Cancellation of Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival leaves hit of €2.5m for local economy
Organisers of the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival have confirmed the festival will not be going ahead this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Enough room for a pub, sauna & pony – O’Briensbridge property goes on the market for €790k
A refurbished O’Briensbridge property has gone on the market for €790,000.
Smaller areas like Kilbaha kept Wren Boys tradition alive
A now dying tradition, the Wren boys were a source of entertainment, so much so that RTÉ cameras travelled to West Clare in 1979 to discover more.
Skull gang once threatened to harm schoolchildren & burn houses in Newmarket-on-Fergus
*Photograph: John Mangan Hurling brought great joy to the people of Newmarket-on-Fergus during the 1960s, 70s and into the early 80s but the emergence of a skull gang tormented locals in 1982.
‘We missed our customers terribly’ – Henry’s Bistro embrace heart-warming reopening
HENRY’S Bistro & Wine Bar reopened last Friday in what was a highly anticipated return for food lovers in the Ennis area.
Bridget Haren cutting into work on three month waiting list
BRIDGET Haren Hair Salon welcomed its first lucky clients last week who were front of the line for a coveted appointment.
Enforcing no visitors policy an ongoing challenge for hospital staff
Ward Clerk Marian Reidy has said she found it difficult to enforce the no visitors policy at Ennis General Hospital during the Covid-19 restrictions.
Florence proud to be part of frontline efforts during COVID-19
Household Attendant at Ennis General Hospital Florence Kelly has revealed that living in the “here and now” helped her to cope with the anxiety of working on the front line during the Covid-19 crisis.
‘We were very fortunate at Ennis Hospital’ says consultant physician
CONSULTANT Physician at Ennis Hospital Tom Peirce says that “we were very fortunate at Ennis Hospital” in the overall context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Working as doctor with three children at home added to stress
A WOMAN who began life as a doctor in Ireland just two months before the first case of Covid-19 was diagnosed in the country says working in Ennis Hospital in the midst of a global pandemic has created added stress due her having a young family at home.
