10 Traveller families feuding with each other in Ennis
*Damage to one of the graves in Drumcliffe. THERE are currently 10 traveller families in Ennis feuding with each other.
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O’Mahony steps up to become Clare LGFA secretary
*Raymond O’Mahony. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography ENNIS’ RAYMOND O’MAHONY has been elected as the new secretary of the Clare Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA).
Social activity drug use by middle class fuelling Clare’s criminal network – Dooley
*Senator Timmy Dooley (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley A CLARE SENATOR has hit out at “middle class people” helping to support the criminal drug network through their use of recreational drugs on a social basis.
‘Sky high bills’ for some Clare businesses with rates revaluation
*The impact to towns and villages will be “seriously damaging”, local elected representatives have cautioned. SOME CLARE BUSINESSES face “sky high” bills with work underway on a rates revaluation.
‘Don’t forget the Council also have to keep the lights on’ – Howard seeks significant additional funds for local authority
*Cllr Mary Howard. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL must also be considered “in the equation” for the cost of living crisis, an Ennis representative has said while calling for “significant additional funding” to be provided to the local authority.
Mother tells judge all her children want in Santa letters is for Daddy to be home for Christmas
A MOTHER has told a court that all her children’s letters to Santa want this year are for their Daddy to be home for Christmas.
‘We need to up the amount of girls soccer teams in Ennis’ – new CSSL Chair Shannon sets out her stall
*Deirdre Shannon. Photograph: Natasha Barton INCREASING THE AMOUNT of girls teams within Ennis town has been earmarked as one of the big ambitions of the newly elected Chairperson of the Clare Schoolboys/Schoolgirls Soccer League (CSSL).
Elderly ‘isolated’ by ‘big social deficit’ in Ennis
“A BIG SOCIAL DEFICIT” exists in the town of Ennis for the elderly putting them “in isolation”.
Detained chef threw cup of urine into Garda’s face
*The incident occurred at Ennis Garda Station. A 32-year old chef threw a cup of urine into the face of a Garda through a hatch when the Garda went to check on the man’s welfare at a Garda station, a court has heard.
European bronze for Ennis’ Dean Casey
ENNIS’ DEAN CASEY has won a bronze medal at the European Cross Country Championships with Mark Hanrahan also part of the U20 team that won the overall silver medal.