Just two months after it was opened, North Clare’s latest activity tourism initiative is yielding results.  Already thousands of people have taken to the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk, a 12k route developed at a cost of €400,000.

THE roar of up to 140 supercar engines will get a barbecue festival on the shores of Lough Derg off to a flying start this month.

THE Poor Clare Sisters welcomed the Papal Nuncio, Most Rev Archbishop Charles J Brown, to Ennis last weekend. He joined them in the celebration of the feast day of their founder, St Clare of Assisi.

HOT on the heels of its successful March production of Me and My Girl, the Ennis Musical Society this week announced its plan to perform the hit musical, Annie, as its 2014 production.

ORGANISERS of the Kilrush Traditional Music Festival, which was held last weekend, say they were very happy with the attendance from competitors and the general public.

AT the end of August, the contribution of the Salesian sisters to education in Kildysart and Clare will be marked in the Shannonside village.

North Clare residents will have the chance to commute to Galway by boat next month after Ballyvaughan Bay Hop announced it is holding another trial from September 2 to 13.

A proposal to upgrade an existing caravan park in Kinvara, which was recently given the go-ahead by Galway County Council, could help end the illegal parking problem in the seaside village a public representative has claimed.