Bus company has already paid Council €1.9k in costs for unauthorised use of lands
*C&C Executive Travel. A CLARE BUS company has pleaded guilty for unauthorised use of lands at Tiermaclance for the storage of buses.
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Ambulances have average turnaround of four hours from West Clare to UHL
*Ambulances at UHL. AMBULANCES in West Clare have an average turnaround time of four hours per call for emergencies to University Hospital Limerick (UHL).
Location of new hospital will be announced before St Patrick’s Day claim FEH
*Chairperson of Friends of Ennis Hospital, Angela Coll. Photograph: Tom Micks. AN ANNOUNCEMENT is to be made before St Patrick’s Day on whether the Mid-West’s new hospital will be located in Clare, Limerick or Tipperary.
Ennis Book Club Festival turns the page with 20th run
ENNIS BOOK CLUB festival returns for its twentieth run this weekend.
Tulla through to Clare Cup last eight at Tage’s expense
*Fiachra Hale was among the Tulla Utd goal scorers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. TULLA UTD put five goals past Hermitage FC to claim their place in the quarter-finals of the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup.
Abbey Street, Harvey’s Quay & Post Office Field projects removed from Ennis 2040 strategy
*Save Ennis Town protesting against Ennis 2040 plans for Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay. CONTROVERSIAL PLANS to develop on public car parks in Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street) have been officially scrapped from the Ennis 2040 Strategy along with a mooted boardwalk along The Post Office Field.
‘Put down the microphone’ – Clare TD Crowe told ‘sit down & don’t speak’ at health meeting
*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: Tom Micks A CLARE TD was told to sit down “and please put down the microphone” when attempting to speak at a public meeting discussing the future of healthcare in the Mid-West region.
Rice College qualify for All-Ireland decider after beating St Brendan’s Belmullet
*The Rice College team. RICE COLLEGE have qualified for the All-Ireland PPS Br Edmund Ignatius Rice Cup Final (Senior D Football) after a hard-fought win over St Brendan’s Belmullet at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence on Saturday afternoon.
Lyne scores twice on debut for Irish U15 side
ENNIS’ Ben Lyne marked his debut for the Republic of Ireland U15 soccer team on Tuesday by bagging two goals.
Woodie’s to create up to 30 jobs at new Ennis store
UP to thirty jobs are to be created when Woodie’s opens its first Co Clare store on the outskirts of Ennis.