Regional

Ennis Town Council has a moral responsibility to remember Vietnamese victims of the Vietnam War in a memorial planned for the town.

WHILE the development of an International Aviation Services Centre in Shannon is welcome, there needs to be a focus on having other industries too, according to Shannon Chamber president Kevin Thompstone.

Volunteers are being sought to help with an ambitious plan to plant 20,000 trees in North Clare as part of the national One Million Trees in a Day initiative.

A Fianna Fáil councillor has pledged to request a comprehensive progress report concerning the proposed development of a new primary health centre in Gort.

Clare County Council have unveiled plans for the development of 12 new houses in Clonlara, less than half what was originally proposed.

KILRUSH town councillor Ian Lynch has demanded that the National Roads Authority (NRA) furnish the town council with a signed audited report relating to safety concerns, including visibility and pedestrian movement at a key link road and junction in the town.

Scariff Community College welcomed back an All-Star past pupil recently as they paid tribute to Brendan Bugler’s hurling success and he did the school the honour of launching the community college’s new website.

  Joan Freeman, founder and CEO of suicide crisis centre Pieta House, was in Ennis on Thursday last to launch the third annual Darkness into Light event. Ennis is one of 20 locations this year hosting Darkness into Light, a unique 5km walk/run, which begins in darkness at 4am and ends as dawn is breaking. It will take place on Saturday, May 11 at Lees Road and organisers are hoping for a turnout of several thousand people. Throwing their weight behind the campaign are the Clare hurlers, who were represented at the launch by manager, Davy Fitzgerald. “Last year’s Darkness into Light event in Ennis was one of the biggest in the country and I know we can grow it even more this year. Back in 2011, Clare was one of the original counties outside of Dublin to come on board and the support over the past few years has been incredible,” Ms Freeman said. At the launch, Tom McEvoy, …