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THE behaviour of Kilkee dogs, horses and their owners was placed under intense scrutiny at Monday’s meeting of the town council. Several councillors claimed dogs are flagrantly defecating on the street and on the beach, while their owners are not cleaning up after them.“Dogs do their business on the footpaths and there’s no clean-up,” Mayor of Kilkee Claire Haugh commented.Her town council colleague, Lily Marrinan Sullivan, noted that dogs aren’t the only animals leaving their mark on the street and at the beach. She said horses are also culpable.“I’d say we’d agree that their deposit would be substantially larger than that of a dog,” Councillor Marrinan Sullivan observed.Under Kilkee beach bylaws adopted in April 2010 and introduced on June 1 of that year, dogs and horses are not allowed on the beach from 11am to 6pm during the summer and are only allowed onto the beach while under supervision or on a leash, during designated hours. An exemption has been …

CLARE GAA followers have a busy schedule in the next two weeks in support of the county’s hurlers and footballers, as they chase championship glory on several fronts.

CALLS have been made for residents’ associations in Ennis to come together as a combined force to tackle unruly tenants who have left people “living in fear”.

TWO men arrested in connection with the discovery of a viable pipe bomb device at Cappa Beg, Barefield have been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A CRUISE boat carrying 15 people ran aground on Lough Derg on Monday after the skipper misread his charts and strayed onto the wrong side of the navigational markers.

A local health campaigner has received a court apology and an undisclosed financial settlement from the Health Service Executive (HSE) following the misdiagnosis of her breast cancer seven years ago.

Clare families of middle-aged Alzheimer patients are being left in a frustrating ‘vacuum’ due to the lack of dedicated long-stay public residential services in the region, a local charity has warned.

ENNIS man Pat Daly was unanimously elected Mayor of Clare last Friday by his fellow Clare county councillors.He was nominated by his Fianna Fáil colleague PJ Kelly, who described the chairman of Éire Óg GAA Club as “a man of excellent integrity who never breaks his word”.