Ennis

Nearly 50 certificates were formally handed over at Ennis Adult Education Centre to learners who took part in Clare Campus Skillnet courses.

A decade of campaigning and planning for an extension to Barefield National School has borne fruit with last week’s announcement by the Department of Education and Science that the construction phase is due to begin in November.

An Ennis woman who launched a website for high-ability children was honoured at the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Awards last week.

WHEN word got out last June that the Ennis Trad Festival was to be postponed, there was widespread disappointment amongst Irish traditional musicians and fans. The shelving of the festival was yet another casualty of the economic downturn, it appeared.

Derek Molloy of Molloy Family Butchers, Abbey Street, Ennis and Roslevan Shopping Centre, has again made headlines, winning three gold medals at the 2009 Craftbutchers Regional Sausage and Pudding competition.

CLOSE to 100 people were in Ennis Town Council Chambers on Tuesday night, making their feelings heard on plans to build a Youth and Community Resource building on the Cloughleigh Road. Last week, a proposal on the development was passed by Ennis Town Council, despite residents’ objections.

Women in Clare will be left without a voice if the Clare Women’s Network is forced to close because of Government cutbacks, the director of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, Susan McKay has warned.

From an inch to six miles, Tulla man Ray McInerney’s career began at a school with just 29 pupils. He is currently in charge of 375 young learners but next month he takes over at the helm of the county’s largest national school that boasts a roll of almost twice that number.