*Initial Garda tests found a white substance to be cocaine. A 30-year old Kilrush man spent five weeks on remand in prison due to an incorrect initial Garda test which wrongly determined that the white substance found at his home was cocaine.
*Tom & Liam Madigan. Photograph: Amanda Åström TWO Kilrush men witnessed Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach which claimed the lives of fifteen people in Australia.
NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS duo Myles Cummins and Breda Casey had dole success at the recent Thursday SIS Afternoon meeting at Limerick Greyhound Stadium.
SCHOOLS in West Clare have closed as the county is placed under a Status Orange weather warning.
FLYERS PENNY owned by Kilrush’s Colm Fitzgerald got the Christmas party started winning the opening stake in Galway last Thursday.
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 AN INVITATION has been issued to the Health Minister to visit West Clare to gain a better understanding on the need to build a new hospital in Co …
*Corofin village. OBSTACLES delaying the installation of electric vehicle charging points “in the middle of a climate crisis” has been slammed by councillors in North Clare.
THE CLARE Echo speaks to Joe Whelan in the newest episode of the Business Chamber Podcast. The latest episode of the Business Chamber Podcast, in partnership with Ennis Chamber of Commerce, is out today. Host Joe Melody is joined by Joe Whelan, owner of Whelan’s Garage, located in Ennis, Kilrush and Loughrea. Only a year …
KILKEE OWNERS Brendan Browne and David McNamara tasted big wins in Galway and Clonmel.
*Marie and Kevin O’Brien outside The Corner House. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. MARIE and Kevin O’Brien’s decision to close The Corner House marks the end of an era in Kilrush.