Regional

THE waiting game continues for three homeowners who can’t access their houses in a Killaloe ghost estate, despite some recent progress.

A NEW cycle path between two local towns has “huge potential” to generate tourism, according to the county’s mayor.

THE recently postponed National Famine Commemoration public meeting will take place next Monday at 7.30pm in the Vandeleur Walled Gardens, Kilrush.  

A TEACHER from Ennis has been praised in New Zealand’s parliament for her work with students, which saw them win a number of prestigious business awards. Emma Kim O’Riordan, originally from Gallows Hill, lives in Auckland with her husband, Borin and teaches in Manurewa High School.

MUSIC fans are expected to descend in their droves on Kilfenora this weekend for the fifth annual Kilfenora Trad Festival. Jigs and reels will reverberate from one end of the street to the other in one of the county’s great centres for traditional music.

LOUGH Graney Community Development Association has had funding approved through Clare Local Development Company (CLDC) for the development of a community hall for Flagmount and Killanena.

THE Irish team to compete in the Lough Cutra Castle Triathlon in Gort on Sunday, May 26 has been announced.

An internationally renowned fiddle player and teacher from Killaloe will be honoured with 90 other outstanding Americans, including actress and humanitarian Mia Farrow, at a special gala ceremony on historic Ellis Island on Saturday, May 11.