Regional

Wednesday’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Gort will have more community involvement than in previous years, it appears.

Fine Gael TD Pat Breen and his party colleague, Councillor Oliver Garry, held a meeting with Hutchinson 3G in Dublin last week to discuss the ongoing controversy surrounding their plans to erect a mast in Kildysart.

Clare and Galway county councils will have to share an overall fund of €500,000 for the repair of roads damaged during the construction of the Gort/Crusheen bypass, it emerged this week.

PUPILS from a North Clare school are to take part in an international science competition later this year, it emerged recently.

AN Art for Haiti fundraising event will take place in Quin on Tuesday when the local community is hoping to generate funds to provide a paediatric hospital dispensary tent for the Sisters of St Joesph of Cluny in Haiti.

THE wait is finally over for the children of Kilkishen as the village is to open its first community playground on Thursday.

WHITEGATE native Deirdre Collins and her veggie burger business Dee’s Eat Well Be Happy has secured a €30,000 investment from one of Ireland’s top entrepreneurs following a slot on last week’s episode of the RTÉ TV series Dragon’s Den. 

  A REPORT published by the Citizens’ Information Board has highlighted the difficulties that people are experiencing with transport and access to social services in Clare.