Funeral details announced for Bishop Willie
FUNERAL DETAILS have been announced for Bishop Emeritus of Killaloe, Willie Walsh.
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Connolly woman who took unfair dismissal case against Violet-Anne joins McGettigan’s constituency team
*Donna McGettigan TD (SF). Photograph: Joe Buckley A CONNOLLY WOMAN who took a case to the Workplace Relations Commission and won over an unfair dismissal by former TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) has joined the staff of newly elected Clare TD, Donna McGettigan (SF).
Beloved Willie Walsh dies aged 90
WILLIE WALSH, the former Bishop of the Killaloe Diocese has died unexpectedly.
Ennis 2040 plans brandished ‘criminal’ as Council keen to push on with car park developments in Abbey St & Parnell St
*Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street car park). SENIOR OFFICIALS in Clare County Council and Ennis 2040 DAC are still intent on submitting applications for planning approval to build on Abbey Street and Parnell Street carparks despite a former Mayor of Clare brandishing the plans as “criminal”.
Dan McCabe brings intimacy to glór debut
CLARE ballad lovers kicked off their Valentine’s weekend as Kildare-based ballad singer Dan McCabe took to the stage at glór for his first concert at the Ennis venue.
‘It didn’t seem real’ – Clare students react to threat of attack
*Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE STUDENTS experienced shock, fear and for some a sense of happiness over the course of a dramatic few hours on Tuesday morning.
Dr Máire Finn & Blackie O’Connell chosen as Ennis St Patrick’s Day grand marshals
ENNIS GP and women’s health advocate Dr Máire Finn and uilleann piper Blackie O’Connell have been unveiled as the grand marshals for the 2025 St Patrick’s Day parade in Ennis.
Councillors claim they are not getting adequate information on Ennis 2040
*Abbey St car park is among the most contentious items of the Ennis 2040 strategy. ELECTED MEMBERS of Clare County Council have said there is a vacuum of information when it comes to Ennis 2040 while attempts by a Fine Gael councillor to block debate on the subject was overruled by Fianna Fáil councillors.
Miscommunication over threatened Clare schools attack left children ‘in bits’ admit parents
*Trudy Leyden with Michael McNamara. CLARE PARENTS say children were left “in bits” over the emotional stress caused by the threat issued to schools in the county on Tuesday.
Gardaí confirm ‘no ongoing risk to public’ & assure bomb threat to Clare schools was ‘not credible’
*St Caimin’s Community School in Shannon closed on Tuesday morning. Photograph: Joe Buckley AN GARDA SÍOCHÁNA have confirmed that the security threat which resulted in the closures of schools in Shannon, Sixmilebridge and Ennis on Tuesday morning “is not credible”.