Body of Patrick Nugent to be exhumed 40 years on from his death as part of cold case investigation
PATRICK NUGENT’s body is to be exhumed as part of a new Garda investigation into the death of the Sixmilebridge man in February 1984.
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Sixmilebridge retailer says she and her staff now operate ‘under a cloud of fear’ after three armed robberies over 10 day period
*Flora Crowe. A SIXMILEBRIDGE retailer has told a court that she and her staff “now operate under a cloud of fear’” after three armed robberies on her businesses over the space of ten days.
Bunratty to get top billing on TV screens in Australia
A jaunting car takes visitors on a trip through Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. Photo Paul Corey MORE than 300,000 television viewers across Australia will be introduced to Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this autumn.
PHOTO GALLERY: A banquet fit for kings – Clare celebrated success at the InterContinental
*Aidan McCarthy and Shane O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FAMILY, friends and partners of the Clare hurling panel and management were joined by proud supporters at The InterContinental in Dublin for their All-Ireland final victory banquet last Sunday night.
Virgin Media TV’s Deric enjoys homecoming broadcasting from Bunratty
*Deric Hartigan of Ireland AM (pictured centre) with Irish Wolfhounds Rian and Mide at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. TELEVISION weatherman Deric Hartigan made a welcome return to his former stomping ground of Bunratty Castle on Thursday last.
Bunratty brings the circus to the castle
Fossetts Circus is making a welcome return to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park this weekend. Photograph: Brian Arthur. BUNRATTY is going to see the circus roll into town this weekend. Castle and Folk Park in Co Clare will host ‘The Big Top’ of Ireland’s national circus this weekend.
The Electoral Chair: Shannon Municipal District election debate
*Candidates in the Shannon MD with The Clare Echo’s Páraic McMahon. SHANNON MUNICIPAL DISTRICT will see new faces form part of its makeup following the local elections and the campaign to fill the seven seats in this part of the county has well and truly taken flight.
Man who robbed Boylesports Ennis at knifepoint pleads guilty to robbing spree of Crowe Stores with second man
*The Boylesports incident occurred in April 2022. A MAN who robbed a BoyleSports in Ennis wearing a balaclava and wielding a knife has pleaded guilty to a separate robbing spree.
The Electoral Chair: A new poll-topper will land in the Shannon Municipal District
*Páraic McMahon, Tony McMahon, Geraldine Lambert and Joe Melody at The Shannon Springs Hotel. THERE will be a new poll-topper in the Shannon Municipal District for the first time since 2009.
‘Stressed, sleepless & in a state of trauma’ Clare councillors hit out at ‘the ethnic minority’ over new illegal encampment
*Clancy Park is now home of an illegal encampment. ENNIS RESIDENTS are “stressed and sleepless in a state of trauma” following the emergence of a new illegal encampment.
