Historic character of Killaloe & Ballina to be respected in new plan
Work on a town enhancement, tourism and mobility plan for Killaloe and Ballina has begun.
Lough Derg
Safe landing for Clare’s newest white-tailed eagles
East Clare has welcomed its newest residents with a group of white-tailed eagles arriving earlier this week.
‘People don’t realise what is on their doorstep’ – Killaloe kayak company keen to make a splash
Killaloe kayaking tour company, My Next Adventure, had anticipated launching for the summer season in April but were forced to delay this until Monday as a result of COVID-19.
Controversial Carrownagowan Wind Farm promises millions to East Clare & up to 100 jobs
Coillte have been criticised for the manner in which they have prepared a planning application for a wind farm in East Clare which if developed as planned could yield a €10m contribution for the local area.
Mountshannon Arts Festival goes ahead this weekend
No green-light has been given on the return to mass gatherings in Ireland prompting the cancellation of hundreds of planned festivals across the country.
‘Uber’ can save pubs and combat rural isolation, says Quin publican
*Publican Eamon Duggan. Photograph: John Mangan COUNTY Clare publican Eamon Duggan believes the Government don’t appreciate the importance of the pub in combating rural isolation.
Gardaí carry out land & sea patrol at Lough Derg
All water activity was off limits along Lough Derg on Thursday.
‘Time to pause’ plans of extracting Lough Derg water to Dublin
*Parteen Weir. Photograph: Aerial Video & Photo Production Pressure is being put on the Department of Planning and Irish Water to scrap plans of extracting water from Lough Derg to be then transferred to Dublin.
Tourism attraction suggested to go on same site as next county burial ground
“Significant demand” for a burial site in the Ennis environs may hinder the potential for developing a new tourism site on the Kildysart Rd.
Promotion of Clare visitor moorings ’embarrassing’
*Carrigaholt Bay. Photograph: Páraic McMahon Clare’s promotion of its visitors moorings in an international cruise sailing route is “embarrassing”, Cllr Cillian Murphy has claimed.
