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Tributes paid to Aoner Sheridan

THE monthly meeting of Ennis Town Council was adjourned this Tuesday as a mark of respect to former town councillor Michael (Aoner) Sheridan, who died on April 22.Mr Sheridan served as a town councillor in Ennis continuously from 1967 to 1994. He was an Independent member of council.

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Fr Tom offers help after church outburst

THE administrator of Ennis parish, Fr Tom Hogan, said he is prepared to meet with the man who shouted remarks near the end of a First Holy Communion ceremony in the Cathedral last Saturday.Fr Hogan said it is clear that the man is hurt and has grievances with the Church.“I am prepared and willing to meet with him and talk to him and help him through the healing process. Alternatively, I am willing to provide a counsellor for him, if he feels that would help,” the parish administrator added.Witnesses claim that a man stood up after a hymn near the end of the Ennis National School First Holy Communion ceremony in the Cathedral on Saturday morning.“He walked up the aisle and stood near to the front of the altar and was visibly upset. When the choir finished singing, he shouted, ‘Typical, hypocrites. Ye are all hypocrites.’ Nobody knew what was happening. It all happened very quickly. People were upset and …

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School building infrastructure completed

ESSENTIAL infrastructure, which paves the way for the next phase of development of the new Ennis National School at Ashline on the Kilrush Road, was completed this week.The project, costing just over €1 million, has been funded jointly by the Diocese of Killaloe and Ennis parish with assistance from the National Roads Authority through Clare County Council. It includes the completion of a road that provides access from the main Kilrush Road to the proposed site of the new school.The board of management of Ennis National School, under the patronage of Bishop Walsh, has spent many years working to achieve sanction from the Department of Education for the new school.“The diocese and Ennis parish expect that the provision of the site on diocesan lands, together with the funding and completion of the access road, should help convince the Department of Education of the commitment shown by the diocese and parish to bring plans for the new school to fruition as …

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