Woodie’s to create up to 30 jobs at new Ennis store
UP to thirty jobs are to be created when Woodie’s opens its first Co Clare store on the outskirts of Ennis.
Clare county council
Dromoland Castle gets go-ahead for 25 additional guest rooms
*Dromoland Castle. FIVE STAR luxury Dromoland Castle Resort has received the green light for an additional 25 guest rooms that will add millions or euro in annual revenues to the resort when operational.
Permanent partial pedestrianisation for O’Connell Street comes into effect on Monday
PERMANENT partial pedestrianisation of O’Connell Street in Ennis will come into effect from Monday (March 2nd).
Trump’s Doonbeg ballroom gets green light but management plan required for protected snail
*An artist’s impression of the proposed ballroom. CLARE COUNTY Council has given the green light for a new ballroom at the US President Donald Trump-owned Trump Doonbeg golf resort.
Ruan act of vandalism does not reflect local views
*Purcell’s Lounge Bar. AN ACT of vandalism in Ruan does not reflect the views of the local community towards people with disabilities, local activists have said.
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.
‘They have everything else inside the Pale they don’t need the River Shannon’
*The Parteen Basin where water will be piped to Dublin. CO CLARE will get no benefit from supplying water to Dublin and surrounding counties as part of a multi-billion proposal, councillors have claimed.
‘Time to stop the pussy footing on talk of Shannon Airport rail link’
*Shannon Airport. PROVISION of a rail link for Shannon Airport offers ‘massive potential’ for the Airport and region but the “pussy footing” around proposals needs to stop, Clare County councillors stressed this week.
Ryan rows back on calls for Bord Bia Chair to resign & Donna doubles down seeking Murrin removal
*Bord Bia Chair, Larry Murrin. AN EAST Clare councillor has rowed back on his calls for the Chair of Bord Bia to resign while Clare’s only female TD has doubled down in seeking Larry Murrin to step down.
Colum Flynn the best man to have in your corner
*Colum Flynn in Cusack Park in October after watching his beloved Éire Óg win the Clare SHC. Photograph: Joe Buckley A GENTLEMAN who left people feeling better in mind and body after each encounter, Colum Flynn was exactly the type of man you wanted in your corner.