*Pictured following Bank of Ireland’s installation of new ATMs in its Kilrush branch, part of a €60 million nationwide investment in ATMs and branch improvements, are Sorcha Roche, Declan McMahon and Karen Marrinan. KILRUSH’s Bank of Ireland branch is the first in Clare to receive a new state-of-the-art ATM.
*Photograph: Mike Mulcaire. CLARE’s premium ceremony for business in the county, The Clare Business Excellence Awards have been launched.
PROPERTY prices in Clare have increased by €20,000 over the last twelve months.
*Colm Fitzgerald. A son of controversial Antrim hurling manger, and Clare hurling legend, Davy Fitzgerald, was given a fully suspended 12-month prison sentence after he admitted stealing €35,000 from his then employer, Bank of Ireland, to feed his “out-of-control gambling addiction”.
*Colm Fitzgerald. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A SON of former All-Ireland winning Clare hurler and manager, Davy Fitzgerald, appeared in court today to affirm guilty pleas to thieving a total of €35,000 from a bank in his native Clare.
GARDAÍ IN Clare are investigating alleged theft from a financial institution.
FOUR MAJOR AIB BRANCHES in Clare are to be turned into cashless outlets from the end of September.
*Mike Hanrahan, Clare Age Friendly Ambassador (front left), and Karen Fennessy, Clare Age Friendly Programme Manager, Clare County Council, with Age Friendly Charter recipients at an event in Hotel Woodstock. Fourteen Ennis businesses have been acknowledged as part of the Age Friendly Town initiative.
*Photograph: John Mangan A “major lift” is on the cards for Tulla as three separate housing developments highlight the appetite to live in the East Clare town.
Publican Darragh McAllister has been elected as the new President of Ennis Chamber.