Tanáiste highlights potential of Shannon for mooted Amazon facility
*Tanáiste Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Martin Connolly Mooted plans of Amazon setting up a distribution facility in Shannon Airport have been backed by the Tánaiste.
BoyleSports extend sponsorship of Irish Greyhound Derby in €1m deal
*BoyleSports confirm a new 3 year extension of their sponsorship of the Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park. Their three-year €1M commitment takes the total sponsored prizefund beyond €3M over 10 years. Pictured are Leon Blanche, Head of Communications at BoyleSports, Frank Nyhan Chairman of Rásaíocht Con Éireann / Greyhound Racing Ireland and the reigning …
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No Communions or Confirmations for May & June – Bishop Monahan
Parishes across the Diocese of Killaloe have been reminded that no First Holy Communion or Confirmation ceremonies are to take place during the months of May and June.
Consultants appointed for €6.2m social housing scheme at Drumcliffe
*Pictured at Áras Contae an Chláir with (seated, l-r) Anne Haugh, Director of Social Development, Clare County Council, Cllr Mary Howard, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, and Pat Dowling, Chief Executive, Clare County Council, are members of the project design team for a new 26-unit social housing development at Drumcliff, Ennis, Co. Clare. Photo: Eamon …
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Clonlara’s Morrissey announced as new Morning Focus presenter
Ex Live95 FM and Tipp FM journalist Alan Morrissey has been appointed as the new presenter of Clare FM’s Morning Focus.
Appeal reiterated for works on ‘East Clare’s busiest footpath
Frustration has been voiced in Tuamgraney about the delay to carry out repairs to what has been labelled the ‘busiest footpath in East Clare’.
Syrian Connections project earns top marks for Clare Library
*Cllr Gerry Flynn, Director of Service with Clare County Council Anne Haugh, Mayor of Clare Cllr Mary Howard, Co Librarian Helen Walsh & CEO of Shannon Chamber Helen Downes. Photograph: Eamon Ward Clare County Library has been awarded the ‘Best Library Service’ award for its project, ‘Connections: Stories by Syrian Families in County Clare’.
Clare ‘particularly affected’ by Ash Dieback
Ash trees in Co Clare have suffered particular affects from Ash Dieback which are feared to pose long-term problems for the species of trees and subsequently the game of hurling.
Elements of anti-social behaviour persist at 12 O’Clock Hills
*Photograph: Ian Nutt Elements of anti-social behaviour continue to occur at one of East Clare’s most popular attractions, local representatives have warned.
Six people arrested as part of catalytic converter theft operation
Six people have been arrested in Ennis and West Clare as part of an ongoing Garda operation.
