Clare & Tipperary joining forces
*A Garda checkpoint in West Clare. Photograph: Martin Connolly Clare’s Garda Division is to merge with its Tipperary counterpart as part of widespread changes to the governance structure of An Garda Síochána.
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Brid MacNamara the backbone of Clare Camogie on the good & bad days
*Brid MacNamara at Fr Murphy Memorial Park, Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Veronica McMahon To have held the smallest of involvements with Clare camogie in the past two decades be it as a supporter, player, mentor or officer, Brid MacNamara is a name you’ll know because truth be told she is at the backbone of the organisation within …
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Ennis to host Clare Food & Drinks Fleadh this September
Clare will host a brand new food and drink festival this September, after being approved funding as part of Fáilte Ireland’s Taste The Island initiative. It comes as The Clare Echo can reveal that the Ennis Street Arts Festival and Ennis Food Festival have been discontinued. Confirming that both festivals have respectively come to an …
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Aoibhín’s Top 5 Brilliant Weekend Brunches in Clare
Aoibhín Garrihy gives her top 5 Brilliant Weekend Brunches in Clare
Teamwork needed to see Clare tourism offering rival best in Ireland
*Scattery Island. Photograph: Fáilte Ireland West Clare’s tourism offering can easily rival the best in Ireland once proper collaboration is carried out in the region.
Ennis Duo Drop Debut Single ‘Thrill’.
Ennis duo Niall Mac Carthy and Senan Crotty have released their new debut single entitled ‘Thrill’. St. Flannan’s College set the stage where the pair could explore their musical interests inside the classroom and out. “We have plenty of fond memories blasting out some tunes from Senan’s garage although maybe not so fond for the …
Health supports in Clare among worst in Ireland
Clare is among the worst hit counties in Ireland for health supports and the worst in the West of Ireland for community health services, new research has shown.
Lohan leading tour of Croke Park on Sunday
*Pictured at Drimnagh Castle in Dublin today, Clare’s Brian Lohan. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Clare may not be competing on either of the All-Ireland SHC semi-finals but in the hours before Davy Fitzgerald’s Wexford take on Tipperary, his former team-mate Brian Lohan will be leading a tour of the stadium.
‘A new era for fire safety & police in Shannon’
*Pictured during Branch Handling training are recruits Hilary Cleary, Hospital Co Limerick and Dara Flaherty, Longford Town. Photograph: Arthur Ellis. Shannon Airport has become the first airport in Ireland to take delivery of two new state-of-the-art High Reach Extendable Turret (HRET) fire tenders.
Clarecastle playwright John O’ Donovan to feature ‘top secret’ new work this September
Clarecastle native and playwright John O’ Donovan’s work effuses both sagacity and wit. Despite leaving for London over ten years ago, Irish sentiments are deeply embroiled in John’s characters. Speaking with the Clare Echo, Johns talks about his authorial pilgrimage from humble beginnings to the illustrious but not always glamourous life of an Irish …
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