Regional

THE life of prominent Ennis townsman Thomas Stanislaus Cleary is the subject of a research project being carried out by a Clare student who is looking for any information or to make contact with any surviving relatives.

LIVING alone and far from civilisation without electricity or water 2,000m high up in the Alps is about as far from Ennis as you could get. But that is exactly where Lorraine Duffy, of Drumadrehid, made an important discovery dating back approximately 100 million years that will lead to a revision of what was known of the geology of the Alpine area.

CLARE County Council will this week write to leaders of the GAA in the county in an effort to set up a Michael Cusack Summer School in Carron.

THE inaugural Doolin Heritage Weekend begins this Saturday, bringing local and national experts and enthusiasts together to raise awareness about importance of conservation.

THE town of The Windswept Hill will be a hive of activity later this month as Féile Chnoc na Gaoithe gets underway on Thursday, June 28, continuing until Sunday, July 1.

TOM and Netta Long had planned a holiday break in Scotland to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary back in 2007.

THE cost of providing planned new coach-parking facilities in the county town will be more than €76,000, including €32,000 for the installation of a CCTV system.

CLARE doesn’t have a female TD and just one out of 32 county councillors is a woman but Shannon town councillors don’t feel steps need to be taken to encourage women to stand for election.