Rural bus routes enhanced in Clare
THREE BUS ROUTES in Clare are to be enhanced as part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan for 2023 with two new services announced for the county.
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Whitegate GAA club row in behind Scariff Community College’s Astro plans
Pictured at the presentation are Aideen Burke, Siobhan Considine Officers Whitegate Camogie Club and Hurling Club Officers John O’Brien, Niall Heffernan and Kieran Gibbons with Darina Sheridan Astro Committee SCC WHITEGATE GAA club have made a contribution of €1000 towards an Astro development at Scariff Community College.
Lighting hasn’t improved in Bodyke to help walking Ukrainians
APPEALS TO IMPROVE LIGHTING in Bodyke on the back of the arrival of over 100 Ukrainian refugees has not been acted on.
Speed limit signs ‘causing confusion’ in East Clare
SPEED LIMIT SIGNS are “causing confusion” in East Clare according to a Whitegate representative.
Clare Echo’s 2022 Sporting Awards
Diarmaid Nash at the Pat Kirby memorial in Tuamgraney. Photograph: Gordon Daly Back with a bang for the third year, The Clare Echo’s sporting awards applaud the great and good from within the county.
St Stephen’s Day swim to take place in memory of Mikey Hynes
*The late Michael ‘Mikey’ Hynes. A ST STEPHEN’S DAY SWIM in aid of the late Mikey Hynes has already raised well over €6,000.
Target set to have EV charging point installed in Killaloe by end of 2023’s first quarter
AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE charger is targeted to be installed in Killaloe within the first three months of next year.
Favourites kept apart in U21A semi-finals
Patrick Crotty takes on Eoin Guilfoyle and John Cahill. Photograph: Sport Action Photography BOTH FAVOURITES to win the U21A hurling title have been paired at opposite sides of the draw for the semi-finals.
East Clare landowners need to ‘roll up their sleeves & cut their hedges’
*”A major culture change is needed,” Cllr Pat Burke (FG) believed. Photograph: Ruth Griffin AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET of €53,000 has been allocated to the Killaloe Municipal District for hedge cutting this year.
Clarecastle taste joy of preserving senior status
*Anthony Daly and James McMahon. Photograph: Ruth Griffin JOY was evident on the face of all Magpies in Dr Daly Park when the Clarecastle senior hurlers got their reprieve to keep their place in the top flight.