Clare to receive €89m investment in National Broadband Plan
*Surveys are continuing in parts of East Clare for the National Broadband Plan roll-out. A THIRD of premises’ in Clare do not have access to high-speed broadband.
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Cooraclare, Kildysart & Wolfe Tones the fancied trio as Clare IFC quarter-finalists confirmed
*Cooraclare’s Pearse Lillis. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUARTER-FINAL places have been sorted in the Clare intermediate football championship (IFC).
Clare horse farmer attacked his brother in law in ‘mare-covering’ row
*Flan McNamara following the sitting of Ennis Circuit Court. A CLARE equine farmer repeatedly struck his brother in law across his body with an ash-plant in a row over where the farmer’s mare should be ‘covered’.
Show jumping success the stuff of dreams for Michelle
CLARE’S MICHELLE KELLY has been crowned a National Show Jumping Champion.
West Clare man (71) pleads guilty to assaulting brother-in-law in row over animal
*Photograph: John Mangan A 71-year old west Clare man has pleaded guilty to the assault causing harm of a brother in law in a dispute concerning an animal.
Cranny Cross ‘ the most dangerous road from Ennis to Kilrush’ remarks Kelly in bid for improvement
CRANNY CROSS JUNCTION on the N68 has been identified on Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s (TII) HD17 programme as “a potential hazardous junction”.
‘Compliance during Storm Barra saved lives’
*Photograph: Tomás Ó Mainnín. STORM BARRA resulted in widespread power outages across West Clare.
Power tools stolen in three separate West Clare thefts
Kilrush Gardaí are investigating a spate of power tool thefts which were carried out in West Clare at the end of July.
Average of one accident a year at Cranny Cross
An average of one accident a year has highlighted the need for safety measures to be implemented at Cranny Cross, an elected representative of Clare County Council has stated.
Neglect by TII to reduce speed limit outside Cranny school raises potential of legal claim – Kelly
Potential implications must be made known to the TII if an alteration to the speed limit outside a West Clare school is not reduced, one county councillor has claimed.
