Spraying of anti-war graffiti defendedThe spray-painting of anti-war graffiti on a US Hercules aircraft at Shannon airport last September was an act of disarmament…Thu Dec 19 2002 - 00:00
Plan approved for the Cliffs of Moher centreTen years after plans were first unveiled for a visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher, Clare County Council yesterday secured…Wed Dec 18 2002 - 00:00
Council facing further obstacles to building of centreClare County Council overcame the greatest obstacle to its plans to construct a visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher when it…Wed Dec 18 2002 - 00:00
Chernobyl children miss out on Irish ChristmasThe director of the Burren Chernobyl Project returned home last night without the seven child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear…Fri Dec 13 2002 - 00:00
IDA ignores Ennis 'hub', says local industry lobbyIDA Ireland was yesterday accused of failing to capitalise on Ennis's status as Ireland's Information Age Town in not attracting…Thu Dec 12 2002 - 00:00
45 acres near Ennis rezoned for housesThe rezoning of 45 acres of open countryside for residential housing on the outskirts of Ennis has been approved at a meeting…Wed Dec 11 2002 - 00:00
100 gardai police rally at Shannon AirportOver 100 gardaí were drafted in yesterday to police 200 anti-war protesters at a peace rally held at Shannon AirportMon Dec 09 2002 - 00:00
Relatives asked to care for patientsThe Mid-Western Health Board issued a call yesterday to relatives and friends of psychiatric patients to help feed and care for…Tue Dec 03 2002 - 00:00
Limerick council opposes waste plansLimerick County Council has joined local residents in opposing contentious plans by a private waste company to more than quadruple…Mon Dec 02 2002 - 00:00
Nurses at Limerick psychiatric hospital seek €4,640 to relocateNurses at St Joseph's Psychiatric Hospital in Limerick are seeking €4,640 in compensation to relocate to a new facility.Thu Nov 28 2002 - 00:00
Inquest reverses verdict of suicideA coroner's inquest jury in Ennis, Co Clare, yesterday reversed a verdict of suicide made by a previous jury in the death of …Thu Nov 28 2002 - 00:00
€125m plan for Limerick village approvedAn Taisce has claimed that a Bord Pleanála decision giving the go- ahead to a €125 million development in the tiny Co Limerick…Wed Nov 27 2002 - 00:00
Health service strikers accused over emergency coverStriking SIPTU members were yesterday accused of not providing sufficient emergency cover to ensure adequate patient care on …Tue Nov 26 2002 - 00:00
Strike to disrupt health servicesThe Mid-Western Health Board was last night making efforts to put in place emergency cover for health services in Co Clare ahead…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Talks on return of Chernobyl orphans continueUncertainty still surrounded the future yesterday of the seven child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster who were ordered…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Pharma group fights Clare developmentOpposition from a pharmaceutical company to plans to develop a €150 million e-business park in Shannon yesterday came under fire…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Farmers welcome new report on deaths of animalsThe author of an independent report commissioned by the Irish Farmers' Association into unexplained animal deaths in the Askeaton…Thu Nov 21 2002 - 00:00
Council chief to review ban on non-locals building homesNew proposals relating to the ban on non-locals building houses in the countryside are promised by Clare County Council's head…Wed Nov 20 2002 - 00:00
Binchy calls for trespass law repealThe controversial trespass legislation allowing gardaí to seize and impound Traveller caravans without a court order is unjust…Sat Nov 16 2002 - 00:00
Traveller housing costing Clare more than €12mSpiralling legal and security costs associated with Traveller accommodation are contributing to Clare County Council spending…Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00
Big rise in drug-abuse treatmentThe numbers seeking treatment for drug abuse in the mid-west increased last year by 30 per cent on 2000 figures, it emerged yesterday…Thu Nov 14 2002 - 00:00
Celtic Tiger did not improve quality of life, study findsSeventy-seven per cent of respondents to a survey of workplace attitudes said the economic boom, known as the Celtic Tiger period…Sat Nov 09 2002 - 00:00
Council will ask court to jail Travellers for occupying siteClare County Council is seeking the jailing of a number of Travellers it claims are in contempt of a High Court order by occupying…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
Abuse 'revenge' will not protect childrenIt is simply not good enough that less than 10 out of 90 child sexual abusers released from prison this year will receive the…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
Surveys point to 'positive' national moodNegativism about recent trends in the quality of life in Ireland is not supported by survey evidence, the Values and Ethics conference…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
Priest leading campaign against Clare planning lawsA parish priest is leading a campaign against Clare County Council's contentious planning restrictions, claiming the views of…Thu Nov 07 2002 - 00:00
Dominance of market values in society criticisedIrish society is currently operating on auto-pilot, where there is no longer a shared set to values to hold society together, …Thu Nov 07 2002 - 00:00
Planning Act is blamed for fewer appeals by publicThe number of planning appeals being lodged with An Bord Pleanála by the public has dropped significantly, prompting calls by…Tue Nov 05 2002 - 00:00
Three priests suspended over sex abuse allegationsThe parish priest removed from his duties by the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, last weekend is the third priest Dr Walsh…Fri Nov 01 2002 - 00:00
Parish priest removed over claim of abuseThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has removed a parish priest from his duties after being informed by Waterford gardaí…Wed Oct 30 2002 - 00:00
'Parents' of Chernobyl children hope they will be able to return from BelarusThe Irish "parents" of child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster yesterday embarked on a trip with the children to an orphanage…Tue Oct 29 2002 - 00:00
Anger as council ignores rezoning adviceMembers of Clare County Council have been accused of bringing the council into disrepute after pushing through a number of last…Wed Oct 23 2002 - 01:00
Man gets six months for fatal assaultA Clare man, who told a court he lit candles in memory of the man he assaulted at a nightclub in Ennis last October, was jailed…Sat Oct 19 2002 - 01:00
Safety concerns over council's Cliffs of Moher planVisitor capacity at the cliff edge at the Cliffs of Moher already operates at over-capacity and this situation will worsen if…Fri Oct 18 2002 - 01:00
Cliffs of Moher visitor plan seeks go-aheadAn alternative proposal for visitor facilities put forward by Shannon Development to serve the Cliffs of Moher "is not a sustainable…Thu Oct 17 2002 - 01:00
Council vote for rezoning ignores planners' adviceThere has been a fundamental breakdown in trust between the planners of Clare County Council and its elected members, says Cllr…Wed Oct 16 2002 - 01:00
Hearing on Cliffs of Moher centre opens todayAn attempt by Clare Tourist Council to mediate in the dispute over visitor facilities at the Cliffs of Moher has failed, with…Tue Oct 15 2002 - 01:00
File for DPP on Shannon incursionTen anti-war protesters were arrested at Shannon Airport on Saturday after an estimated 50 to 60 people breached airport security…Mon Oct 14 2002 - 01:00
Autistic boy to be in adult unit for monthsA 13-year-old Co Clare autistic boy currently being cared for at an adult psychiatric unit in Limerick may have to remain there…Sat Oct 12 2002 - 01:00
Soldiers vote for right to strikeMembers of the Defence Forces yesterday voted in favour of the right to strike following growing discontent over the outcome …Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00
Yes is a vote for neutrality, Smith saysThe Minister for Defence has dismissed claims that the Nice Treaty, if passed in next week's referendum, will erode Irish neutrality…Thu Oct 10 2002 - 01:00
Benchmark pay report criticised by PDFORRAThe representative association for soldiers, sailors and airmen in the Defence Forces unanimously passed a motion yesterday not…Thu Oct 10 2002 - 01:00
Independent management for Shannon Airport opposedThe Mid-West Regional Authority yesterday came out against any move to establish a completely independent management structure…Tue Oct 08 2002 - 01:00
Shannon U-turn will open way for routesIn a U-turn yesterday Aer Rianta said it would develop new routes out of Shannon next year.Tue Oct 08 2002 - 01:00
Clare landfill site eases pressure on wasteCurrent pressure on landfill sites in the Midwest region is expected to be greatly eased after Clare County Council yesterday…Sat Oct 05 2002 - 01:00
Aer Rianta turns down new routes for ShannonAer Rianta has frozen a decision on new services from Shannon Airport until the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, rules on …Sat Oct 05 2002 - 01:00
Autistic boy (13) remains in secure unit for adultsThe State has been accused of gross negligence in its failure to provide long-term care for a 13- year-old autistic boy who remains…Fri Oct 04 2002 - 01:00
Hearing is told €4m already spent on explosives plant proposalOpponents of plans to locate an explosives manufacturing plant on the Shannon Estuary have offered no factual evidence why the…Thu Oct 03 2002 - 01:00
Travellers to protest outside council officesHomeless Travellers yesterday stepped up their campaign to highlight Traveller accommodation problems in Co Clare by protesting…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Fisheries board objects to explosives factoryLocal opponents of plans to locate an explosives factory in the Shannon Estuary were yesterday joined in their opposition by …Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
