Safety signs for Clare shore-fishing spotsClare County Council is to erect internationally recognisable signage at three locations in response to the drownings of two …Thu Nov 09 2006 - 00:00
Shannon Free Zone to gain over 300 jobsMinister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin will today announce the creation of more than 300 jobs in the Shannon…Thu Nov 09 2006 - 00:00
Breen to meet assault victimClare Fine Gael TD Pat Breen yesterday agreed to meet the victim of sex offender Joseph Nugent after the man went on local and…Wed Nov 08 2006 - 00:00
Resettlement scheme ends in recriminations RRI blames Clare County Council planning refusalsRural Resettlement Ireland's programme to boost depopulated areas of west Clare by building new homes in the area has come to…Wed Nov 08 2006 - 00:00
Abuse victim condemns TD's question on offenderA Co Clare victim of child sex abuse has called on Fine Gael TD Pat Breen to apologise for his "crass insensitivity" in tabling…Wed Nov 01 2006 - 00:00
Man in court on Gort firearms chargesA man who was seriously injured by a Garda marksman following a stand-off at a house in Gort, Co Galway, earlier this month has…Sat Oct 28 2006 - 01:00
Man (19) jailed for dangerous drivingA 19-year-old youth has been sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of…Fri Oct 27 2006 - 01:00
Running mates criticise Clare TDFine Gael TD for Clare Pat Breen has been criticised by two of his party running mates in the next general election over asking…Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
An Taisce withdraws Kilkee objectionAn Taisce has withdrawn its objection to six holiday homes in Kilkee after the organisation's head office found a submission …Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
Doonbeg Golf Club sells units for €41mOne of the State's most exclusive golf clubs at Doonbeg, Co Clare, has confirmed that it has secured €41 million through the …Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
School objects to apartments overlooking children's play areaAn Ennis primary school has claimed that the ability of "strangers" in proposed new apartments to observe pupils playing in the…Tue Oct 24 2006 - 01:00
Charges struck out over failure to translateA District Court judge yesterday struck out charges against a Lithuanian man accused of threatening to kill and falsely imprison…Sat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
Ennis locals object to hostel for homelessA number of Ennis residents have objected to a proposal from the Society of St Vincent de Paul to open a hostel for the homeless…Tue Oct 17 2006 - 01:00
Clare council opposes stadiumPlans by Bord na gCon to construct a €20 million greyhound stadium on the fringes of Limerick city have run into problems with…Thu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Concern over stadium threat to otter survivalAn Taisce is concerned over the impact a proposed €20 million greyhound stadium on the fringes of Limerick city could have on…Tue Oct 03 2006 - 01:00
Crowe sings for friend HarrisIt was one of the more unusual stages that Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe has performed on.Mon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
State 'must have thermal electricity by 2009'The State must have a new thermal electricity generation plant in place by the winter of 2009 or there will not be adequate electricity…Sat Sept 30 2006 - 01:00
Clare council broke planning rulesAn Bord Pleanála yesterday found that Clare County Council contravened its own county development plan on two grounds to grant…Wed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
Crowe to attend Kilkee event in memory of Richard HarrisThe west Clare seaside resort of Kilkee has secured a massive coup by persuading Oscar- winning actor Russell Crowe to participate…Tue Sept 26 2006 - 01:00
County council fines Kilrush for dumpClare County Council has ordered its sister local authority, Kilrush Town Council, to pay out almost €2,600 arising from an authorised…Mon Sept 25 2006 - 01:00
County council fines Kilrush for dumpClare County Council has ordered its sister local authority, Kilrush Town Council, to pay out almost €2,600 arising from an authorised…Fri Sept 22 2006 - 01:00
Money received 'fraction' of figures quoted, says AhernAhern reaction: The Taoiseach has said that the amount of money he got from all sources other than his income would be a fraction…Fri Sept 22 2006 - 01:00
Plan to convert Ennis B&B into hostel for homelessPlans have been lodged by St Vincent de Paul to convert a former B&B on Ennis's Clare Road into a hostel for the homeless…Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
Ennis diocesan land to be rezonedEnnis Town Council yesterday agreed to rezone 85 acres of diocesan-owned land for housing and a school on the outskirts of Ennis…Fri Sept 08 2006 - 01:00
Clare dogs beach ban has no biteNot a single fine was issued over the summer to people flouting Clare County Council's new ban on dogs on the county's beaches…Wed Sept 06 2006 - 01:00
Assaultin Co Clare leaves man criticalA father of five children was last night in a critical condition in Ennis General Hospital after being assaulted in the Co Clare…Tue Sept 05 2006 - 01:00
Temporary site for Richard Harris statue after planning appealThe promoters of plans to commemorate Richard Harris in Kilkee are ready to defy the planning laws by erecting a statue to the…Tue Sept 05 2006 - 01:00
'Europe's biggest singles festival' under wayThe Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking festival, "Europe's biggest singles festival", gets under way in the otherwise quiet north Clare…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Musicians protest at expulsionsA letter signed by 43 performers of traditional Irish music has expressed concern at Clare County Council's plans to expel buskers…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Inquest told of drowning after canoe capsizedA Co Limerick man drowned after his girlfriend stood up to give him a hug, causing the canoe which they were in to capsize, a…Thu Aug 31 2006 - 01:00
Russian trapeze artist dies during actTwo investigations were launched by the Garda and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) into the death of a 26-year-old Russian…Wed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Shannon Aerospace staff vote for industrial actionStaff represented by Siptu at Lufthansa-owned Shannon Aerospace have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action, including strike…Tue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
Clare explosives factory plan relodgedPlans were yesterday lodged again with Clare County Council for a €10 million explosives factory on the shores of the Shannon…Tue Aug 29 2006 - 01:00
Gardaí determined totrack down 'depraved'Shannon hoax callerA senior garda said last night every effort will be made to apprehend the "depraved" person whose hoax call caused a major security…Sat Aug 26 2006 - 01:00
County manager calls for rezoning to move Ennis schoolClare county manager Alec Fleming has recommended that councillors rezone 85 acres owned by the diocese of Killaloe for school…Wed Aug 16 2006 - 01:00
Clare council does U-turn on zoningsClare County Council has performed a U-turn on a number of planned rezonings across south- east Clare, totalling 170 acres, after…Tue Aug 15 2006 - 01:00
Kilkee plan to honour Richard Harrisgets the green lightClare County Council yesterday granted planning permission for plans to celebrate the late Richard Harris in KilkeeFri Aug 11 2006 - 01:00
US troop numbers using Shannon drop by almost two-thirdsUS troop numbers going through Shannon airport have dropped by almost two-thirds in the past month, figures released by the Shannon…Thu Aug 10 2006 - 01:00
Car park fee over top for cliff visitorsDozens of motorists are parking illegally at any one time near the Cliffs of Moher, avoiding the €5 parking charge imposed by…Thu Aug 10 2006 - 01:00
Army called in to protect ShannonThe Army has been drafted in to protect Shannon airport from attempts by anti-war activists to shut down the airport.Wed Aug 09 2006 - 01:00
Drug firm's expansion plans raise concernsThe developers of a €150 million business campus in Shannon have expressed "serious concern" over three separate planning applications…Fri Aug 04 2006 - 01:00
€20m greyhound stadium planned for LimerickPlans are to be lodged by Bord na gCon with Clare County Council in the coming days for a €20 million greyhound stadium on the…Thu Aug 03 2006 - 01:00
Shannon to add 1,000 parking spacesShannon Airport Authority has secured planning permission for an additional 1,000 car-parking spaces to cope with the spiralling…Wed Aug 02 2006 - 01:00
Judge revokes bail in assault caseA District Court judge yesterday revoked bail for a 25-year-old Kilrush man charged with assaulting a 60-year-old man in Kilrush…Tue Aug 01 2006 - 01:00
Safety signs to be erected for colliding surfers in ClareIn response to the growing number of collisions involving surfers at Lahinch beach, Clare County Council is to erect signage …Thu Jul 27 2006 - 01:00
Extradited youth faces car chargesAn 18-year-old appeared in Kilrush District Court yesterday after being extradited from the UK to face a charge of dangerous …Thu Jul 27 2006 - 01:00
Hearing on Gort bypass CPOsNearly 40 objections against the compulsory purchase order for the Gort Crusheen bypass were withdrawn yesterday on the first…Wed Jul 26 2006 - 01:00
Youth on car deaths charge extraditedA youth charged with dangerous driving causing the death of two teenagers almost three years ago is to be extradited from London…Tue Jul 25 2006 - 01:00
Family leaves bishop's propertyThe 13-member Traveller family who moved on to the grounds of the Ennis residence of the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, …Tue Jul 25 2006 - 01:00
Minister receives Shannon action planThe Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen was yesterday presented with a €53 million five-year action plan to sustain transatlantic…Tue Jul 25 2006 - 01:00