FARMERS IN EAST CLARE are going to sleep with shotguns “loaded under the bed at night” ready to take the law into their own hands with one representative fearing a repeat of the Padraig Nally case while an Ennis superintendent has voiced his opposition to arming Gardaí.
*Cathal Crowe. Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE HAS “reached capacity” in terms of accommodation Ukrainian refugees, a Government TD has said.
*Photograph: John Mangan AN UNUSED PIECE of land south of the cliff park in Lahinch is to be examined and potentially turned into a skate park.
*Christmas Day swimmers in Lahinch. Photograph: John Mangan LAHINCH and Ennistymon are “years away” from making progress on its wastewater treatment plant difficulties, elected representatives have lamented.
Áine Donegan and Aideen Walsh have been included in the Irish high performance squads for 2023.
€115,000 has been raised by the Cliffs of Moher Cycle Challenge across nine years for valuable charities and voluntary organisations in the area.
*David McNamara scrambles to win the ball with Oran Cahill and Ikem Ugwueru closing in. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ENNISTYMON can take more positives than negatives from their 2022 Clare SFC campaign but they remain dejected with the outcome of Sunday’s county final.
*Sean Rouine, Joey Rouine, Brendan Rouine, Ciaran Vaughan, Cillian Rouine, Eoin Rouine. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill WITH NO LESS THAN TEN of the Rouine clan forming part of the Ennistymon panel, to call it a family affair for the football mad North Clare crew is certainly an understatement.
*Lawrence Healy leading the way for Ennistymon. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill AN EXPERIENCED HEAD, LAWRENCE Healy will relish the chance to feature on county final day if given the opportunity.
*Buses en route to the Cliffs of Moher. BUS OPERATORS who did not use allocated routes to the Cliffs of Moher should not be allowed to part at the visitor centre, a North Clare councillor has argued.
