MINNESOTA woman Mary McGrath first visited Ireland with her family in 1987. It turned out to be a pilgrimage, one she has repeated many times since.  

RESIDENTS are seeking the removal of an embankment outside a Gillogue Industrial Estate, which has been described as an “eyesore” and a “monstrosity”.

WHILE Kilrush doesn’t have a full-time tourist office for the summer season, Kilrush Town Council marketing and development Officer Siobhán Garvey has said having a tourism information point in Crotty’s public house means that the information is available year round, seven days per week.

The current draft of the new Ennis and Environs Development Plan for 2014 to 2020 has been adopted by county councillors, despite some strong objections.

GALWAY County Council has sought further information in relation to proposals to develop a children’s play area and demolish an existing two-storey building at the Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore in Gort.

Two Kilrush RNLI volunteers were honoured at the RNLI annual presentation of awards at Trinity College, Dublin, recently. They were among 51 volunteers honoured.

TRADERS in O’Connell Street will lose up to €10 million in sales annually if the street is pedestrianised, a businessman has claimed.

WHILE current US President Barack Obama was in Belfast for this week’s G8 Summit in Fermanagh, President Bill Clinton stopped off at Shannon Airport on route to the Middle East. It’s believed to be the first time that a serving and former American President were in Ireland at the same time.