Ennis

ENNIS businesses are being urged to dress to impress this Christmas – window dress that is. The deadline for taking part in the annual Clare Champion Christmas window display competition is coming up fast and local business and shop owners are being encouraged to get into the spirit of the season by taking part.

TOWNS such as Ennis will only benefit from the investment in The Gathering project next year if cleaning levels are maintained, according to Dr Tom Cavanagh, chairman of Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL).

ENNIS Book Club Festival has once again attracted some of the biggest best-selling international authors. Author of the globally successful A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka will be a special guest at Ennis Book Club Festival, which will take place from March 1 to March 3, 2013.

THE abolition of town councils with statutory powers such as Ennis has been branded unconstitutional by one local councillor, who has called for the consideration of a legal challenge to the plans.

ÉIRE Óg GAA Club has been successful in its plans to develop a hurling wall following a decision by An Bord Pleanála to give the project the green light, despite objections from neighbours.

LOCAL lifesavers were among the medal-winning teams to return from Australia’s World Lifesaving Championships. A team of five women and six men representing their country returned home triumphantly, having won a number of medals and broken a world record in Adelaide. All the medallists, with the exception of one, were from Clare.

THE 21 years of ongoing dedicated service from the Ennis-based Friends of Respond was celebrated at the weekend. Respond, the not-for-profit housing association, recognised the support being given to residents and the board of management by the local group and the Ennis community for more than two decades.

A 65-year-old grandmother from Ruan has been hailed the Granny Grand Prix champion after displaying her impressive motor-racing skills at the weekend.