The Clare Champion Clare news, sport, entertainment and local notes
ONE of the country’s busiest coastguard units moved a step closer to getting a station this week after a 13-year campaign.
Read More »Shannon air under the microscope
THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to undertake an air quality assessment programme in the Shannon area.
Read More »Not very civic reception for Clare girls
CLARE County Council and Ennis Town Council organised a civic reception for the Clare minor hurlers in Ennis on Monday evening. No problem there. The minor hurlers represented their county with fierce pride, skill and dignity in Croke Park on Sunday and at the very least, they earned their civic reception on their return home.
Read More »Kilkee boundary extension plans move forward
RESIDENTS of the Cluain na Mhara and Moore Bay estates in Kilkee should be able to vote in the 2014 Kilkee Town Council elections when the Kilkee boundary extension is complete.
Read More »Representatives divided over proposed boundary plebiscite
THE majority of residents living in Shannon Banks and Westbury could vote to move to Limerick City if a proposed plebiscite on the transfer of 3,000 people into Limerick City is confined to this area, it has been claimed.
Read More »Extension could have been larger
The committee could have recommended a larger slice of South-East Clare be included in Limerick, chairman Denis Brosnan revealed.
Read More »Council fears over wellness centre proposal
Clare County Council has raised “serious concerns” about the development of a wellness centre in North Clare, it emerged this week.
Read More »‘Fawlty Towers’ healthcare management – Fogarty
THE threatened closure of an extra 50 beds at the region’s flagship hospital next week has been condemned as akin to a ‘Fawlty Towers’ approach to healthcare management, a nursing union has claimed.
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