Council given go-ahead to lodge planning for Kilkee flood relief scheme
APPROVAL has been given to Clare County Council by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to submit a planning application for the Kilkee flood relief scheme.
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Survival of tourism businesses in North Clare at ’emergency situation’
*Photograph: Martin Connolly LAHINCH and Kilkee have not had recorded a good tourist season this summer according to elected representatives.
Ten Clare parishes involved in church nature project responding to biodiversity crisis
Fr Martin Shanahan with Inagh Tidy Towns members Ray O’Shaughnessy, Eileen Ryan, Angela Malone and Clare County Council’s Biodiversity Officer, Barry O’Loughlin (Photo Credit: Rocket Science Media). TEN CLARE parishes are playing their part to carry out biodiversity actions on twelve church grounds across the county.
Four year jail term for convicted rapist for ‘terrifying’ false imprisonment of ex-partner in Querrin
*Photograph: John Mangan. A JUDGE has jailed a 49 year old man to four years and eight months in prison for the false imprisonment and assault causing harm of his ex-partner during a ’terrifying ordeal’ at her home in West Clare last September.
Hot wheels for Clare County Fire & Rescue Service
Pictured at the official handover of two new Volkswagen Transporter vans to Clare County Fire and Rescue Service at the Central Fire Station Headquarters in Ennis were: (front row, l-r) Cllr Alan O’Callaghan, Cathaoirleach, Clare County Council; Killaloe Station Officer Graham Tuohy; Kilrush Station Officer Michael Hanrahan; Director of Physical Development Alan Farrell; and (back …
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‘We should not have lost that seat’ – Tánaiste admits Fianna Fáil made blunder with election defeat for Cillian Murphy
*Cillian Murphy (FF) speaking on Scariff Bay Community Radio. Photograph: Joe Buckley TÁNAISTE, Micheál Martin (FF) has said Fianna Fáil got their strategy wrong in West Clare for the local elections after the incumbent Cillian Murphy (FF) lost his seat.
Yacht that ran aground in Kilkee departs Co Clare
*Photograph: John Mangan ALMOST a week after a yacht ran aground at Kilkee Beach, the vessel has been transported out of Co Clare.
Larisa keeps the Third Stage in Kilkee
AN ART EXHIBITION by Larisa K. Jourdan is running at Cultúrlann Sweeney in Kilkee until June 24th.
‘It is down to party management that we lost a seat in West Clare’ – Murphy misses out on second term
*Cillian Murphy analyses the tally with Patrick Keane. Photograph: Joe Buckley FIANNA FÁIL’s chances to hold a majority on Clare County Council slipped through their fingers but they also managed to see one of their top-performing councillors in the guise of Cillian Murphy (FF) lose out on his bid for re-election.
Surfacing of ‘special’ road ‘won’t break the bank’
*Cllr Gabriel Keating. Photograph: Eamon Ward A ROAD along the Wild Atlantic Way in West Clare “won’t break the bank” if officials in the local authority decide to make a late addition to the roadworks programme for this year.