Lifeguards on duty in Clare during month of May for first time
LIFEGUARDS are now on duty on weekends for the first time in May at the county’s four busiest beaches.
Kilkee
Eight Clare beaches retain Blue Flag but Cappa loses out
EIGHT CLARE BEACHES have retained Blue Flags for the 2023 bathing season while Cappa has lost its status.
Council will build only two homes in 2023
*Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, walking through the Cnoc na Scoile social housing development, Ashline, Ennis, with (L-R) Anne Haugh, Director of Social Development, Clare County Council, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr Tony O’Brien, and Pat Dowling, Chief Executive, Clare County Council. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL …
Gina’s art exhibition comes Out of the Blue
*Ruth Wood and Gina O’Connor. AN EXHIBITION OF paintings by artist Gina O’Connor was officially opened in Kilkee on Saturday.
Kilkee owned Glasheen Tiger maintains unbeaten career record
Friday night’s Galway card featured some semi-finals of various graded stakes on a ten race programme which saw the local Castlegar kennel of Thomas Connor record a double curtesy of Rockandrollmarty and Bonzo Bourke.
Producer turned author Gaye Maguire hopeful of setting novel in Clare following release of first crime thriller
A FORMER RTÉ senior promotions producer with strong ties to Kilkee has released her first crime thriller.
Clonbrien Treaty is one for the future
After the most incredible four weeks of canine action, the Con & Annie Kirby Memorial saw the aptly named Clonbrien Treaty announce himself as a future superstar, producing a brilliant display to emerge an easy and most deserving winner of the €80,000 to the winner showpiece at the Limerick Track on Friday night last.
New measures could accelerate delivery of Kilkee houses
*Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr Tony O’Brien, Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien, Chief Executive of Clare County Council Pat Dowling and Director of Services for Social Development, Anne Haugh. Photograph: Eamon Ward TIMEFRAMES for the delivery of social housing in Kilkee could be accelerated.
Holiday season now starting much earlier in Co Clare
*More holiday homes in Kilkee are now occupied earlier in the year. HOLIDAY SEASON in Co Clare is now beginning much earlier than in the past, a Kilkee councillor has said.
Efforts ongoing to bring Kilkee Courthouse back to life in new guise
*Cllr Gabriel Keating. Photograph: Natasha Barton NEW USES FOR the old courthouse in Kilkee are to be considered.
