*The incident occurred in August. A 30-year-old Ennis man who is accused of threatening a hitch-hiker that he would set him alight if he did not pay money for his lift now faces a ‘petrol bomb’ charge.
*Parnell Street. THE Clare Roots Society will launch the latest edition to their series of local history books on Thursday.
*Maurice Walsh. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MAURICE WALSH is on course to be appointed as the next manager of the Clare U20 footballers, The Clare Echo understands.
*Trevor Quinn at Ennis Courthouse. An 18-year old charged in connection with an alleged ‘random’ broad daylight machete attack on a busy Ennis street two weeks ago is sleeping on a mattress on a floor at Limerick prison while on remand, a court has heard.
CLAN will launch its new website coinciding with the International 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence.
HEALTH SERVICES in Clare remain an emotive subject and a clash between local activists sparked off this week.
*Senator Roisin Garvey (GP) and Emer O’Reilly. GARDENS are admired and what can be done in small spaces as Senator Roisin Garvey (GP) canvasses in Ennis.
*Leonora Carey (FG) with Johnny Flynn and Lily Carey. PARKING and pressures on businesses dominate the conversation as Leonora Carey (FG) engages in lengthy discussions.
EFFORTS to boost festive shopping trade in Ennis commence this Thursday with the annual switching on of the Christmas lights, a six-week suspension of work on the Ennis Public Realm Enhancement Scheme and the provision of free parking throughout the town.
*Amanda Major (IND). Photograph: Martin Connolly MISMANAGEMENT of taxpayers money has prompted Amanda Major (IND) to vie to become one of Clare’s four TDs.
