*Ríona Hely performing at the 2026 Bonn Óir Seán Ó Riada Competition. Photograph: Darragh Kane CONCERTINA player Ríona Hely from Ennis won the Seán Ó Riada Bonn Óir 2026 competition on Friday. The event took place at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork and was broadcast live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on the programme Cuireadh …
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*James Browne TD (FF). Photograph: Andrew Downes OVER €150,000 has been announced for the protection of historic buildings in Clare. The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) supports the repair, restoration and protection of historic structures from traditional homes to landmark public buildings across Ireland, in our cities, towns and villages and across the wider countryside. …
*Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg Inis SCHOOLS in Ennis and Spanish Point are to benefit from significant investments. The announcement comes as part of the second tranche of new special classes allocated nationwide, which will see a record number of new special classes sanctioned across the country to open for the 2026/2027 school year. Expressing his delight …
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*Clare senior football manager, Paul Madden. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MORALE VICTORIES are of no interest to Clare’s footballers in 2026, senior manager Paul Madden has stressed.
*Ennis Courthouse AN ENNIS woman subjected to an alleged “savage and unprovoked attack” by her husband in front of their two young children at the family home has told a court “I love him to bits”. At Ennis District Court, the woman in the witness box described her 39 year old husband as “a family …
*University Hospital Limerick CLARE TD Donna McGettigan will chair a public meeting on the delivery of emergency healthcare services in the Mid-West. The recent report outlined three options: the increasing of capacity at UHL, the expansion of UHL to another adjacent site, and the provision of a new Model Three hospital in the Mid-West. Donna …
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Peter Duggan and Paddy Doyle react to the breaking ball. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE supporters could probably name their starting line-up for the opening round of the Munster Senior Championship series now but as they found out to their cost in 2025, an inter-county team is only as good as it supporting cast.
*MSc Human Resource Management graduate Hellen Gyamfi from Ennis. Photograph: Arthur Ellis A TOTAL of 2,038 students, including 78 PhDs, have graduated from the University of Limerick this week as part of the Winter Conferring Ceremonies. Students from the faculties of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Kemmy Business School, Science and Engineering, and Education and …
*Clare senior football manager, Paul Madden. Photograph: Ruth Griffin CLARE’s opening outing against Down in the Allianz National Football League will not define the county’s season according to new manager, Paul Madden.
CLARE County Council is on course to deliver 232 social and affordable homes this year, with the support of local developers and in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies.