of the North Clare community in their efforts to bring about a better and safer road network.
*Helga Himmelsbach lays flowers at the spot where her husband Jerry O’Connor was killed. Photograph: John Mangan. A LISDONVARNA woman who became a widow after a French tourist crashed into her beloved husband on his motorbike at the end of July has pledged to continue campaigning until road safety improvements are introduced in North Clare.
*Photograph: John Mangan STATUTORY PROCESSES have been blamed by Uisce Éireann in stalling the pace at which it can roll out wastewater improvements across the county and has said its current programme of works in the county is a quarter of a billion euro but works on construction of a new plant in Lahinch will …
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*The North Clare motorcyclist was killed outside Ballyvaughan. A 41-year old French tourist has appeared in court charged in connection with the road death of a motorcyclist in his 70s outside the village of Ballyvaughan.
*The Burren. NORTH CLARE REPRESENTATIVES have criticised the lack of energy applied to linking the planned West Clare Greenway with the UNESCO Global Geo Park in the Burren.
Pictured at the Cliffs of Moher Experience (L-R): Dr. Eamon Doyle and Seán O’Farrell, Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark; Dr. Babis Fassoulas, University of Crete; Cllr. Tony O’Brien, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council; Geraldine Enright, Director of Cliffs of Moher Experience; Adina Popa, Hațeg Country UNESCO Global Geopark, Romania; Deirdre O’Shea, Head …
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REPRESENTATIVES of the Mid-West Hospital Campaign held a meeting with the recently appointed CEO of the HSE, Bernard Gloster on Friday morning.