TALKS on the potential to package Ennis and Clare for the tourism market in Germany have taken place between members of Ennis Town Council and local government officials from Germany.

FORMER Progressive Democrats general election candidate, Mary Mannion, is supporting calls for the Government to postpone plans for the controversial €120 million motorway going through large tracts of South-East Clare.

PLANNING permission has been granted to Clare County Council for a pedestrian crossing and footpath in Quin. However, while the efforts have been welcomed locally, a number of concerns have been raised seeking a different location for the works.

A local initiative using sport to bring multi-cultural communities together has been widely praised by an American academic who has travelled to Ennis to research the project and its ongoing success in promoting integration.

Organisers have hailed this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Gort as the best held in the town in years.“The parade’s theme Our Local Heritage captured the imagination of the participants, both on foot and on floats. There were more floats than usual and the event attracted a very large attendance. Many community organisations and businesses availed of the parade to promote their events and services,” explained Padraic Giblin, from the parade’s organising committee.

THERE will be huge interest in the address given by Transport Minister Leo Varadkar at Shannon Chamber’s spring lunch, on Friday, March 30, given that Mr Varadkar has said he will provide details of his plan for Shannon’s future by Easter, which is the following weekend.

MORE than three years after it was suggested Kilrush Wood walking trails be upgraded, it has emerged that Kilrush Town Council is to meet with Coillte to examine ways to develop the 420 acre wood.

MEMBERS of Ennistymon Choral Society will tread the boards next week bringing The Merry Widow to the stage in Lahinch. They began work on the musical back in October with full rehearsals beginning in January for the four-night run, which kicks off next Thursday.