DEIS plus designation for Scoil Chríost Rí
SCOIL CHRÍOST RÍ in Cloughleigh, Ennis is to become Clare’s first designated DEIS plus school.
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Politicians & Clare media ‘excluded’ from Health Minister’s announcement
*Photograph: Don Moloney. POLITICIANS and local media in Clare were “excluded” from Tuesday’s official announcement by the Minister for Health that a new €14m hospital would be built in Raheen.
Cross-party Oireachtas group hold briefing in Shannon Airport
Pictured (L-R): Caroline Kelleher, Director of Public Affairs, The Shannon Airport Group | Maurice Quinlivan TD | Ray O’Driscoll, Interim CEO, The Shannon Airport Group | Louis O’Hara TD | Rachael Leahy, Company Secretary and Head of Legal, The Shannon Airport Group | Joe Cooney TD | Cathal Crowe TD | Donna McGettigan TD | …
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Location of new hospital will be announced before St Patrick’s Day claim FEH
*Chairperson of Friends of Ennis Hospital, Angela Coll. Photograph: Tom Micks. AN ANNOUNCEMENT is to be made before St Patrick’s Day on whether the Mid-West’s new hospital will be located in Clare, Limerick or Tipperary.
‘Put down the microphone’ – Clare TD Crowe told ‘sit down & don’t speak’ at health meeting
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: Tom Micks A CLARE TD was told to sit down “and please put down the microphone” when attempting to speak at a public meeting discussing the future of healthcare in the Mid-West region.
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.
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.