Owen Ryan has been a journalist with the Clare Champion since 2007, having previously worked with a number of other publications in Limerick, Cork and Galway. His first book will be published in December 2024.
ONE of the two Shannon-based county councillors has already been elected to the Oireachtas, and the other one could be on the way.
Fine Gael’s Tony Mulcahy is seeking election to the industrial and commercial panel of the Seanad and...
THE result of the general election means that two vacancies have to be filled on Clare County Council. Joe Cooney (FG) and Donna McGettigan (SF) have been elected TDs and the abolition of the dual mandate a number...
BACK in 1974 Cranny’s Pat Shannon was involved in the counting of the votes in that summer’s local elections.
A half century later, he spent last weekend in the West County, still part of the team making sure that the...
FOR the sixth time Cathal Crowe’s (FF)name appeared on a ballot paper and for the sixth time he was elected.
In advance of the election there was a feeling that with three strong East Clare candidates in the race there...
IN the last week of the election there was a feeling in other parties that Sinn Féin’s Donna McGettigan would probably not be elected, although some felt she could be in the mix for the last seat.
Ultimately she took...
THE new Tesco store at the Town Centre opened on Friday, which will see the creation of 44 new jobs.
Councillors Tony Mulcahy (FG) and Donna McGettigan (SF), who would be elected to the Dáil later that day, officially gave...
