Burren Slow Food Festival simmers for twentieth run
*Burren Oysters. Photograph: Eamon Ward IRELAND’s longest-running slow food festival returns to the Burren for its twentieth year.
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Pilot shuttle bus for Burren & Cliffs of Moher ‘has to remain a positive news story for North Clare’
A PILOT bus service for the Burren and Cliffs of Moher is expected to commence at the beginning of May and “will only work if people use the bus”.
Burren Smokehouse recognised at Great Taste Awards
BURREN Smoked Irish Eel from the Burren Smokehouse in Co Clare was the recipient of 3 stars at this year’s Great Taste Awards, the Guild of Fine Food has announced.
More promotion needed for Burren shuttle bus
GREATER ADVERTISING of the free shuttle bus to the Burren National Park is needed.
Geopark Academy puts focus on unique Burren landscape
The Burren in County Clare. Photograph: AirSwing Media GEOLOGY, history, ecology and future tourism development of the Burren is the focus of a major two-day event to take place next month.
‘Extraordinary’ 315-million-year-old fossil sponge found near the Cliffs of Moher
PICTURED: Dr. Eamon Doyle, Dr. Joseph Botting and Dr. Lucy Muir with the new fossil sponges discovered near the Cliffs of Moher An extraordinary new species of fossil sponge dating back to a time when County Clare was located close to the Equator has been discovered in the rocks that make up the Cliffs of …
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Lisdoonvarna widow Helga writes to Minister Ryan with ‘deep frustration’ over Burren road network
*Helga Himmelsbach. Photograph: John Mangan A NORTH CLARE widow has written to the Minister for Transport to share her “deep frustration” on the failure to implement road safety improvements following the death of her husband in July.
Traffic woes in North Clare gone beyond ‘saturation point’
*A demonstration held in memory of Jerry O’Connor. Photograph: John Mangan ABUNDANCE OF TRAFFIC and recent accidents in North Clare has gone “passed saturation point” with frustration voiced with the ongoing wait for a transport and mobility strategy.
‘Red tape & grant regulations on septic tanks stopping more houses coming back into use’
GRANT REGULATIONS and red tape surrounding septic tanks have been blamed with building barriers stopping vacant houses from coming back into use across Clare.
Bid to ban daytrip buses from Cliffs of Moher fails to get backing of North & West Clare councillors
*FILE PIC: Bobby Kerr, Chairman of the Board, Cliffs of Moher Ltd, Leonard Cleary, Director of Tourism with Clare County Council and Geraldine Enright, Cliffs of Moher. Photograph by Eamon Ward. ELECTED representatives in West and North Clare refused to back a motion from a Green Party councillor banning day trip buses from visiting the …
