Regional

O’CONNELL Street in Ennis may be the county’s most famous street but even those who stroll along the thoroughfare daily may be surprised by its hidden gems and colourful history.

The proposed provision of the new €5 million Doolin Pier is now entering a “last chance saloon” concerning its future, according to a local hotelier.

SHANNON parish has just launched a Facebook page this week and a webcam will be installed in Ss John and Paul Church in the coming weeks, possibly before Christmas.

A SCHOOL fundraising committee was recently established in Broadford to raise funds for maintenance work at the local national school.  

Mountshannon’s Kevin Chesser, aka Miss Graded, was crowned Miss Dainty Daisy 2012 at the finale of the Mid-West Rape Crisis Centre fundraiser, which was held last Saturday.

ENNIS businesses are being urged to dress to impress this Christmas – window dress that is. The deadline for taking part in the annual Clare Champion Christmas window display competition is coming up fast and local business and shop owners are being encouraged to get into the spirit of the season by taking part.

KILKEE-based community radio station Raidió Corca Baiscinn is to mark UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities next Monday.

THE Lady Gregory and Yeats Heritage Group exhibited in the Tourism Village at the Coach and Bus Show 2012 recently held at the RDS, Dublin.