While approximately 20 people were arrested in Kilkee last weekend, Kilkee Garda Sergeant Gerry Lernihan has described the number of incidents as “very minimal”. Up to 20,000 people visited the resort town for the third annual three-day Cois Fharraige music festival.
Read More »Element Six Labour Court date looms
THE dispute over redundancy terms at Element Six could come to an end in the next week.Unions and management are due to meet under the auspices of the Labour Court this Thursday and the court is likely to issue its recommendations in the coming days.
Read More »Wheelchair association bus vandalised twice in six weeks
A BUS used by the Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) to provide transport to people with disabilities in rural areas has been vandalised for the second time in six weeks. Last weekend one of the specially equipped buses had its front windscreen smashed and its side wing mirror pulled off the vehicle while it was parked outside the Clare’s offices of the IWA at Centre Point Business Park, Orchard Lane, Ennis.
Read More »Mayor marks World Suicide Prevention Day
WORLD Suicide Prevention Day was marked in Ennis last Thursday by Mayor Frankie Neylon, who lit a candle at the Samaritans Centre on the Kilrush Road. The lighting of the candle was to symbolise the support the Samaritans offers to people during the darker times of their lives.
Read More »Illinois delegation in visit to Banner County
Forty key members of the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives are in Clare this week to explore new business and nurture tourism links between the US and Irish Mid-West regions.
Read More »CityJet Shannon-Paris route to be axed
CITYJET have announced that its Shannon-Charles De Gaulle route, which was introduced after the loss of the Aer Lingus Heathrow service two years ago, will be terminated from October 24. The Charles De Gaulle service offered the global connectivity that had been provided by the Heathrow route prior to its termination.
Read More »Central Bank asleep at the switch, NAMA critic tells Ennis business
ECONOMIST and NAMA critic Dr Anthony Leddin, has told an Ennis business meeting that bank lending fuelled the housing bubble and that it was more extreme here than in any other EU country. The head of the Department of Economics at the University of Limerick said the dependence of the banks on foreign borrowing was greater than in other countries, with the exception of Iceland. He criticised the Central Bank for failing to exert its authority, stating it was “asleep at the switch”.
Read More »Numbers tumble at Clare attractions
Numbers visiting Clare’s flagship tourism attractions at the Cliffs of Moher as well as Bunratty Castle and Folk Park tumbled last year, figures just released by Fáilte Ireland reveal.
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