Villagers fear explosives plant would ruin tourismPlans to build a £5 million explosives factory on the Shannon estuary are facing increasing opposition from residents in the …Wed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
Waste crisis looms for ClareClare householders and the county council may face a waste crisis next July when the county's central landfill site at Doora …Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Businessman plans to ferry visitors to see Doolin dolphinA Co Clare businessman is investing £250,000 in a 48-seater passenger boat in an effort to tap the tourism potential of the Doolin…Thu Sept 21 2000 - 01:00
Traveller accused of threatening officialA traveller threatened to shoot a Clare County Council official during several days of disturbances outside the local authority…Tue Sept 12 2000 - 01:00
Planning decision upheld in test of `outsiders' banClare County Council's controversial policy that bans "outsiders" from building homes in certain parts of the county has been…Thu Sept 07 2000 - 01:00
Clare welcomes celebrity dolphinA rival to Fungi's title as Ireland's most loved dolphin has emerged off the coast of Co ClareMon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Clare villages have a say in developmentConflict over planning matters may become less of an issue in the Clare coastal villages of Ballyvaughan and Doonbeg where both…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Objection by Aer Rianta to house extensionA young family's plans to overcome overcrowded conditions at their home near Shannon Airport have been thwarted by Aer Rianta…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Radical review is urged of Shannon Development roleA radical review of Shannon Development's operations has been urged in the mid-west region in the wake of the resignation of …Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Clare ban on outsiders forcing up price of sitesThe controversial rule banning "outsiders" from building in certain parts of Co Clare has resulted in higher site prices and …Wed Jul 12 2000 - 01:00
Locals oppose home for children in ClareLocal residents living near an east Clare village are opposing plans by the Sisters of Mercy order to house disadvantaged children…Tue Jul 11 2000 - 01:00
Bishop of Killaloe in discussions to sell diocesan land for social housingThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr William Walsh, stated yesterday he was in discussion with three groups with the aim of making land…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
McKenna files complaint about Clare golf courseGreen Party MEP Ms Patricia McKenna yesterday filed an additional complaint with the European Commission highlighting new evidence…Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00
Review of ban on non-locals welcomedClare County Council's decision to review its County Development Plan offers the opportunity to redress the damage done to the…Wed May 24 2000 - 01:00
`Sinister' attack on Clare council officials' carsGardai in Ennis are investigating what they have described as two "very sinister" attacks on cars owned by Clare County Council…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Minister drops Burren reviewThe Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Ms Sile de Valera, confirmed yesterday that she would not be seeking…Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
Jail terms for air-rage tourists quashedTwo US tourists convicted of an air-rage offence on a transatlantic Aer Lingus flight last week had their jail terms quashed …Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Residents halt work at siteThe traveller accommodation crisis in Ennis has intensified, with gardai being called to intervene in a dispute between some …Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Corofin residents told 12-month lease signed to use hostel for asylum-seekersResidents in the north Clare village of Corofin were told last night that a 12-month lease already has been signed between the…Fri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00
`Air rage' US tourists to apply for bail todayAn application is to be made in the High Court in Dublin today for bail for the two US tourists convicted of an "air rage" offence…Thu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00
Corofin residents oppose hostel planResidents of the north Clare village of Corofin are expected to protest to Department of Justice officials at a public meeting…Thu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00
Brothers jailed after air rage incident on Aer Lingus flightTwo US tourists visiting Ireland for the first time were jailed yesterday at a special sitting of Ennis District Court following…Wed Apr 26 2000 - 01:00
Clare plans to curb new building by outsidersClare County Council was told last night that there should be no inquisition into people's backgrounds when processing planning…Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
Treat TDs as humans, pleads psychiatrist turned politicianVulnerable to criticism? Stopped trusting your own judgment? Always believe the last thing you read or hear?Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
Minister's plans for Mullaghmore rejectedThe way is clear for the dismantling of the partially completed interpretative centre at Mullaghmore in the Burren National Park…Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Burren appeal decision todayToday, after a nine-year conflict, the Mullaghmore saga reaches an end with An Bord Pleanala set to announce its ruling in relation…Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
Couple angry at council policy in Clare `exclusion' zonesClare County Council was yesterday accused of infringing constitutional rights as it began to enforce its policy of generally…Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00
EU suspends £2.4 million funding in golf resort disputeEU funding of £2.4 million earmarked for the proposed Doonbeg golf resort in Co Clare, designed by Greg Norman, has been suspended…Fri Jan 07 2000 - 00:00
Residents demand action after second flood in four years hits EnnisEnnis residents and business people were counting the cost yesterday of the worst flooding in the town in recent memory.Mon Dec 27 1999 - 00:00
Medical crew refuse to transfer sick childThe Mid-Western Health Board confirmed last night that three emergency medical technicians had been put off duty following their…Thu Dec 16 1999 - 00:00
Building constraint to affect `outsiders'Clare County Council last night enshrined into law its general ban on "outsiders" building in certain parts of the county by …Tue Dec 14 1999 - 00:00
Work gets under way at Doonbeg golf courseConstruction work has started on the Greg Norman-designed £12.5 million golf course at Doonbeg, Co Clare, despite £2Mon Dec 13 1999 - 00:00
Doonbeg housing project rejected by Clare councilA contentious plan to develop a £12 million housing development twice the size of Doonbeg on the northern edge of the west Co…Thu Dec 09 1999 - 00:00
Bishop continues pilgrimage of reconciliationBraving strong winds, rain and hailstone, the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, joined by more than 350 pilgrims, travelled…Wed Dec 08 1999 - 00:00
Permission to open cave to public opposedThe great stalactite in the Pol-an-Ionain cave near Doolin, Co Clare, reputed to be the largest free-hanging stalactite in the…Thu Dec 02 1999 - 00:00
Clare policy on `outsiders' is defendedA special meeting of Clare County Council was told last night there was no part of Co Clare in which people of any origin were…Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Waste plan calls for £67m thermal plant in LimerickA draft waste management plan for Clare, Limerick and Kerry recommends the siting of a £67 million thermal treatment plant or…Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
McKenna objects to EU funding for golf course in area inhabited by threatened snailDublin Green MEP Ms Patricia McKenna last night urged the European Commission to withdraw funding of £2Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
Sense of community eclipsed - BohanThe Notion of community has ceased to exist in a large number of ways in contemporary Irish society, the sociologist and founder…Fri Nov 05 1999 - 00:00
Abandon loop head mast - Local FF TDsThe Department of the Marine and Natural Resources should abandon its contentious plans to locate a 720-ft radio navigation mast…Thu Nov 04 1999 - 00:00
Warning by IFA on risk of rural declineRural areas had more possibilities and choices than before, but policy needed to guard in particular against "rural black spots…Sat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Bishop to lead `journey of penance' across diocese for wrongs of churchThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, is to lead a pilgrimage across the diocese in an effort to acknowledge and ask pardon…Thu Oct 28 1999 - 01:00
Council suggests building ban on `outsiders'Clare County Council has come under fire after proposing that "non-indigenous persons" be prohibited from building homes in rural…Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Concern over scale of Doonbeg housing planAn Taisce has expressed concern over a proposal for a £12 million housing development twice the size of Doonbeg on the northern…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Family again escapes eviction from car parkA family who were invited to remain on the grounds of the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, in Ennis last Christmas yesterday…Sat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
Growth brings trouble to Clare resortA government-sponsored tax incentive scheme which has led to an expansion of holiday home development in Lahinch, Co Clare, has…Fri Oct 01 1999 - 01:00
Seven years for £3.8m fraud plotA seven-year sentence was imposed on the man behind what was described at Ennis Circuit Court yesterday as "a very clever and…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Planning board urged to oppose siting apartment block by abbeyAn Bord Pleanala has been urged to refuse permission for a proposed apartment complex adjacent to Ennis's 13th-century Franciscan…Wed Sept 22 1999 - 01:00
Ennis council gives hotel go-aheadMembers of Ennis Urban Council last night materially contravened the Ennis Town Development Plan in order to allow contentious…Wed Sept 08 1999 - 01:00
Major archaeological find in ClareArchaeological excavations on the south-eastern edge of the Burren, Co Clare, have revealed one of the most extensive and well…Wed Sept 08 1999 - 01:00
