Regional

Litter, vandalised trees and general untidiness were the black marks that undermined Shannon’s Tidy Towns initiative this year.

Pharmaceutical plant Schwarz Pharma is to face an enforcement action from the Environmental Protection Agency over a chemical spill that occurred at their Shannon plant several months ago.

A RECENT charity cycle, organised in the name of a brave Killaloe toddler who has had numerous major operations, raised a massive €10,000, local organisers have confirmed.

ALMOST 300 homes in Broadford village and surrounding areas will benefit from blanket high-speed internet technology for the first time following the provision of broadband coverage from 3.

SCHOOLCHILDREN from across North Clare took part in a spectacular visual display at the Cliffs of Moher on Tuesday as part of the tourist attraction’s campaign to be selected as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.

A SUGGESTION that the mediator being used by Ennis Town Council to help resolve a dispute between Traveller families in Ennis would brief the council on the process has been ruled out as “wholly inappropriate” by the town manager.

FORMER Olympian and professional boxer, Cathal O’Grady, outlined the challenges and rewards to those participating in the Clare Conquest boxing challenge, organised by Clare Crusaders and Ennis Chamber.

ENNIS Town Council has agreed to assess the feasibility of developing 200 car-parking spaces on a green field site in the centre of town at the Post Office Field.