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A WELL-KNOWN author and journalist has called on Clare County Councillors to open their eyes to the value of heritage in the county. He also described a proposal to move and reconstruct two buildings in a North Clare town as “fatuous nonsense”.
Read More »Shannon firm supports school library
LIBRARY facilities at Newmarket-on-Fergus national school have been improved, thanks to an initiative promoted by a Shannon company.
Read More »Lifesavers lauded for bravery
ROZ Rogers, mother of eight-year-old Gearóid and wife of Ger, has written to Clare County Council expressing her gratitude for the manner in which two Rice College pupils saved her son and husband’s lives in Spanish Point on Monday, July 18 last. The family, who live in Killaloe, visited the southern end of Spanish Point beach that day. Gearóid and his father Ger, who is an experienced swimmer, took to the water.“Within minutes and in what appeared to be shallow water, Gearóid got into difficulty,” Roz recalled in a letter to the local authority, commending the rescue effort.Ger, who is an experienced diver and has worked with Killaloe Search and Rescue, went to his son’s rescue. “As I watched with my younger son, Ciarán, I realised that Ger was also in trouble,” Roz added.Just as the father and son were struggling to escape in an area of water outside the lifeguard zone, surfers Bernard Cahill and Donough Cronin were exiting …
Read More »Traveller units destroyed by arson attacks
Clare County Council has spent €20 million on Traveller accommodation in the county in the past decade, a new report prepared by the local authority has revealed. Jessica Quinn reports
Read More »Breen argues the case for a VEC sub-office in Ennis
CHAIRMAN of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Clare TD, Pat Breen argued the case for the provision of VEC sub-office in Ennis, when he raised the issue in Dáil Éireann last week.
Read More »Aer Arann withdraws winter service from Galway Airport
THE future of Galway Airport is in doubt after Aer Arann announced on Wednesday that it is pulling its winter schedule from the Carnmore facility.
Read More »Number One vote for McGuinness
COMMENT I IMAGINE the argument about whether or not Martin McGuinness is a fit person to be President of Ireland because of his IRA past will go on and on.
Read More »Council honours work of communities and residents
COMMUNITIES across the county were honoured this week at the annual Housing, Social and Cultural Services Directorate Awards ceremony, held at Áras Contae an Chláir.
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