*Cllr Ian Lynch (IND). A CLARE councillor has urged his colleagues to send a strong message to the Government by going Independent in the fight to get a new hospital built in the county.
Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, pictured with the Mayor of Limerick John Moran and (right) Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport. Picture: Don Moloney A DECISION will be made before Christmas on whether a new hospital will be built in Ennis, the Minister for Health has confirmed.
LAHINCH’s bathing prohibition and the advisory notice not to swim at White Strand, Miltown Malbay have been lifted.
AN ADVISORY not to swim in White Strand Doonbeg has been lifted.
AN ADVISORY not to swim has been introduced for a third Clare beach in the space of three days.
ELEVATED levels of bacteria in the water has resulted in the raising of the red flag at Lahinch beach.
RODENT droppings were found in a Doolin ice-cream shop resulting in the issuing of a closure order by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
THE HSE has applied for planning permission for a new haematology and pathology laboratory at Ennis Hospital.
*Compoli Tan. A €2,600 penalty has been imposed on the operators of a sun-bed business in Shannon.
*Ennis Hospital. FIGHTING to get an emergency department for Ennis represents “the opportunity of a lifetime” for politicians in the county.