Ruan actress to make on-screen debut in Call The Midwife
*Lisa O’Connor. Photograph: Alishia Love A Ruan actress is to make her first on-screen role in the BBC period drama Call The Midwife on Sunday.
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Selfless on an unmatchable scale – Claire Nugent steps down from Clare 250 roles
The Clare 250 has been in operation since 1980 and a central figure since the outset has been Ennis woman Claire Nugent who has now stepped down from her roles in the Clare 250 cycle and in the Clare 250 Lourdes pilgrimage.
Strong business case needs to be made for Crusheen rail stop
**Photograph: Anthony E Bennett – Irish Railway Record Society Archive Crusheen cannot wait for the completion of a transportation strategy for the county if an appeal to to open a railway stop is to be successful.
‘Much more than a caretaker’ – glowing tributes paid to Ruan’s Martin Flanagan
*Martin Flanagan. One of the most recognisable but understated figures associated with Clare GAA was laid to rest on Wednesday.
Volunteer award for Ruan’s Brid Mac
County camogie PRO Brid MacNamara has been named as the Clare winner at the 2020 Federation of Irish Sport
Sixmilebridge motion on re-grading defeated
There was strong opposition to a motion from Sixmilebridge dealing with re-grading.
Live streaming ensured work of 20×20 was not a washout – Brid Mac
Live streaming has helped to prevent COVID-19 undoing all of the inroads made as part of the 20×20 campaign, Clare Camogie’s PRO has said.
Clare Echo’s 2020 Sporting Awards
Countless milestones, memories and gatherings were taken from our reach in 2020 but once again sport came up trumps in providing joy and solace with many organisations also leading the way when it came local community responses during the pandemic, Head of Sport Páraic McMahon dishes out the gongs in the inaugural Clare Echo Sporting Awards.
Clare hotels braced for bleak start to 2021
Hotels and guesthouses in Clare are facing their harshest ever start to a new year due to a collapse in room occupancy figures according to the latest industry survey from the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF).
‘Positive investment in Ruan’ to be rewarded with installation of street lighting
A business owner has been hailed for bringing “positive investment” into Ruan.