*Photograph: Eamon Ward ENNISTYMON has been left off the map by its omission as a stop for the Burren and Cliffs Explorer shuttle bus with the creation of “an outer bypass in Inagh” slammed by locals.
*Councillors raised the matter at Monday’s meeting of the County Council. IMPROVING the “not fit for purpose” N68 has to be viewed as a strategic project of national significance.
*Students playing the banjo. Photograph: John Sheridan. WILLIE CLANCY week 2025 was the busiest and biggest one yet according to organisers and local businesses.
A NEW public car park with 48 additional spaces has opened in Ennistymon.
LAHINCH marked the end of an era with the closure of its post office on Main Street on Friday as the service relocated to the Spar store.
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward WEST CLARE’s first female politician to wear the chain of office as Cathaoirleach in the Municipal District has been hailed for an “unwavering commitment” who “represented the area with distinction”.
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) and Cllr Bill Slattery (FG). A YEAR on from his successful political comeback, Cllr Bill Slattery (FG) has been elected as the Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District.
CLARE County Council’s June meeting was adjourned for fifteen minutes as a mark of respect to Éanna Rouine and his family, he had worked as a beach lifeguard with the local authority.
*Ennis Hospital. FIGHTING to get an emergency department for Ennis represents “the opportunity of a lifetime” for politicians in the county.
NORTH Clare is reeling while the entire county is gripped in a state of shock and sadness with the untimely death of Éanna Rouine.