Regional

A PLEA for a united opposition against the proposed abstraction of an estimated 500 litres daily from Lough Derg by 2020 was plunged into some turbulent waters at a recent meeting.

THE creation of a new Ennis and Environs Development Plan for 2014 to 2020 has been described as a “waste of time and money” as the future of Ennis Town Council remains in doubt.

Students at Gort Community School this week unveiled a special project aimed at opening a dialogue about mental health among young people.

LAST Sunday, Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, re-opened the refurbished Killimer Parish Hall. A huge crowd attended, with many travelling from the National Famine Commemoration in Kilrush. Parish groups who avail of the hall displayed their work  showing what groups contribute to the community. The need to upgrade and further develop Killimer Parish Hall for the future was identified by Killimer Parish Pastoral Council. Killimer Parish Hall was closed for four months until the rebuild and refurbishment was completed.  In 1886, the Killimer parish priest, Fr O’Meara, leased the property to be used as a school for a period of 99 years. In 1952, due to a fire, the building could no longer be used as a school and a new school was built next door. The parishioners began fundraising to construct a parish hall, which was opened around 1957. This served as a gathering place, where dances and sales of work were held. In the …

VISITORS to the county capital from its twin city of Phoenix certainly didn’t ‘bank’ on the kind of reception they received when they visited the town recently. While the recent Phoenix Week has been hailed as an overwhelming success, one local councillor has criticised the way some of the Phoenix delegates were treated in the town’s banks.

On Sunday, June 30, the villages of Carrigaholt and Kilbaha will provide the stunning backdrop to a unique fundraising event called Hopper’s Way.

THERE was criticism of road markings and traffic management around Shannon Town Centre at the May meeting of the town council.

The first tally is in for the annual Tuamgraney Mayoral election and current mayor Ted Minogue is holding poll position following the launch event last weekend.