Regional

A South Galway artist is currently the subject of a short documentary being broadcast across Canada. Nicola Corless spoke to Helen Tilston, who splits her time between Florida and Toronto, and has been labelled an accidental environmental painter.  

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Brian Simpson, MEP, the EU’s Head of Transport and Tourism, will join tourism groups from across Ireland at a conference in The Falls Hotel, Ennistymon on the last weekend in November.

The Kilkee-based West Clare Currach Club has been spreading its wings of late. In fact, the club has just finished building a currach in St John’s Parish Hall in Ballyvaughan. Given its location, the North Clare village has a maritime tradition dating back centuries.

CAHER volunteer Kathleen McNamara has been doubly nominated in the prestigious Ireland Involved Awards for her commitment to her community.

St Joseph’s Secondary School in Tulla has been transformed into the school of horrors for this Hallowe’en weekend, which will see ghoulish displays and activities taking place on Friday and Saturday evening.

WHEN word got out last June that the Ennis Trad Festival was to be postponed, there was widespread disappointment amongst Irish traditional musicians and fans. The shelving of the festival was yet another casualty of the economic downturn, it appeared.

Derek Molloy of Molloy Family Butchers, Abbey Street, Ennis and Roslevan Shopping Centre, has again made headlines, winning three gold medals at the 2009 Craftbutchers Regional Sausage and Pudding competition.

Bishop of Killaloe Dr Willie Walsh has announced the re-organisation of the nine parishes included in the West Clare cluster of parishes. Four parish priests will now be responsible for two parishes each.