*The comments were made at a sitting of the Clare JPC. A CLARE TD has said persons with a conviction for sexual offences should not be considered for social housing schemes that also include families.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis ONE OF CLARE’s most respected Garda officers has this week retired from the force.
Front row (l-r): Cllr Mary Howard; Cllr John Crowe, Chair of Clare Joint Policing Committee (JPC); and Charlie O’Meara, Chair of the Clare branch of the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland; with members of the Clare Garda Division, members of Clare JPC and Clare County Council staff. Photograph: Eamon Ward A CODE-WORD CAMPAIGN AIMED at making …
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FARMERS IN EAST CLARE are going to sleep with shotguns “loaded under the bed at night” ready to take the law into their own hands with one representative fearing a repeat of the Padraig Nally case while an Ennis superintendent has voiced his opposition to arming Gardaí.
GARDAÍ in Ennis have been urged to consider the introduction of the ‘See Something Say Something’ initiative.
*Therese Flannery pictured with former Mayor of Clare, Tom McNamara in 2017. Photograph: Arthur Ellis Two transfers have resulted in a reshuffle of senior Garda positions in Co Clare while one of the county’s top-performing members of the force has also retired.
Residents in Ennistymon are “up in arms” over instances of violence in the North Clare town.
Ennis native Colin McGann has been appointed Editor of The Clare Champion.
A culture of money lending in Clare has been described as “insidious and ruthless” by a leading Garda official.
Drug and drink driving is on the rise in Clare.
