Family in Clare robbed at home at gunpointA CLARE family is recovering after being robbed at gunpoint at their home on Thursday night.Sat Jan 09 2010 - 00:00
Call to end rezoning for retail in midwestTHE MIDWEST Regional Authority is calling on local authorities in the midwest not to zone any more land for retail development…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Call to end rezoning for retail in midwestTHE MIDWEST Regional Authority is calling on local authorities in the midwest not to zone any more land for retail development…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Councillors call for debate on death penaltyCALLS WERE made yesterday for a national debate on the reintroduction of the death penalty for certain offences.Thu Jan 07 2010 - 00:00
Seaplane plan for west meets with 'fierce opposition'THE PROMOTER of plans to commence a scheduled commercial seaplane service for tourists in the west of Ireland said yesterday …Thu Jan 07 2010 - 00:00
Seaplane plan for west meets with 'fierce opposition'THE PROMOTER of plans to commence a scheduled commercial seaplane service for tourists in the west of Ireland said yesterday …Thu Jan 07 2010 - 00:00
Councillors call for debate on death penaltyCALLS WERE made yesterday for a national debate on the reintroduction of the death penalty for certain offences.Thu Jan 07 2010 - 00:00
Company advising Shell increases Irish profits to €9 millionTHE ENVIRONMENTAL and engineering consultancy firm advising Shell Ireland on the energy giant’s onshore pipeline in Co Mayo increased…Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Company advising Shell increases Irish profits to €9 millionTHE ENVIRONMENTAL and engineering consultancy firm advising Shell Ireland on the energy giant’s onshore pipeline in Co Mayo increased…Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
A&E access at Ennis and Nenagh falls significantlyTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that it is to review bed capacity at Ennis General and Nenagh General hospitals…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
A&E access at Ennis and Nenagh falls significantlyTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that it is to review bed capacity at Ennis General and Nenagh General hospitals…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Council queries golf club coastal planCLARE COUNTY Council has told Doonbeg golf club that it has concerns that its scaled down €2 million coastal protection plan …Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Council queries golf club coastal planCLARE COUNTY Council has told Doonbeg golf club that it has concerns that its scaled down €2 million coastal protection plan …Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Hundreds at funeral of Clare teacherA SISTER of schoolteacher Brian Casey (26) described her brother to mourners yesterday “as a role model, inspiring son and loyal…Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
HJ Heinz (Ireland) posts €16.6m profitTHE IRISH arm of US food giant Heinz recorded an 11 per cent drop in pre-tax profits last year to €16.6 million.Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
HJ Heinz (Ireland) posts €16.6m profitTHE IRISH arm of US food giant Heinz recorded an 11 per cent drop in pre-tax profits last year to €16.6 million.Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Hundreds at funeral of Clare teacherA SISTER of schoolteacher Brian Casey (26) described her brother to mourners yesterday “as a role model, inspiring son and loyal…Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Couple may face hundreds of abuse chargesA SENIOR garda has told a court that a Galway couple charged with the abuse and neglect of their children are to face possibly…Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Rights body pays €34m to artistsTHE IRISH Music Rights Organisation (Imro) last year increased royalty payments to recording artists by 7 per cent to €34Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Autopsy on Clare man set for todayTHE POSTMORTEM on a Co Clare man who died following an alleged assault on St Stephen’s night has been postponed until today. …Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Council criticises rail museum planCLARE COUNTY Council has raised “serious concerns” over plans by west Clare businessman Jackie Whelan to construct Ireland’s …Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Murder inquiry begins as assault victim diesGARDAÍ LAST night launched a murder investigation following the death in hospital of Co Clare man Brian Casey from serious injuries…Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Intel's R&D unit doubles operating profits to $3.2mTHE RESEARCH and development (RD) arm of computer chip giant Intel almost doubled its operating profits to $3Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Uncle and nephew charged over St Stephen's Day assaultAN UNCLE and his nephew yesterday appeared in court charged with the assault of Lissycasey man Brian Casey on the night of St…Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Hospital staff absenteeism rate highest at Portiuncula, says HSEHEALTH SERVICE Executive (HSE) figures show the hospital with the highest rate of absenteeism in the country is Portiuncula in…Thu Dec 24 2009 - 00:00
Recession cited as major cause of 30% fall in divorces in ClareFAMILY LAW experts yesterday cited the recession as the primary reason for a big drop in couples seeking divorces in Clare’s …Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Intensive care units at Ennis and Nenagh hospitals to closeTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) chief for acute hospitals in the midwest has confirmed that the executive is to press ahead…Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Avocent paid dividend of $28m to US parent companyA SHANNON-based IT firm that cut back its workforce by one-third in July last year paid out a dividend of $28 million (€19Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Brother opposes planning for sister to live next to himA WEST Clare man is opposing plans by his sister to secure planning permission for a new home adjacent to his own house.Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
Pretax profits quadruple for Supermac's holding firmTHE HOLDING company behind the Supermac’s fast-food chain last year enjoyed a fourfold increase in pretax profits to €5Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
Secure unit for two teens costs €2m to runTHE RECRUITMENT embargo in the Health Service Executive (HSE) is resulting in a €5 million secure unit for disruptive teenagers…Tue Dec 15 2009 - 00:00
Boston Scientific holding company records €614m pretax profits in 2008A HOLDING company for Boston Scientific’s Irish and international subsidiaries last year recorded pretax profits of $899 million…Mon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Turtle in a coma found washed up on sands of Co Clare beachA MAROONED loggerhead turtle was yesterday being rehabilitated after being washed up on Doughmore beach in Co Clare.Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Crisis affords chance to remove ills of past, says WalshBISHOP'S VIEWS: THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, said yesterday that the crisis in the Church was also a time of opportunity…Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Corrib gas field cost €1.5bn in 2008THE TOTAL spend on developing the Corrib gas field off the Mayo coast to the end of December last amounted to just under €1.5…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Plans for Clare rail museum lodgedPLANS HAVE been lodged for what was described yesterday as “Ireland’s largest road and rail museum” at Moyasta, west Clare…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
HSE policy of one-off crutch use wastes millions, says councillorTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) was yesterday accused of wasting millions of euro over its “crazy policy” of not reusing crutches…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Gifts from public fill eight warehousesDONATIONS: THE ST Vincent de Paul has received enough donations of beds, linen and other household goods for flood victims to…Tue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
Councillor queries cost of housing TravellersA SENIOR member of Clare County Council expressed concern yesterday over the council spending almost €500,000 per family to house…Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Bishop Walsh apologises for 'appalling betrayal of trust'KILLALOE STATEMENT: THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has apologised for the breaches of trust that have occurred in …Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Walsh to make statement on SundayThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh and the priests of the diocese are will make a joint statement on Sunday in response …Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
'Untreated water' case against council droppedA CASE against Clare County Council over allowing water untreated for the bug cryptosporidium into the Ennis public water system…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Clare prepares for further floodingMore than 60,000 sand bags have been deployed across flood risk areas in south-east Clare and Ennis as the county braces itself…Thu Nov 26 2009 - 00:00
Libel case settled after judge asks sides to reflectA LIBEL action taken by an occasional Lahinch resident against his niece has been settled after a judge urged both sides to stand…Tue Nov 24 2009 - 00:00
Co Clare 'in emergency situation'Co Clare is in an emergency situation and the situation will get worse before it gets better.Tue Nov 24 2009 - 00:00
Taoiseach inspects Ennis damageForty families remained homeless in the Ennis area tonight as Taoiseach Brian Cowen stated earlier that the local flood damage…Mon Nov 23 2009 - 00:00
Four-year suspended term for €4,000 threatA CLARE man has been given a four-year suspended sentence for attempting to extort €4,000 from a man in a hotel car park last…Tue Nov 17 2009 - 00:00
More than €1bn in cuts expected in healthcareTHE DEPARTMENT of Health will be making cuts of more than €1 billion in the forthcoming budget, Minister for Health Mary Harney…Sat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Jail term for breach of barring orderA WOMAN who was jailed for three years last month for dousing an 18-month-old toddler with petrol has been given a three-month…Tue Nov 10 2009 - 00:00
'Urine wardens' proposed for EnnisTHE CHAIRMAN of the Joint Policing Committee in Ennis yesterday proposed the appointment of two “urine wardens” to tackle the…Thu Nov 05 2009 - 00:00
