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Plans for a 15m telecommunications structure to be built near Doolin Cave

A 15M TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE will be built close to Doolin Cave in order to provide enhanced broadband to Inisheer and Inishmaan, should a planning application by the NBI to Clare County Council be approved. Galway planning consultants Entrust have made an application to the planning department for the structure as well as a sizeable adjoining …

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Shannon’s fingerprints all over Clare’s canny ability to finish strong

By Páraic McMahon

*Conor Shannon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. Hurling Championship coverage brought to you in association with McKeoghs Home, Garden & DIY CLARE’S U20 hurlers have finished strong in all of their games and have packed a punch when it matters with the fingerprints of highly rated strength and conditioning coach Conor Shannon all over this.

Lisdoonvarna retailer jailed for two years & seven months for sexual assault of schoolboy in 1980s

By Gordon Deegan

*Noel Jordan. Photograph: Press 22. A JUDGE has jailed a Lisdoonvarna retailer for two years and seven months for the sexual abuse of a then primary school-boy in the 1980s.

Sex offender’s family-run business had accumulated profits of over €600k

By The Clare Echo

*PICTURED:Noel Jordan at Ennis Courthouse during the week The retail firm co-owned by sex offender, Noel Jordan was sitting on accumulated profits of €640,881 at the end of 2024, most recent accounts filed show. At Ennis Circuit Court on Monday, (may 11th) Judge Francis Comerford is due to sentence of Mr Jordan (59) Jordan’s Mace, …

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Lisdoonvarna sex offender remanded in custody for sexual abuse of primary school boy when he was a teenager

By Páraic McMahon

*Noel Jordan. Photograph: Press 22 A JUDGE has remanded in custody a Lisdoonvarna retailer pending sentence for the sexual abuse of a primary school-boy in the 1980s.

Excise fuel cut ‘minuscule’ & Govt’s wait & see approach hasn’t helped families feeling the pinch

By Páraic McMahon

*Fuel prices in Circle K Shannon at lunchtime on Wednesday. Photograph: Joe Buckley CUTTING EXCISE on petrol and diesel has been a “minuscule” measure, a leading Clare haulier has said while criticising the wait and see approach adopted by the Irish Government amid escalating conflict in the Middle East.

Lissycasey, St Breckan’s & Miltown climb to top of Cusack Cup with successive wins

By Seamus Hayes

*Cian Meaney of Lissycasey battles with Éire Óg’s Eoin Guilfoyle. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. LISSYCASEY, St Breckan’s and St Joseph’s Miltown share top spot in the Cusack Cup with two wins in the opening rounds of the league.

Council on track to deliver 232 houses in Clare in 2026

By The Clare Echo

CLARE County Council is on course to deliver 232 social and affordable homes this year, with the support of local developers and in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies.

Clare students win science awards

By Dearbhla Parry

*Koen Verbruggen, Director of Geological Survey Ireland, presents the Geological Survey Ireland Award to Béibhinn O’Loughlin from Mary Immaculate Secondary School in Lisdoonvarna. Photograph: Fennell Photography TWO Clare students have received awards for their science projects revolving around geological and water analyses. At The Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2026 Awards last week, Mary …

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46k passengers used Burren/Cliffs Explorer in pilot season

By Páraic McMahon

46,742 passengers used the Burren/Cliffs Explorer in its pilot season over the summer.

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