*Cllr Ian Lynch, Cllr Cillian Murphy and Michael Harty. Photograph: John Mangan A WEST CLARE representative has admitted he is “gobsmacked” that the HSE do not have a geographic breakdown on where in the Mid-West patients are admitted to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) from.
*John O’Regan at Ennis Courthouse. A ‘legalise cannabis’ activist who was caught by Gardai cultivating cannabis plants at his home with a combined street value of €18,400 on different dates has walked free from court.
*Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling. Photograph: Eamon Ward CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling is to extend his contract by three years.
*A guilty plea was made at Ennis Circuit Court. A WEST Clare man has pleaded guilty to a health and safety breach concerning a fatal farm accident which claimed the life of a farmer two years ago.
*Patrick Larkin outside Ennis Courthouse. Photograph: Liam Burke / Press 22 A ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ who abused a 10 year old girl for the last time on his wedding day 42 years ago has received a prison term of 11 years and four months.
*Clare GAA’s Head of Operations, Deirdre Murphy. Photograph: Natasha Barton ISOLATED PLAYERS, the potential return of admission fees for adult league games from 2024 and Clondegad’s placing in Division 5 of the football league were among the issues to raise debate at the March meeting of Clare GAA.
A WOMAN in her eighties has died following a road traffic collision involving a car and a truck between Kilbaha and Kilkee.
*Photograph: Martin Molloy SAFELY REOPENING the emergency department at Ennis Hospital is a realistic aspiration, Violet-Anne Wynne TD (IND) has maintained while she said the people of West Clare ‘suffer in silence’ when it comes to their fear of health services.
*Violet-Anne Wynne. Photograph: Martin Connolly UNIQUE as the county’s only female TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) was also inimitable when it came to the conclusion of The Clare Echo’s four-part series sitting down with Clare’s representatives in Dáil Éireann.
EX RIVERDANCE member Colin Dunne will lead a day-long dancing workshop in Kilkee this weekend.