North Clare

Clare and Galway county councils will have to share an overall fund of €500,000 for the repair of roads damaged during the construction of the Gort/Crusheen bypass, it emerged this week.

PUPILS from a North Clare school are to take part in an international science competition later this year, it emerged recently.

IN a major TV coup, North Clare and the Aran Islands will feature on the popular RTÉ One TV travel show No Frontiers at 7.30pm this Sunday. Watched by over half a million viewers from all over Ireland, this will be the second time in three series that North Clare has featured on the programme.

THE Western Development Commission will examine the potential development of creative industries as part of this year’s Burren Spring Conference, Business in the Burren: Sustaining Vibrant Communities, which is running this weekend from Friday to Sunday.

NORTH Clare resident Melanie O’Donoghue is a busy woman. She is a veterinary nurse, runs her own business, is a member of the Veterinary Council of Ireland and is public relations officer for the Irish Veterinary Nursing Association. She is also spearheading a campaign to recognise the contribution of veterinary nurses to practices across the country.

THE 16th festival commemorating the Russell brothers is taking place in Doolin from Friday, February 26, to Monday, March 1.

Adult education is growing in popularity countywide and North Clare is no exception. Family-orientated courses, a marked increase in the number of male participants and a greater range of programmes are some of the changes that have taken place to the field in recent years.

THE three little pigs didn’t quite have it right, it should have been clay, straw, sand and water – mixed. Or at least that is the message from the Boghill Centre in Kilfenora, which is about to host a course on cob building.