Kildysart Agricultural Show is gearing up for a day to top all others on Saturday, August 3. A huge range of events have been put together for show day 2013 and organisers are confident patrons will be very impressed.
Read More »Vintage games fundraiser for Kenyan children
The McNamara family garden in Scariff will be full of comings and goings on Sunday August 4, as the whole clan gather for a novelty fundraiser to help children in the Mukuru Slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Read More »Meehan to head up Trócaire
KILMALEY man Eamonn Meehan has been appointed as the new executive director of Trócaire, the overseas Catholic development agency. He succeeds Justin Kilcullen who is due to retire in October.
Read More »Royal return to Killaloe?
WITH Kate Middleton celebrating the birth of her first child and future king of England this week, it has emerged she could, potentially, be taking part in the celebrations for another royal relation in Clare next year.
Read More »Opening hours extended as 6,500 flock to lighthouse
FROM this Friday, opening times at Loop Head Lighthouse are being extended by two hours, to accommodate the surge in visitor numbers to the West Clare landmark.
Read More »Woman struck by dolphin
A WOMAN was removed by ambulance to hospital with abdominal injuries last Sunday after being struck by a bottle-nose dolphin while swimming off the pier in Doolin.
Read More »Fear and loathing in the Dáil bar
COMMENT For more years than I care to remember, the Dáil bar was my “local”. I am not boasting when I say that I probably drank more in the Dáil bar over the course of three decades than I drank in all other establishments combined. This is not a boast; just stating a fact of life.
Read More »Shannon Aviation Bill
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