North Clare

  THE Burren Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) celebrates 20 years in existence later this month. The sports club developed a volunteer search and recovery operation since then and has grown from about a dozen members in 1992 to in the region of 30 now. When the club started, it was to cater for people living in the North Clare area. Now its members hail from across the county, from Mountshannon to Kilrush and from Shannon to Kinvara. In the last 20 years, BSAC has trained over 200 people in snorkelling, scuba diving, rescue diving, CPR, boat handling and search and recovery techniques. While primarily a sports club, BSAC also includes an active search and recovery unit, with members trained to support the local authorities when needed. “It has expanded in that we are doing quite a few different things now. In addition to the search and recovery and boat handling we are also involved in Sea Search, which is trying …

NORTH Clare businesses have fared well in recent weeks by winning top national awards.

IN a week when €100,000 was distributed from Inagh Landfill Community Fund, concern has been expressed that residents living closest to the Ballyduffbeg facility have benefited least financially, despite being the worst affected.

THE pupils and staff of Mol an Óige Steiner National School in Ennistymon will raise the school’s second Green Flag this Friday at 2pm in the company of parents, friends and guests, as part of the school’s Harvest Festival.

Corofin regained its postal services this week. The post office in the North Clare village closed back in July but services resumed on Monday in a new premises and with a new postmistress.

Clare Local Development Company (LEADER) is hosting a special seminar for community and rural tourism providers on Saturday, September 29, from 9.30am to 4pm at Vaughan’s Barn, Kilfenora.

FOR the second year running, the North West Clare Family Resource Centre will be holding a series of free information talks aimed at parents and guardians of teens and pre-teens.The series will cover a broad range of issues to help parents gain better skills and understanding of such topics as teen use of drugs and alcohol, teen mental health, how to help teens make positive choices and cyber bullying.All talks will be held twice, in the daytime and in the evening, and admission is free. The talks will be held at the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon and are open to the public.The series begins with a morning session on Thursday, September 20 at 11am on the theme of Teen Mental Health. Sarah Simkin and Paul Tannian of the Jigsaw Project, Galway will talk about youth mental health and well-being and what parents need to know to support their children during the teenage years. The talk will be repeated on Wednesday, October …

NATIONAL Organic Week began on Monday and two North Clare businesses are taking part. The Burren Smokehouse Visitor Centre and St Tola Farm are both taking part in the week, which is coordinated by Bord Bia.Inagh Farmhouse Cheese is holding an open day on Friday, when members of the public are invited to come and visit goats and sample the full range of organic goats cheeses made at the farm in Inagh.National Organic Week has been held annually since 2005. It is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. National Organic Week 2012 aims to continue to raise consumer awareness of the benefits of organic produce and increase the frequency of consumption of locally produced organic food.St Tola Organic Goats recently won awards for their organic cheeses and have expanded their product lines. In May of this year, the St Tola Log won a prize in the Premio Roma Awards in Italy.“We are delighted with these awards …