*Fuel prices in Circle K Shannon at lunchtime on Wednesday. Photograph: Joe Buckley CUTTING EXCISE on petrol and diesel has been a “minuscule” measure, a leading Clare haulier has said while criticising the wait and see approach adopted by the Irish Government amid escalating conflict in the Middle East.
*Ruth Griffin. FAMILIES across the county “are being hammered”, a Clare TD has said amid massive increases on fuel and home heating oil.
*Photograph: John Sheridan KILLINASCULLY boys made an appearance at the St Patrick’s Day parade in Lisdoonvarna.
*Caimin Jones, Gerry Flynn, Eugene Drennan and Páraic McMahon. FIANNA FÁIL are set to win back a seat they lost in the 2020 General Election and elect two TDs in Co Clare while Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) is on course to prevail in his first Dáil bid.
*Caimin Jones, Eugene Drennan, Gerry Flynn and Páraic McMahon. POLLING DAY is edging close in Clare and hopes are high for all twenty candidates.
*Eugene Drennan, Geraldine Gregan and Páraic McMahon. FINE GAEL’s scramble to find a second General Election candidate in Clare continues as the field begins to firm up across the county.
Eugene Drennan has been elected as the new President of the Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA). Council members on the IRHA confirmed the election of one of its most prominent members this week. He succeeds Cork’s Pat O’Donovan who became interim President following the election of Verona Murphy as a TD in Wexford. O’Donovan was …
He was the standout story from the 2016 General Election in Clare but Dr Michael Harty has confirmed he will not be seeking re-election to Dáil Éireann.