*Photograph: John Mangan PLANS TO DEMOLISH the Francis Street cottages as part of the Ennis 2040 Strategy have been paused while a public meeting will be held in Ennis tonight (Thursday) to discuss aspects of the strategy.
Photograph: Joe Buckley INCREASING COSTS ASSOCIATED with extra curricular activities is the motivation for a golf classic for one Ennis secondary school.
*Darren O’Neill. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill QUALIFYING FOR THE MUNSTER FINAL AND ALL-IRELAND series guarantees Clare’s footballers “four massive games”, midfielder Darren O’Neill has said.
*An aerial view of St Flannan’s College. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL has given the green light to contentious HSE plans for a new €25m community hospital on green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.
*David McCarthy and his brother Martin with the FAI Junior Cup. Photograph: Joe Buckley TO REACH THE holy grail of junior soccer and win the FAI Junior Cup represented the stuff of dreams for David McCarthy and Newmarket Celtic.
*Lorraine White. CANCER SURVIVOR Lorraine White is preparing for her daily ritual, a swim in Ballyalla Lake, as she speaks to The Clare Echo about her story of survival.
*Avenue Utd are favourites to retain their title as Clare Cup champions. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill SEMI-FINAL SHOWDOWNS in the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup are to take place next weekend.
INCH CRUSADERS and Fairgreen Celtic are celebrating league success.
*Dermot Hayes, AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST Dermot Hayes is taking to the road for a series of readings and discussion from his no-holds-barred memoir at venues across the county throughout the month of May.
VISITING restrictions at Ennis Hospital have been eased as the hospital continues to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 on both wards.
