Regional

EAST Clare’s local and minor roads will suffer as a result of reduced resources according to Clare County Council and local councillors are urging for maintenance works to be continue on these roads.

  THE Burren Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) celebrates 20 years in existence later this month. The sports club developed a volunteer search and recovery operation since then and has grown from about a dozen members in 1992 to in the region of 30 now. When the club started, it was to cater for people living in the North Clare area. Now its members hail from across the county, from Mountshannon to Kilrush and from Shannon to Kinvara. In the last 20 years, BSAC has trained over 200 people in snorkelling, scuba diving, rescue diving, CPR, boat handling and search and recovery techniques. While primarily a sports club, BSAC also includes an active search and recovery unit, with members trained to support the local authorities when needed. “It has expanded in that we are doing quite a few different things now. In addition to the search and recovery and boat handling we are also involved in Sea Search, which is trying …

The eldest daughter of revolutionary figure Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara visited Loop Head Lighthouse last weekend, as the historic building closed its doors to the public, following the successful summer period.Figures released this week show that 17,423 people (13,441 adults, 3,982 children) visited the lighthouse from May up to last Sunday.

South and East Galway will be one of the first places hit if there are further cuts to An Garda Siochána, according to a local councillor.

Killaloe was identified as one of the key strategic sites for occupation by Hitler as part of a secret plan to invade Ireland during World War II.

RYAN’S Centra in Ennis has won the title of Best Convenience Store in Ireland for Hygiene and Food Safety at the National Q Mark Awards.

TEN of Ennis’ most eligible bachelors will be vying for the coveted title of Mr Ennis this weekend. Mr Gay Clare Timmie Murphy and Miss Clare Hazel McMahon will be putting the contestants through their paces this Saturday in The Grove at 9.30pm. The event is part of a fundraiser for St James’s Hospital in Dublin’s Newfill Project for HIV treatment organised by Timmie from Ballybeg, who will this month compete for the title of Mr Gay Ireland.

FEARS that residents are being moved out of the Deilginis Mental Health Facility for cost-saving reasons rather than what is in the residents’ best interests, were voiced at this week’s meeting of Shannon Town Council.