Regional

SHANNON woman Margaret Long has come second in MyHome.ie’s “live rent free for a year” competition.

Ballina mother-of-two is becoming increasingly frustrated with the cost and inconvenience of transporting her daughter to Roscrea five days a week, despite the fact that public transport is available for other local children attending a special school.

A NEW park-and-ride facility accommodating 200 cars near the site of the old Burlington factory has been proposed as a means of improving access to the Clare campus of the University of Limerick.

A YOUNG seal that was found in South Galway over four months ago is to return to Kinvara this weekend, where he will be released to the sea.

A SOUTH Galway school has come up with an innovative way of raising funds. Kilcolgan Educate Together is holding an auction of promises this Friday evening at Kilcolgan Castle.

Retired Kilrush UN peacekeeper, Colonel Michael Shannon was appointed president of the University of Limerick-based Irish Peace Institute last Thursday in succession to Tom O’Donnell. The appointment was made by the international board of the institute.

If Kilrush town councillor Paul Moroney’s plans come to fruition, the town square and Place de Plouzane will have close-circuit television cameras (CCTV) in place by next summer.

Local ecotourism businesses came together last Saturday to remove rubbish and recently-built mini-cairns at Blackhead and Murrooghtoohy on the Burren’s Coast Road.