A 20-year-old student is fundraising to partly finance the cost of volunteering to combat HIV and Aids in a South African hospice.

THE big brother camera had to be removed from Bushy Island this past week after a nesting camera installed on Monday, June 10 last caused disturbance to the parents of the Mounsthannon white-tailed sea eaglets. Dr Allan Mee project manager of the Golden Eagle Trust confirmed the parents flew the nest this week following the installation of a nesting camera on Bushy Island.

A PUBLIC consultation will be held this Thursday in relation to a draft 10-year improvement and economic development strategy for Kilkee.

HARBOUR Flights Ireland seaplane base was used by the Medevac 112 helicopter to airlift a Belgian tourist to the Emergency Department at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick following an equestrian accident last weekend.

Councillor Brian Meaney has retained some of his ideals for the protection of the environment, despite his departure from the Green Party.

NORTH Clare’s tourism experience has been given a significant boost with the opening of the €400,000 Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk, a 12km route providing improved public access to spectacular coastal locations.

OVER a thousand people are involved in pastoral councils and thousands more are involved in other parish activities and ministries across the Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. That’s the positive message sounded by Fr Tom Hogan, Ennis parish administrator, at the launch of an event that will attract thousands of people to the town in September.

CONCERN has been expressed that a former high-support mental health facility in Shannon could be lying idle for a long period unless the Health Service Executive can afford the cost of a major refurbishment.