Gold medals for Armada Hotel & Flynn Hotel Collection
CLARE HOTELS came out on top at the 33rd annual Hotel & Catering ‘Gold Medal Awards in Galway recently.
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Ennistymon man charged for releasing flare on county final day
*The Jack Daly on county final day. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A JUDGE SAID that she wouldn’t say anything sexist after hearing how a middle aged GAA supporter was “emotional” when lighting a flare at the Clare senior football final.
Clean bill of health for Avenue Utd ahead of last sixteen FAI Junior Cup tie
*Avenue Utd defender, Conor Hehir. Photograph: Natasha Barton AVENUE UTD head into FAI Junior Cup action this weekend with a clean bill of health.
Tuamgraney farmer who lost the plot made Steiner school kids cry after calling them ‘retards’
*Breda Maloney leaving Killaloe District Court. A FARMER who ‘lost the plot’ reduced Steiner primary school children on a St Brigid’s Day nature walk to tears after calling them ‘retards’, a court has heard.
Take driver’s licence of illegal dumpers says Ennis councillor
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon PERSONS FOUND guilty of having driven to a location to fly-tip should lose their licence, an Ennis councillor has argued.
‘We are not far from anything’ Leahy disputes far-right label & accuses Clare PPN of stirring division
*Michael Leahy. Photograph: John Mangan LOCAL GROUPS in Clare have been guilty of “stirring up division” through their commentary on the far-right, a former General Election candidate has said.
Movement away from hotels for refugee accommodation has been too slow – Carey
*Bunratty Castle Hotel is among the hotels in Clare where Ukraine refugees are residing. MOVEMENT to use accommodation other than hotels to house refugees has been done too slow in Ireland, a Government TD has said.
Children’s Court hears 17-year old boy accused of striking man across the head and leg a number of times
A 17-year old boy swung a hatchet a number of times striking a man in the head and leg as he was waiting to pick up his children, the Children’s Court has heard.
Housing for all but not rural Clare
GOVERNMENT housing policy is turning rural Clare into somewhere people “come to take a photograph and go away and no one lives there”, a meeting has heard.
‘Completely unacceptable’ wait times for driving tests in Clare
DRIVING TEST APPLICANTS in Clare are waiting more than eight months for an appointment.