Regional

THE Burren Ramble, which has become one of the major fundraisers for the RNLI Lifeboat fleet, will take place on Sunday, September 23.

SPECIAL passes to facilitate the movement of otters and other mammals will be built following the construction of the new Shannon River Crossing linking Ballina and Killaloe, consulting engineers have confirmed.

PEOPLE looking for mortgages to buy affordable houses at the Glaise na Rinne affordable housing development are being denied them, this week’s meeting of Shannon Town Council heard.

PROPOSALS to increase two-hour car parks to three hours in Ennis in a bid to generate more business for the town have been outlined by Ennis Town Council.

DOGS and the behaviour of their owners came under the spotlight yet again at Monday’s September meeting of Kilkee Town Council. Issues relating to incidents involving dogs were raised at the previous meeting of the town council in July and also last April.

THE skies in Mountshannon have been the focal point for many this summer since the arrival of the white-tailed sea eagles and the seaplanes but this weekend the skies will be alive as the first air show over Lough Derg gets underway.

South Galway is awash with maroon and white as the county team prepares to take on Kilkenny in this year’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling final.

THE results of the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey, which saw Ennis drop 15 places, have been rubbished by local councillors with one saying, “I don’t know what planet they are on”. Ennis’ town manager Ger Dollard has commented he is “baffled” by the results stating the town’s experiences with the nationwide survey “has not been good to say the least”.