Willie Clancy week records biggest & busiest run in Miltown Malbay
*Students playing the banjo. Photograph: John Sheridan. WILLIE CLANCY week 2025 was the busiest and biggest one yet according to organisers and local businesses.
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New 48 space car park opens in Ennistymon
A NEW public car park with 48 additional spaces has opened in Ennistymon.
End of an era in Lahinch as Talty stamp over post office concludes
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.
Rita represented West Clare ‘with integrity & dignity’ during term as Cathaoirleach
*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”.
‘Let us represent the people with purpose not politics’ – says Slattery as he becomes Chair of West Clare Municipal District
*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.
Council meeting adjourned as mark of respect to former lifeguard Éanna Rouine
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.
Chance for upgraded hospital in Ennis ‘the opportunity of a lifetime’
*Ennis Hospital. FIGHTING to get an emergency department for Ennis represents “the opportunity of a lifetime” for politicians in the county.
Untimely death of Éanna Rouine leaves a void in North Clare
NORTH Clare is reeling while the entire county is gripped in a state of shock and sadness with the untimely death of Éanna Rouine.
Negotiations to commence within two weeks between Council & landowners to plot future path of Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk
*The Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk. MEETINGS are to commence between Clare County Council, North Clare landowners and IFA representatives within a fortnight to plot the future management of the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk.
Councillors finding it difficult to look public in the eye following €8m Cliffs of Moher deal
*Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG), Cllr Shane Talty (FF), Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) and Cllr Joe Killeen (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. COUNTY COUNCILLORS have said they are finding it difficult to look North Clare constituents in the eye following the Council’s €8m land acquisition adjacent to the Cliffs of Moher.