Timmy Dooley Archives

Mountshannon, Scariff & Miltown Malbay projects to share €824k in funding

THREE CLARE projects have been awarded a total of €824,480 to revitalise town and village centres by repurposing vacant or derelict buildings for community use.

Mick Guinee honoured as Shannon Chamber celebrates 30 years

By Páraic McMahon

*Marty Morrissey and Mick Guinee. Photograph: Eamon Ward. THREE DECADES of success for Shannon Chamber has been celebrated and lauded.

Mid-West Oireachtas members take united stance following HIQA review

By Páraic McMahon

*Mid-West Oireachtas members at a meeting in Leinster House. A UNITED front has been mounted by politicians in the Mid-West in views expressed to the Minister for Health on future emergency healthcare services in the region.

Inagh’s Mary Crawford elected first female chair of Fianna Fáil’s Clare branch

By Páraic McMahon

*File pic: Mary Crawford with Billy Kelleher MEP and Gerry Reidy. INAGH’s Mary Crawford has been elected as the first female Chair of Fianna Fáil’s Clare branch with the party’s AGM hearing if any apologies have been sent by Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) to the county following the Presidential election.

Mid-West Oireachtas members back three-tier hospital expansion plan for region

By Páraic McMahon

OIREACHTAS members from Clare and Limerick have given their backing to a three-tier plan to expand hospital capacity in the Mid-West, following publication of HIQA’s review of urgent and emergency care services in the region.

Inis Cealtra visitor experience ‘can drive visitors to East Clare’

By Páraic McMahon

Pictured at the opening (LtoR) Clare County Council Director of Service for Tourism Development Siobhan McNulty; Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Gordon Daly; Cathaoirleach of Killaloe Municipal District Pat Burke; Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr Paul Murphy and Minister of State for Fisheries and the Marine, Timmy Dooley TD INIS CEALTRA’s visitor experience …

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West Clare infrastructure needs to improve for Irish Open & offshore wind potential

By Páraic McMahon

*Junior Minister, Timmy Dooley (FF). JUNIOR MINISTER, Timmy Dooley (FF) has said road infrastructure around Doonbeg needs to be improved in advance of next year’s Irish Open.

West Clare’s wind opportunities won’t begin to blow until 2027

By Páraic McMahon

*Junior Minister, Timmy Dooley speaking in The Armada Hotel. Photograph: Nicholas Higgins. OFFSHORE WIND OPPORTUNITIES for West Clare will not begin to blow until early 2027 at the earliest but its coastline has “a bright future” for development in the sector.