*Photograph: John Mangan A CLARE politician has come under fire for labelling the teenage boys who died in the fatal M9 collision as “thugs”. Clare Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe criticised some of the online reaction to a fatal collision on the M9 in County Kildare, saying he is concerned about the “glamourising” of dangerous …
A LONG-STANDING mismatch between patient demand and available capacity is the fundamental cause of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, the Regional Executive Management Team HSE Mid-West has claimed. In a statement to The Clare Echo the REMT responded to commentary to INMO Commentary on RTÉ Radio News at One about overcrowding issues at the hospital. HSE Mid-West …
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RYANAIR has announced it is to make a €50m investment at Shannon Airport which will create 400 jobs.
Sean Abeyta from GLAS Civil Engineering with Cllr Mary Howard and Senior Engineer Ennis Municipal District Hugh McGrath at the site of one of the new bus stops. Photograph: Eamon Ward. ENNIS’ long-awaited town-bus service is to launch in September.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon A CONTRACTOR is to be appointed in 2027 for wastewater schemes in Broadford and Cooraclare, four years after their inclusion in a €50m pilot.
PARTS of Co Clare are to be reinvigorated following the publication of new guidelines for rural planning.
TWO MAJOR ENNIS housing projects have been approved under the Government’s new €1bn Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund (HIFF).
CLARE Fianna Fáil TD, Cathal Crowe, has called for the opening of discussions with the British Government to seek the return of Irish items which are currently held by the British museum. Thousands of items are believed to be held by the London based museum, with only a fraction of these actually on display to …
SHANNON AIRPORT has been granted €1.93m in funding under the Regional Airports Programme 2026-2030.
*Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) with protestors on the M18. ROAD BLOCKS need to be removed from the M18 “as a matter of critical urgency,” a Clare TD has said following his meeting with protestors.