Regional

CLARE County Council expects to appoint a consultant by the end of the month to design a flood defence scheme for the St Flannan’s College area of Ennis.

ST Columba’s Church will be transformed with festive flair for a very special concert by Clare soprano Regina Nathan.

ENNIS was ablaze with music over the weekend as the 17th Ennis Trad Festival gripped the town for five days of non-stop tunes. From Thursday evening, it swept through the town, gaining momentum over the weekend with its final melodic embers flickering into the early hours of Tuesday morning.

THIS year’s Ennis Trad Festival will be an opportunity for people to forget all about doom and gloom and throw themselves into the festivities and enjoy the top-class entertainment on offer, according to the festival director, John Rynne.

A WHOLE-school evaluation of Clarecastle National School carried out on March 25 last has determined that the manner in which the teaching staff has been deployed by the board of management is in urgent need of review.

THE Ennis East and West Electoral area committees have objected strongly to the report of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group, as they fear that it will mean a loss of services and further cuts in revenue to local authorities.

THE Minister for Defence, Tony Killeen TD, presented the graduation awards at a ceremony in Ennis Community College this week.

THE latest volume of The Other Clare will be launched on Friday night at the Oakwood Arms.