Iceland’s Shannon workers owed wages, annual leave & sick leave
*Photograph: Joe Buckley ICELAND’s Shannon store was among the final outlets of the discount retailer to close its doors.
Timmy Dooley
Dooley & Garvey criticised for no-show at Council special meeting
*Senator Timmy Dooley. Photograph: John Mangan ABSENCE OF two Clare Senators from a special meeting of Clare County Council has been criticised.
School bus ‘crisis’ prompts Cratloe complaint to Bus Éireann & Dept of Education
*A public meeting took place in Cratloe on Monday. A FORMAL COMPLAINT has been issued to Bus Éireann and the Department of Education following the cancellation of three routes in South-East Clare.
Clare politicians praise decision to keep county boundary intact
*Timmy Dooley studies the tallies. Photograph: Joe Buckley KEEPING CLARE’S entire geographic boundary intact is the right move according to politicians in the county.
Lack of law & order fuelling problems in Sixmilebridge claim locals
*Mayor of Clare, Cllr Joe Cooney approaches Gardaí. LAW AND ORDER doesn’t exist in Sixmilebridge, frustrated locals claimed at a tense public meeting.
Sixmilebridge standing united in bid to remove illegal encampment
*A section of the crowd in Sixmilebridge. LARGE CROWDS turned out in Sixmilebridge on Monday evening at a heated public meeting seeking the removal of a campervan from a local housing estate.
Former shop under examination for Newmarket-on-Fergus GP service but community can’t be expected to kit out facility
*Brendan Ryan told the meeting buildings owned by the parish should be considered. Photograph: Joe Buckley PREMISES TO HAVE a GP service in the village of Newmarket-on-Fergus are being examined but the community should not be made go “cap in hand” to the HSE.
‘HSE have a duty not to put us on a cliff edge’ – Newmarket-on-Fergus locals turn out in force to fight for GP service
*A section of the crowd at the public meeting in Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS needs a medical service fitting of its big and growing population, a public meeting has heard.
Marty Morrissey at centre of RTÉ car controversy
QUILTY’s Marty Morrissey has revealed he is the RTÉ broadcaster that had the loan of a Renault car for five years.
‘A representative of distinction’ – ex Clare TD & Minister Brendan Daly dies
*Former TD Brendan Daly makes a speech at the DeValera monument. Photograph: Natasha Barton. FORMER CLARE TD AND MINISTER, Brendan Daly (FF) has died with his warmth, charm and intellect among the traits coming to the fore in tributes.