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WORKERS in Lahinch could face additional parking charges if plans by Clare County Council to centralise the parking permit system go ahead.

EXTENSIVE damage was caused to a detached two-storey house in the Tobartaoscáin area of Ennis when a fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning.

At Monday’s Kilrush Electoral Area meeting, Councillor PJ Kelly asked that speed ramps be put in place on the eastern approach to the school. However, Mr Feeney told the meeting that parents should take responsibility for their driving habits and said ramps are not required. “I suspect, and I use the term very loosely, that the main offenders are probably the users of the school. I don’t think it’s beyond the wit of the school to write and explain that situation to parents, that it is in their interest and that they should have some cognisance of the rules of the road in this instance. It’s their children that are attending the school,” Mr Feeney commented. “I’ve been there myself and observed cars two if not three abreast on the road, which can create havoc and makes manoeuvring that little bit more difficult. If people were a bit more courteous and followed the road markings and speed limit signs, I …

OVER €2 million was spent on consultants to produce a Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) concerning Dublin City Council’s (DCC) proposed water extraction of an estimated 500 million litres daily from Lough Derg in 2020.

DO not ask me to write about the banking crisis in Cyprus or about its effects on Ireland and on the eurozone in general. I’m afraid I don’t have a clue about how we can be affected. But then, I am not the only one.

“Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it’s usually too battered with rules to be heard and bound with pretences so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.”  – Jim Morrison (1943 – 1971) THE decision by Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin to criticise the youth information website Spunout.ie for providing advice on threesomes raises some interesting questions.

A PUBLIC representative’s description of the emergency department at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick as being like a “cattle mart” will resonate with many people’s experiences of the facility.