Clare County Councillors went against advice of local authority officials and the county solicitor when they voted this week to the zoning of a 3.75acre site in Quin as residential in the new Draft South Clare Development plan 2012-2018.
Read More »Third Justice Media accolade for ‘Champion reporter
CLARE Champion reporter Carol Byrne was this week awarded her third accolade at the Justice Media Awards. The Ardnacrusha journalist picked up a certificate of merit in the ‘print media court reporting’ category for her article The cost of journalistic error in the courts.
Read More »Uniform approach to the Sacraments in Shannon
IN the future, all children making their confirmation in Shannon will wear their school uniforms.
Read More »UEFA go head to head with Kilrush Town Council
IN a controversial move, which they won’t back down from, UEFA have scheduled Ireland’s second European Championship group game against world champions Spain, at the same time as Thursday’s Kilrush Town Council meeting. The game is due to kick off at 7.45pm, while the meeting will start at 7pm. Most Kilrush Town Council meetings last two hours.
Read More »Sixmilebridge NS ‘not fit for purpose’
Education Minister Ruairí Quinn has admitted that St Finnachta’s National School, Sixmilebridge, isn’t fit for the purpose it was originally intended because of the chronic lack of permanent school buildings.
Read More »Unfilled posts leading to one-year wait for diabetic children
CHILDREN in the county with Type 1 diabetes can be waiting up to one year to see a dietician at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick because a number of promised posts remain unfilled.
Read More »Locals squeezed out of graveyards ‘by more wealthy dead people’
AT this week’s county council meeting, concerns were voiced about vandalism at a Parteen graveyard, which caused bones to be left exposed, and about non-residents buying up graves in tourist areas in Clare, potentially denying locals the chance to be buried in their home place. “Locals are being edged out by more wealthy dead people,” claimed Councillor Joe Arkins.
Read More »Burren advert goes underground to attract Londoners
An ad featuring the Burren is part of a major new Tourism Ireland campaign to capitalise on this summer’s Olympic Games. However, according to a leading hotelier in Clare, the London Olympics could be a double-edged sword for tourism here.
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