Clare owners continue to soak up success in Limerick
LIMERICK GREYHOUND Stadium is set to host the national racing awards night and the venue proved a happy hunting ground for Clare owners and trainers in the past week.
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Housing Minister in talks with Uisce Éireann to try rescue Ennistymon €7.7m development
*Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Tom Micks DESPITE over fifty towns and villages in Clare being prohibited from the construction of housing developments due to inadequate wastewater infrastructure, the Minister for Housing insists the climate is improving for young people to build homes.
Uisce Éireann fined €5,000 after treatment plant caused ‘ecological tragedy’
*Photograph: John Mangan AN IRON SLUDGE discharge from a ’no longer fit for purpose’ water treatment plant operated by Uisce Éireann was the cause of an ‘ecological tragedy’ that wiped out all fish life over a 2.6km river, a court has heard.
Second success for Gallery’s Cillowen Missile
CILLOWEN MISSILE owned by Rockmount’s George Gallery recorded his second career success in the A4 graded sixth contest at the Galway Track on Saturday night last easing home five and a half lengths clear of Croaghill Sky in 28.90.
Judge jails Donovan for 20 months only days after getting married
*Johnny Donovan (second from right) on his wedding day. A JUDGE has jailed a Co Clare man for 20 months for threatening to kill a Garda only days after the man was married last weekend.
€7.7m development to build 30 social houses in Ennistymon put on hold
*Photograph: Martin Connolly DELIVERY of 30 social houses in Ennistymon has been put on hold.
Four new managers to take charge of Clare senior football clubs for 2024
*Ger Quinlan takes on the role of Ennistymon manager. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill FOUR of Clare’s twelve senior football clubs will have new managers this season.
Deposit return scheme will take time to be a success say Clare shop owners
*Gerry Connellan. SHOP OWNERS in Clare have said it will take time for the Deposit Return Scheme to be a success.
‘We’ve enough reports on UHL to stretch from the Cliffs of Moher to the Dáil & back’
*Marie McMahon. Photograph: Martin Molloy HEALTH activists in Clare have said people in the Mid-West are “dying of neglect”.
‘A patriot & person of utmost integrity’ – Clare politicians pay tribute to John Bruton
*John Bruton canvassing with Martin Conway in Ennistymon in 1999. POLITICIANS in Clare have been paying tribute to former Taoiseach, John Bruton (FG) following his death on Tuesday.
