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.
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‘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 …
Tubber conference focuses on conserving & restoring Ireland’s historic buildings
*Frank McCormack, Founder and Director of Irish Natural Stone, pictured at his workshop in Boston, County Clare, with stone capitals to be used as part of the restoration and renovation project underway at The Fourt Courts in Dublin. Photograph: Eamon Ward A DAYLONG CONFERENCE in the Burren will hear from heritage experts in the field …
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Cost benefit from Cliffs of Moher to North Clare communities to be included in strategy
*Photograph: John Mangan A COST BENEFIT of the Cliffs of Moher to surrounding areas of North Clare is to be included as a specific element of a new strategy for one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions.
‘Baffling’ to not link West Clare Greenway with heavily trafficked Burren Geo Park
*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.
Burren Wellness Month bids to improve health & experience stunning landscape
A MONTH-LONG schedule of wellness events will be held in the Burren next month.