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More supports needed to help Clare’s Direct Provision residents self-isolate

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Clare’s Direct Provision residents are struggling to self-isolate properly in certain centres causing immense worry among the county’s asylum seekers. Direct Provision residents have been instructed to self-isolate as with the entire population but no clarity has been provided to them on how they can achieve this while living in confined areas. Over the weekend, …

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Former Meelick Direct Provision resident wins national culinary award

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A former resident of the Knockalisheen Direct Provision Centre in Meelick has won a gold medal in the prestigious Chef Ireland competition. Bangaly Doumbouya collected his latest accolade while juggling a full-time course as a Culinary Arts students at the Limerick Institute of Technology. He has also worked at Clare hotels including Dromoland Castle and …

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South Clare needs ‘more works’ before LNDR is put in place

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Improved road facilities must be put in place in Clare prior to the development of the Limerick Northern Distributor Road (LNDR), Cllr Cathal Crowe has claimed. Meelick native, Crowe proposed at Shannon Municipal District’s January meeting that “Clare County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland prioritise in 2019 the provision of a widened carriageway, pedestrian footpath, …

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