Regional

A NUMBER of local companies took part in a unique test of strength last Saturday, signing up to pull a 100-tonne Boeing 767 over a distance of 12 feet.

AN Ennis woman will be joining her best friend on the adventure of a lifetime in Africa next year. Local Rachael Tierney along with Lisa Duncan from Cork are planning on joining the Niall Mellon Trust’s building blitz in Kenya in October 2014. While there, they will join a team of volunteers helping to build a new 20-classroom school for Kenyan children.

Up to 15 jobs are to be created in Kinvara as a maritime consultancy firm confirmed it is to set up in the village as part of a new Government employment initiative.

Gone is the fascinator from the ladies’ day scene and as the Galway races approaches, Ennis-based milliner and winner of Kerry Fashion Weekend Irish Accessory Designer of the Year 2013 says this year is all about the ‘hatinator’. 

This year’s Waterways Ireland Scariff Harbour Festival will celebrate its inland waterways link with Northern Ireland in a new launch event involving young East Clare people.

MORE than 1.5 million people have descended upon Rio de Janeiro for the opportunity to see Pope Francis celebrate World Youth Day this week among them is former Ennis priest Fr John Molloy.

Shannon chamber has  welcomed the return to growth in passenger numbers at the airport, after being on a downward spiral for the last five years.

An Italian doctor’s chance discovery of the therapeutic effects of Irish set dancing in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) will be the subject of an international gathering of musicians and minds next month.