*Photo by John Mangan A man set fire to his partner’s shoes, whipped her on the neck with a belt, spat at her and then tried to set her hair on fire in a row over his Xbox usage, a court has heard. At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett granted the woman a …
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The final litter survey of 2023 by business group Irish Business Against Litter shows Ennis deemed ‘clean to European norms”, slipping just outside the top ten in the ranking of 40 towns and cities nationwide.
*Ennis 2040. COMMUNICATION on public realm projects alongside an update for the Ennis 2040 Strategy in an official Clare County Council document is “misleading” while a county councillor has said elected members sitting on the DAC continues to be “a conflict of interest”.
An asylum seeker has appeared in court charged in connection with incidents, including an alleged assault, at a north Clare direct provision centre on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. At Ennis District Court on Wednesday, Khaled Hamama (23) appeared in connection with the alleged assault causing harm to Djabir Gassen at the Central Hotel on Main Street, Miltown Malbay on Christmas Eve, …
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*The Francis St site is expected to be the home of the county’s first affordable housing scheme. THIRD PARTIES need to be left out of plans to develop affordable housing schemes in Clare while senior officials in the Council have promised “a top class” scheme will be delivered in Ennis.
THE planned Ennis Town bus is expected to be delayed until 2025 – however a local politician is urging people to use public transport facilities that are already in place.
*Protesters go past the Francis Street site in a demonstration organised by the Francis Street Alliance in April. Photograph: John Mangan A RESIDENTIAL development which is to be led by the Ennis 2040 DAC could commence construction by the middle of February while a second application for a proposed affordable housing scheme in Ennis is …
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*Protests in Inch garnered national attention. Photograph: John Mangan WITH the year’s end upon us, The Clare Echo goes through the archives to look at the good, the bad and the ugly from 2023.
*Saoirse Byrne. A NEW YEAR’S eve vigil for Palestine will be held at the Club Bridge in Ennis from 2pm.
*Mick O’Dea. CELEBRATED ENNIS artist Mick O’Dea’s highly anticipated exhibition, ‘Divided Loyalties’ continues to run in glór until the middle of January.