South Clare

A YOUNG Cratloe man was part of a group that recently presented a blueprint for a “new Ireland” to President Michael D Higgins.

THE delivery of a proposed pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH) project in South-East Clare would help sustain the future of Ardnacrusha Power Station, according to a local county councillor.

CONCERN about the future of Broadford Post Office will be discussed at a public meeting in the local community centre this Thursday night at 8.30pm.  

A 44-year-old Meelick man with disabilities looks set to receive an early Christmas present in the form of social housing, having endured appalling conditions in a mobile home over the last four years.

THE operators of the €660 million Shannon Tunnel will require another multi-million euro State subsidy this year, judging by the latest traffic figures and projections for the rest of 2012.

AN 11-year-old Ballina actor looks set to follow in his father’s footsteps, having secured his first major professional role in a film.

Plans to extract more than 500 million litres of water daily from Lough Derg could be challenged in the European courts, a lobby group has warned.

A call for a rethink by the Government and local authorities on the need for the controversial second phase of the Northern Distributor Road was requested this week by the Deputy Mayor of Clare, Councillor Pascal Fitzgerald.