Regional

A VISION for a centre containing a 350-seat theatre located in the town centre was outlined at this week’s meeting of Clare County Council’s Housing, Social and Cultural Services SPC.

MONEY collected from the property tax must be ringfenced to carry out work in unfinished estates in Ennis, one local councillor has insisted, as Clare County Council rejected claims that residents in these estates have been neglected.

PLANS for the €40 million Shannon Bridge Crossing have officially been put on hold after a well-known environmentalist was granted leave in the High Court to lodge a Judicial Review.

IT’S not a case of who’s taking the horse to France, but who is taking the jetski, as two Clare men endeavour to jetski their way across the English Channel for charity.

Kilkishen fashion student Michael Stewart has been announced as the overall winner of The Limerick School of Art and Design, LIT, Graduate Fashion Show.

A LINEAR history of Kilfenora will be launched this weekend, in an effort to encourage tourists to stay in the area for longer and find out more about the village’s cultural, social and archaeological heritage.

DECIDING whether to identify himself as being from Gort or Kilbeacanty is a dilemma James Mahon has not faced in a while. In Chattanooga, he just says he is Irish. Sometimes even that seems too specific. Speaking to The Clare Champion from his new home in Tennessee, after a pause, he decides on Gort.

THE Loop Head peninsula has beaten off competition from more than 1,400 entries from all over Ireland to be named in the final five of The Irish Times Best Place to Holiday in Ireland competition.