Smother creators return to Clare with Killaloe drama Blackshore
KILLALOE will come under a national spotlight from this Sunday as the setting for a new RTÉ drama.
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Killaloe’s McMahon leads Ard Scoil into battle for Harty Cup final
*Ard Scoil Rís joint captains, Fintan Fitzgerald and Sean McMahon. CUSACK PARK hosts the Dr Harty Cup final on Saturday at 1pm with plenty of Clare involvement in the Ard Scoil Rís ranks.
Lohan finalises Clare panel with players dropped & retained ahead of National Hurling League
*Gearoid Sheedy is among the players to have made the panel. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’s senior hurling panel has been finalised ahead of the Allianz National Hurling League.
Funding programme opens for Clare communities
Clare County Council’s Rural and Community Development Officers at Áras Contae an Chláir in Ennis. Pictured left to right; Seamus Murrihy (West Clare, Niamh Wiley (North Clare & Ennis), Grainne McCormack (Shannon) and Darren Carroll (Killaloe). Photo by Clare County Council. Clare County Council’s Rural Development Directorate is hosting a series of walk-in clinics to …
2023 Clare news year in review
*Protests in Inch garnered national attention. Photograph: John Mangan WITH the year’s end upon us, The Clare Echo goes through the archives to look at the good, the bad and the ugly from 2023.
Ennis U14 girls shine in weekend of wins
PICTURED: Cian O’Connor touches down for Ennis U16s vs St Senans ENNIS’ U14 girls recorded an impressive win over Ballina/Killaloe/Scariff while in another Clare derby, the club’s U16 boys prevailed over St Senan’s RFC. By Dearbhla Parry U14 Girls: Ennis RFC 49-17 Ballina/Killaloe/Scariff RFC Drumbiggle was the scene of the Ennis and Ballina/Killaloe/Scariff girls’ match. …
Clare’s coastal properties under threat
*Photograph: John Mangan COASTAL erosion and rising sea levels could demand many Clare businesses and residences to abandon their properties.
Clare hotel which provided large mayonnaise bucket to help ‘humiliated’ wheelchair wash herself ordered to pay €7,000 compo
*Killaloe Hotel and Spa. THE OPERATOR of a Co Clare hotel which provided an industrial size mayonnaise bucket to a ‘humiliated’ wheelchair user and her daughter, who has autism, to help wash themselves in their hotel room has been ordered to pay out €7,000 compensation in a discrimination case.
Transport Junior Minister willing to meet rural Clare reps over road budget concerns
*Jack Chambers TD. A JUNIOR MINISTER in the Department of Transport has said he is willing to meet Clare councillors over their frustrations on road maintenance budgets and Active Travel allocations.