East Clare

SCARIFF Harbour could have a toilet, shower and a service room in time for the annual harbour festival if planning permission is granted next month, following an application by Waterways Ireland.

NEWMARKET-on-Fergus man, Chris Meehan has been retired for over a year now but still felt he had time on his hands despite attending all the chores he never got around to in his working days.

CLOONEY-Quin GAA Club will be holding a dating night with a difference as 10 local men are hoping to persuade one of 30 girls to take them out as part of a fundraising initiative by the club. 

EAST Clare Resorts in Bodyke has just been awarded a Gold Crown award for the fifth year running and, as well as being among a select number of resorts across the world to hold this award, is the only one to do so in Ireland.

THE East Clare-based national environmental charity CELT (Centre for Environmental Living and Training) has been awarded €38,000 in funding to develop a new training programme, associated equipment and infrastructure.

The members of the 31st Dáil will take up their seats in Dáil Éireann on March 9 and among them are two East Clare deputies.

East Clare Tourism held its annual general meeting last week, where it was acknowledged that tourism operators are experiencing difficult times, as officers were elected to their positions.

The operators of a new East Clare-based seaplane business will be holding an open meeting next week in Feakle, where they aim to tease out ways the seaplane can generate tourism business for the locality.