*Cian Pyne at home in Ennis. Photograph: Tom Micks ADDITIONAL COSTS, unreliable public transport and being left out of the social experience are some of the feelings experienced by Clare third-level students forced to travel hours each day to college due to shortage of accommodation.
*The old Ennis abattoir. Photograph: Páraic McMahon PLANS TO turn the Ennis abattoir into Clare’s first padel facility are on hold.
*Chapel Street in Tulla. PLANS FOR 39 HOUSES to be built at a site on Church Road in Tulla have hit a snag with Clare County Council.
CLARE HURLERS played a starring role in UL’s win over DCU in the Fitzgibbon Cup Final.
A BELLHARBOUR VOLUNTEER played a key role in the dramatic overnight rescue a man who became trapped in a cave on Sunday in Fermanagh.
FLOODING along one of West Clare’s main road networks will become an issue if drains are not cleared, a local councillor has warned.
*The old Shannon Shamrock. PLANS TO DEMOLISH the former Shannon Shamrock Hotel in Bunratty and build 67 houses on the site have hit a roadblock with Clare County Council.
*Louis Griffin. NORTH CLARE champion boxer Louis Griffin is eyeing up a 2028 Olympics bid.
SHEAMIE GARRIHY’S showbiz career has received another boost, having recently appeared in an extended version of a half time ad during the Super Bowl this week.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE STUDENTS experienced shock, fear and for some a sense of happiness over the course of a dramatic few hours on Tuesday morning.
