Scariff Community Co-op goes moneyless this weekend as a new market spearheaded by local resident, Deirdre Morrissey has its first day out.
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Thousands of cyclists en route to the Burren
More than 2,200 cyclists are expected to join former world number one cyclist Sean Kelly for the fifth annual An Post Tour de Burren, details of which were announced this week.
Read More »Opposition to Derg abstraction in murky waters
A PLEA for a united opposition against the proposed abstraction of an estimated 500 litres daily from Lough Derg by 2020 was plunged into some turbulent waters at a recent meeting.
Read More »Environs plan dubbed a ‘waste of time’
THE creation of a new Ennis and Environs Development Plan for 2014 to 2020 has been described as a “waste of time and money” as the future of Ennis Town Council remains in doubt.
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Read More »Mosaic pieces together mental health issues
Students at Gort Community School this week unveiled a special project aimed at opening a dialogue about mental health among young people.
Read More »Killimer parish hall reopened
LAST Sunday, Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, re-opened the refurbished Killimer Parish Hall. A huge crowd attended, with many travelling from the National Famine Commemoration in Kilrush. Parish groups who avail of the hall displayed their work showing what groups contribute to the community. The need to upgrade and further develop Killimer Parish Hall for the future was identified by Killimer Parish Pastoral Council. Killimer Parish Hall was closed for four months until the rebuild and refurbishment was completed. In 1886, the Killimer parish priest, Fr O’Meara, leased the property to be used as a school for a period of 99 years. In 1952, due to a fire, the building could no longer be used as a school and a new school was built next door. The parishioners began fundraising to construct a parish hall, which was opened around 1957. This served as a gathering place, where dances and sales of work were held. In the …
Read More »US visitors draw blank at bank
VISITORS to the county capital from its twin city of Phoenix certainly didn’t ‘bank’ on the kind of reception they received when they visited the town recently. While the recent Phoenix Week has been hailed as an overwhelming success, one local councillor has criticised the way some of the Phoenix delegates were treated in the town’s banks.
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