School protests as staff numbers cutTHE PRINCIPAL of a west Clare secondary school said yesterday that it was crazy that students were being denied the opportunity…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
President tells of days spent living with nuns in EnnisPRESIDENT MARY McAleese each year spends a number of days in prayer with an enclosed religious order in Ennis, she revealed yesterday…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
New Leas Cross owner returns €680,000 profitTHE NEW owner of the controversial north Dublin nursing home formerly known as Leas Cross returned pre-tax profits of €680,000…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Cliffs of Moher 'naming' scheme criticisedCLARE COUNTY Council's bid to secure millions of euro through naming rights for the Cliffs of Moher visitor centre has been dismissed…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Roche Ireland's revenues hit in 'challenging year'THE DECISION by Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche to end production of a key drug at its Clarecastle, Co Clare, plant led to a…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Council cites flood fears in refusal of planning approval for €50m retail parkCLARE COUNTY Council yesterday refused planning permission for a €50 million retail park on the outskirts of Ennis because the…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
Board to hold oral hearing on explosives plant proposalA DATE has yet to be set for a Bord Pleanála oral hearing on a planned €10 million explosives plant on the Shannon estuary…Wed Aug 20 2008 - 01:00
Overrule of voluntary status costs UL €154,000A DECISION BY the board of An Bord Pleanála not to confer voluntary status on the University of Limerick (UL) has cost the university…Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
€4 million hotel plan opposedPLANS BY Clare hurling star and Waterford senior manager Davy Fitzgerald to build a €4 million boutique hotel near Shannon airport…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Rare butterfly at site of planned Ennis development disappearsTHE DEPARTMENT of the Environment says the disappearance of a rare and protected butterfly from a site outside Ennis, earmarked…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Objections lodged to protected areas for hen harriersALMOST 85 per cent of objections lodged nationally against special designation areas for the protected bird the hen harrier have…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Former GP found not guilty on six chargesA JURY last night found former Clare GP Paschal Carmody not guilty on six charges of obtaining money by deception from terminally…Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
Jurors in trial of former Clare GP to resume deliberationsTHE JURY in the trial of former Clare GP Paschal Carmody will this morning resume its deliberationsThu Jul 24 2008 - 01:00
Carmody a caring doctor who was not motivated by money, jury toldA JURY was told yesterday that Paschal Carmody was a caring doctor who gave phenomenal service to patients and did so in circumstances…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Patients defend doctor on trial for deceptionA CO Clare mother of three told a court yesterday that she was "heartbroken" when her GP, Paschal Carmody, was struck off as …Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:00
PDT sessions 'zapped' breast cancer, says nunA DUBLIN nun given a 5 per cent chance of surviving breast cancer in 2001 has told a jury that she is clear of cancer after successfully…Sat Jul 19 2008 - 01:00
Dempsey positive on development at ShannonMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has said there is no sign that the loss of the Shannon-Heathrow service "has brought about…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Shannon traffic numbers fallSHANNON AIRPORT suffered almost a 20 per cent drop in transatlantic traffic for the first six months of 2008 as the ending of…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Patient review showed good results, Carmody trial toldA PROFESSOR of medicine has told a court that a review of a group of cancer patients treated by Paschal Carmody showed very good…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
'Serious decisions' to be made where State agencies overlapTÁNAISTE AND Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said yesterday where there was overlap in State agencies…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Laser cancer treatment unproven - expertA CANCER expert told a jury yesterday that patients must be protected from people experimenting on them.Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Planning for one-off house in Burren refusedA MOVE by members of Clare County Council to force through a contentious planning permission for an Ennis businessman for a one…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Judge and jury visit Killaloe clinic in cancer doctor trialTHE JUDGE and jury in the trial of a doctor accused of obtaining money from cancer patients by deception yesterday visited the…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Man denies giving false hope to cancer patients with PDT treatmentTHE MAN on trial for obtaining more than €80,000 from cancer patients and their relatives by deception told gardaí that at no…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Deception trial doctor 'would never promise anyone a cure for cancer'COUNSEL FOR a doctor accused of obtaining money from cancer patients by deception told a jury yesterday that his client had never…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Widow recalls 'miracle' cure talePASCHAL CARMODY told a terminally-ill cancer patient that it was his mission in life to find a cure for cancer for the people…Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
Doctor in cancer case has left countryTHE DOCTOR who administered the photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatment to terminally ill cancer patients at the East Clinic in …Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Boy told treatment would 'at worst' keep him aliveTHE MOTHER of a terminally ill 15-year-old boy told a jury yesterday that Paschal Carmody told her son that he would cure him…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Street protests over new Ennis schoolMORE THAN 1,000 people took to the streets of Ennis, Co Clare, yesterday in protest at the failure of the Department of Education…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Former doctor on trial for deceptionThe mother of a terminally ill 15-year old boy told a jury today that a former doctor told her son that he would cure him of …Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
School buildings delay 'unacceptable'THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh said it is “unacceptable” that the provision of permanent accommodation for Ennis schools…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Council flushed with success as 'loo with a view' sells for €400kA DERELICT “loo with a view” at the seaside resort of Lahinch yesterday scooped €400,000 for Clare County Council at a public…Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
€35,000 award for drowning tragedyA CIRCUIT court judge has approved the payment of €35,000 in compensation to a Co Clare family arising from a tragedy three years…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Ex-doctor denies he falsely claimed cancer cureA FORMER doctor yesterday pleaded not guilty to obtaining more than €80,000 from cancer patients and their relatives by falsely…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
€750,000 paid by council for parcel of land in rail upgradeCLARE COUNTY Council has spent €750,000 acquiring a parcel of land for the upgrading of a railway projectFri Jun 13 2008 - 01:00
Lahinch toilet block site to fetch up to €300,000CLARE COUNTY Council is set to net up to €300,000 for a site containing a dilapidated toilet block with "uninterrupted sea views…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
18 charges against former doctor droppedTHE STATE yesterday withdrew 18 larceny charges against former doctor Paschal Carmody in a case in which he is accused of receiving…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Council denies cover-up over contamination of Ennis waterTHE ENNIS town engineer has denied that Clare County Council concealed information from the public in relation to the level of…Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
Three gardaí face sworn inquiryTHREE CLARE gardaí are to appear today at a sworn Garda disciplinary inquiry in relation to alleged breaches of duty during an…Tue May 13 2008 - 01:00
One firm caters for 20% of all asylum seekersONE PRIVATE company accommodates over 20 per cent of the 6,850 asylum seekers located in 63 privately-run "direct provision" …Fri May 02 2008 - 01:00
Judge agrees to hear larceny case against doctor in JuneA JUDGE was told yesterday that it is now urgent that a case against a doctor charged with receiving more than €50,000 after …Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Ministers write to Hanafin over school applicationTAOISEACH BERTIE Ahern and four senior Fianna Fáil Ministers, including Brian Cowen, made representations to Minister for Education…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Steiner school plan meets 52 objectionsTHE SCALE of opposition by established schools in the Co Clare region against plans for a new Steiner school emerged yesterday…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Contentious €25m Lahinch housing plan gets green lightCLARE COUNTY Council has disregarded the objections of the Sisters of Mercy and other Lahinch residents and given permission …Thu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Tributes: 'one of our greatest Claremen'The mayor of Clare, Cllr Patricia McCarthy, told Clare County Council's April meeting yesterday that Dr Hillery "gave so much…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Extra €518,000 paid to workers due to Clare council errorAN "ADMINISTRATIVE error" by Clare County Council has cost the taxpayer €518,000 in overpayments to council road workers.Sat Apr 12 2008 - 01:00
Nearly 67,000 US troops passed through Shannon in January-MarchTHE NUMBER of US troops going through Shannon airport in the first quarter of this year increased by almost 150 per cent on the…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Clare council passes €10m explosives plant beside ShannonCLARE COUNTY Council has granted planning permission for a contentious plan to construct a €10 million explosives plant along…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
Planning permission sought for €200m housing scheme in EnnisPLANS HAVE been lodged for what would be the largest residential housing scheme in Co Clare with a €200 million proposal aiming…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Decrease in passengers expected in 2008 as Shannon stopover endsTHE CHAIRMAN of the Shannon Airport Authority, Pat Shanahan, expects a 10 per cent drop in passenger numbers on US routes into…Mon Mar 31 2008 - 01:00
