Cost to sort flooding in Ballycar now in region of €25m
*Photograph: John Mangan FLOODING in Ballycar “has been the bane of our life”, the top official in Iarnród Éireann has remarked.
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Northern Lights visible across Co Clare
*Northern Lights over Lees Rd. Photograph: Jenny Griffin AURORA displays have been visible across Co Clare this Thursday night.
Councillors slam Bus Éireann & Department of Education for ‘scandalous’ manner in which school bus system was introduced
*Photograph: Joe Buckley BUS ÉIREANN have come under fire for the “scandalous” manner in which a new bus system for secondary schools in Shannon was introduced.
Truagh/Clonlara, Inagh/Kilnamona, Scariff/Ogonnelloe and Kilmaley still standing as camogie reaches semi-final stage
*Becky Foley was among Truagh/Clonlara’s goal scorers. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE way is clear for the semi-finals of the Clare senior camogie championship and the games will go ahead on Saturday and Sunday week (October 6/7th).
An Bord Pleanála delays on Newmarket-on-Fergus wastewater treatment plant ‘not acceptable’
*Photograph: John Mangan DELAYS from An Bord Pleanála in announcing the outcome of an appeal to the building of a wastewater treatment plant in Newmarket-on-Fergus is “not acceptable”.
Bodyke hang on to intermediate status
*Bodyke’s Jamie O’Donnell. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill BODYKE made things difficult for themselves but shook off a late Newmarket-on-Fergus revival to guarantee their place in the premier intermediate hurling championship for 2025.
Newmarket-on-Fergus ‘hugely deflated’ with earliest championship exit since 2020
*Peter Power battles with the Fitzpatricks, Páidí and Barry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS’ exit from the Clare senior hurling championship is “hugely deflating,” manager James Carrig has said.
High scoring as senior camogie race continues
*Clarecastle/Ballyea’s Doireann Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill THE race for the Clare senior camogie title (McMahon cup) continued at the weekend when there were some high scoring games.
Tulla’s failure to advance the big surprise as intermediate quarter-finalists confirmed
*David McInerney shrugs off the challenge of Mark Barry. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill TULLA’s absence from the quarter-finals of the Clare IHC is the major surprise following the third round of action played this weekend.
‘A make it up as you go along project’ – parents slam pilot school bus scheme
*Aoife Keogh addressing parents in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Joe Buckley. NO health and safety assessment was carried out prior to the introduction of a pilot school transport system in Sixmilebridge and Newmarket-on-Fergus for secondary school students in Shannon.
