Regional

Kilcuan Retreat Centre in Clarinbridge will receive a windfall in the coming weeks after more than 700 people came out to support a fundraising event recently.

BODYKE marks a first when the village hosts the inaugural Bodyke Summer Gathering on the May Bank Holiday weekend.

MEMBERS of an award-winning residents’ association in Killaloe were left devastated after the destruction of five concrete flower planters in their estate, which will cost an estimated €350.

THE Clare Crusaders are set to benefit from this year’s Mayor’s Ball, which was launched on Wednesday afternoon.

THE chairman of the All Island Pride of Place competition and an adjudicator from Tidy Towns Ireland joined representatives of 24 Clare community groups at an information evening held in Áras Contae an Chláir, recently.The event, hosted by Clare County Council, acknowledged the positive work that Tidy Towns groups are doing across the county, in a voluntary capacity.

A public representative has called on Galway County Council to pursue the National Roads Authority in relation to improving an area left in a terrible condition after the completion of the M18 from Gort to Ennis.

A research study into the benefits of set dancing to Parkinson’s sufferers is being undertaken on the back of a chance encounter observed at the Feakle Traditional Music Festival by an Italian researcher and doctor.

THE potential for the creation of an environmental and tourism hub at Ballyalla Lake is set to be discussed at a public meeting in Ennis next week. A meeting has been organised for next Thursday in the Auburn Lodge Hotel with the aim of setting up a working group to progress the development of the local attraction.