Burke blasts lack of contact from Gardaí on recent East Clare crimes
Lack of a follow up from An Garda Síochána in East Clare has been criticised by an elected representative.
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Flannan’s Culture Change has them primed for Harty Cup final
Five years ago, a bunch of first year students at St Flannan’s College were instructed to bring their hurleys to school everyday, on Saturday that group of young men will battle it out to become Dr Harty Cup champions. Clooney/Quin’s Eoin Guilfoyle is set to miss the final, the defender picked up an injury in …
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Burke requests section of road by back-gate to be included on roadworks programme
*Cllr Pat Burke. Photograph: Gary Collins A section of road on land owned by one East Clare councillor is to be nominated for inclusion in the 2020 roadwork’s programme.
Last minute appeal fails to stop U21 hurling draw taking place
*Inagh/Kilnamona’s David Mescall. Photograph: Martin Connolly Pairings have been confirmed for the Clare U21 Hurling Championship following Thursday evening’s draw in Clareabbey.
‘Time to pause’ plans of extracting Lough Derg water to Dublin
*Parteen Weir. Photograph: Aerial Video & Photo Production Pressure is being put on the Department of Planning and Irish Water to scrap plans of extracting water from Lough Derg to be then transferred to Dublin.
Farmers ‘demoralised by blame game’
Schemes “supporting sustainable agricultural production” need to be embraced to help a “demoralised” farming sector, one elected member of Clare County Council has declared.
‘Holy Island can be a world class tourism destination’
*Lough Derg as seen from Holy Island. Photograph: Niall Culligan Hopes remain high that Holy Island will be “a game-changer” in developing East Clare’s tourism offering but elected representatives have acknowledged the timeline for the project’s delivery is “dragging on a bit”.
Arbitration & bats cause slight delay to Killaloe Bridge & Bypass
Conversations in parts of East Clare on the long awaited Killaloe Bypass are a daily occurrence, landowners using their right of going down the arbitration route and East Clare bats have slightly delayed the project.
Tim minding the enemy within the Crowe’s nest
*Tim Crowe with his Cratloe supporting grand-children Iarla & Maeve Hawes. Photograph: Joe Buckley
Clare hosting 50 free Culture Night events
Clare’s cultural community will unite today (Friday) to showcase the very best the county has to offer.
