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Discover Three Extraordinary Ways to Experience West Clare This Summer

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WEST CLARE has long been celebrated for its dramatic scenery, rich heritage and spectacular wildlife, but one of its greatest attractions is often overlooked—the opportunity to experience it all from the water. Operating from Kilrush Marina, three popular visitor experiences are giving locals and visitors alike the chance to discover the Shannon Estuary coastline from …

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Plans lodged for 18m communications tower in Kilkee

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PLANS to construct an 18m communications tower close to George’s Head in Kilkee have been lodged with Clare County Council. A planning application was issued to the local authority by Galway planning consultants Entrust on behalf of Icon Tower Ireland. In the application for the proposed development, the communications tower firm are seeking planning permission …

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Planning underway for first stage of West Clare Greenway

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CLARE County Council has begun submitting the first section of the West Clare Railway Greenway to An Coimisiún Pleanála for development consent. When complete, the Greenway will stretch for approximately 100 kilometres, linking Kilrush with Ennis via Kilkee, Miltown Malbay, Lahinch and Ennistymon, linking all tourist areas of the West Coast. This comes after Minister …

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Historic West Clare Irish college to be granted new lease of life after planning approval

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COLÁISTE Eoghain has been granted planning permission to turn the former Irish college in Carrigaholt into “a residential cultural and educational centre with overnight visitor accommodation”. The former Irish college first lodged plans for the renovations this time last year with a further information request by Clare County Council over relevant ecological surveys, wastewater concerns …

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Kilmaley Hall set for refurbishment as community plans for future use

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KILMALEY Hall, a long-standing community hub in one of County Clare’s largest parishes, is set for an overdue refurbishment that could secure the future of the facility for generations to come.   Built in the early 1960s, the hall has served as a central meeting place for the people of Kilmaley, Inch and Connolly for …

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Three decades of hospitality at Doolin’s Village Crafts shop

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THE Fitzgerald family has successfully mastered an evolving tourism market for over 30 years in North Clare. In the centre of Doolin, the family-run Village Crafts Shop has quietly grown into a longstanding fixture of the local landscape, offering visitors a thoughtfully curated collection of authentic Irish goods alongside a traditional welcome. Owned and operated …

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A County Clare man charged in connection with an alleged €2m drugs seizure has secured bail in the High Court, a court has heard.

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At ENNIS District Court, solicitor, Stiofán Fitzpatrick said that Odhran O’Brien (32) has secured bail and sought a lengthy adjournment to allow the DPP make directions in the case. Mr O’Brien of Cahermurphy, Kilmihil, Co Clare has secured High Court bail after being refused bail at Ennis District Court last month. In the case, Mr …

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Éalu Aran offers a break from the stress of everyday life

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A young Inis Oírr native is inviting people to step on to the island and slow down. Áine Seoighe the founder of Éalú Aran offers bilingual immersive cultural and wellness experiences on the Aran Islands. A break from the stresses of everyday life through yoga,breathwork, sauna, sea swims, Irish language, crafts, history, and nature, offered in unforgettable …

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Clare man enters signed guilty plea to Carrigaholt Post Office robbery

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ONE of the four Co Clare men accused of the robbery of Carrigaholt Post Office in west Clare in January has signed a guilty plea to the robbery. At Ennis District Court on Wednesday, Darren Cassidy (38) of Lifford Mews, Lifford, Ennis signed the guilty plea to robbing Maura McKiernan, the post-mistress at An Post Carrigaholt, The Square, Carrigaholt of …

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