The Clare Champion Clare news, sport, entertainment and local notes
Message in a bottle survives transatlantic trip
A MESSAGE in a bottle, released into the Atlantic Ocean in April 2009, 20 miles out of Port Canaveral, Florida, was found 6,000km away, in Kilbaha last month.
Read More »Shannon to maintain military flights
SHANNON Airport has emphatically denied that it is facing the loss of its US troop transfer business.
Read More »Bravery awards for Clare gardaí
TWO Ennis-based gardaí were honoured on Wednesday with national bravery awards for their part in rescuing a young woman from the River Fergus over two years ago.
Read More »Possible €30m Fleadh windfall for Ennis
Clare could be tuning up to a €30 million windfall in 2012 if a new public community partnership succeeds in landing the return of the biggest competitive music festival to the Banner County.
Read More »Council to introduce housing incremental purchase scheme
CLARE County Council is to introduce a new scheme, which will allow people to start on the path to home ownership.
Read More »Ennis water supply a ‘complete and utter mess’
TANKERS of water had to be brought to Ennis from the Limerick city and Shannon/Sixmilebridge supply for the second weekend in-a-row, due to failures of the new €9.8 million Ennis Water Treatment Plant.
Read More »Miltown Malbay housing scheme will be completed
A MILTOWN Malbay social housing scheme, which suffered after the contractor went into liquidation, is set to be completed, councillors heard at September’s meeting of Clare County Council.
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