Shannon Airport flying high with inclusion in €45m Regional Airports Programme
SHANNON AIRPORT has been included in the new Regional Airports Programme which will split a €45m capital investment between four airports.
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Schools ‘on tenterhooks’ over paused plans to cut SNAs
*Flagmount NS. UNNECESSARY worry and distress was caused by initial plans in the Department of Education to cut back on the amount of special needs assistant posts in Co Clare with some schools in the county still “on tenterhooks”.
Threefold increase in roads funding for Co Clare
*€750,000 has been allocated for works at Blake’s Corner. Photograph: Bob Singer CO CLARE has received a threefold increase in its national roads funding for 2026.
Government’s decision against Mercosur deal a ‘big relief’ to Clare farmers
THE Government’s decision to vote against the Mercosur deal will come as a “big relief” to Clare farmers, say local representatives. On an official trip to China, Taoiseach Micháel Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris have revealed plans to deny the Mercosur trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, which would allow import duties to be …
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‘Last thing we need’ is people pitching hospital sites to HSE says Limerick Minister
*Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan (FG). Photograph: Joe Buckley OIREACHTAS members in the Mid-West need to move away from ‘four-cross roads politics’ and stop volunteering sites for a new hospital, the region’s only Minister has said.
Updated onshore wind energy guidelines needed urgently – Crowe
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: John Mangan UPDATED onshore wind energy guidelines need to be published as a matter of urgency, a Clare TD has said.
Mountshannon, Scariff & Miltown Malbay projects to share €824k in funding
THREE CLARE projects have been awarded a total of €824,480 to revitalise town and village centres by repurposing vacant or derelict buildings for community use.
‘First time in a long time’ that an announcement on health offers hope for Clare
*Friends of Ennis Hospital Chairperson Angela Coll with PJ Cunningham. Photograph: Martin Connolly EFFORTS of health campaigners across Clare has paid off with sustained advocacy giving the county a shot of being the location for a new hospital with an emergency department.
‘Devastating blow’ as Newmarket-on-Fergus medical services transferred to Clarecastle
NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS’ five-year search to source a permanent GP has been dealt “a devastating blow” with close to 1000 patients to instead be treated in neighbouring Clarecastle.
No new hospital for Ennis
*Packed corridors at UHL. NO NEW hospital will be built in Ennis and instead a new site in close proximity to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) will be constructed, as per new plans unveiled by the Minister for Health.