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THE development of a National Garden of Commemoration and Thanksgiving in Salthill Park, Galway will help provide a place of peaceful sanctuary for Clare organ donors to remember their loved ones.

CALLS have been made for transit passengers delayed at Shannon Airport to be offered local tours of the area similar to ventures undertaken at Amsterdam Airport in recent times, at a recent Clare County Council meeting.

A SERIES of poetry readings will be delivered at the courthouse gallery in Ennistymon next Thursday to celebrate All-Ireland Poetry Day.

The Lament for Tommy Daly, possibly the best known Clare hurling ballad, was written by a Kerry man, Bryan MacMahon from Listowel. He was, however, very proud of his Clare ancestors.

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As TLC4CF gear up for a fundraising cycle this weekend, Seamus Clancy tells Peter O’Connell how inspiration isn’t hard to find TWO years ago, almost to the day, TLC4CF was launched. The group, formed by the Clare, Limerick and Tipperary branches of the Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland, had a target in mind. They needed to raise €4.2m to fund the construction of a specialist CF unit on the grounds of the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick. Two years later, they are just €1m short of what must have seemed like an initially overwhelming figure. That target will be further eroded on Saturday but not without the spillage of some sweat on the scenic roads of North Clare. Three cycles, catering for pedallers of all hues, will leave Kilnaboy NS at 10am. Anybody who hands over the entry fee can chose to cycle 115km, 40km or just 10km, which is aimed at families. The long route will take in most …

ClARE Sports Partnership and Clare Local Development Company are co-ordinating a weekend of county-wide walking to celebrate National Trails Day on October 2. More than 10 guided walks and an orienteering event are to be organised by walking clubs and guides across the county.

THROUGHOUT the last fortnight, Tanzanian priest Fr Appolinaris Msaky has been visiting Ennistymon as a guest of Pat and Neilius O’Doherty.