Burren National Park to get park-and-ride visitor centreThe decade-long dispute over the provision of visitor facilities for the Burren National Park is nearing an end.Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
Teenage centre closes due to lack of staffLimerick: A €5 million centre for troubled teenagers is lying idle in Limerick over the Mid-Western Health Board's failure, …Tue Sept 07 2004 - 01:00
Two directors of Doolin Ferries jailed for contemptTwo directors of a Co Clare ferry firm were jailed last night after being found to have breached a court order to end a stand…Fri Sept 03 2004 - 01:00
Planning appeal against Clare restaurant succeedsOne of Co Clare's most popular restaurants faces demolition following a successful objection lodged against the enterprise by…Thu Sept 02 2004 - 01:00
Teachers vote for strike over 'decade of neglect' at schoolTeaching staff at an Ennis primary school yesterday voted for strike action in protest at what they claim is "a decade of institutionalised…Wed Sept 01 2004 - 01:00
Dromoland objects to hotel suite development close to golf courseThe owners of Dromoland Castle have lodged an objection to an application for the development of hotel suites by a neighbouring…Tue Aug 31 2004 - 01:00
Too much certainty and sincerity should 'carry a health warning'Merriman Summer School: The "elevated levels of certainty" evident in modern society came under fire yesterday at the 37th annual…Sat Aug 28 2004 - 01:00
Violent sports stars bad role modelsMerriman Summer School: The recent growth in violence in amateur sport may indirectly have been caused by tolerance of violence…Fri Aug 27 2004 - 01:00
Economist says State needs suitable migrantsIreland will fall rapidly behind its competitors if it fails to embrace and build on the benefits of becoming a multicultural…Fri Aug 27 2004 - 01:00
Principal tells pupils not to hold hands at schoolA school principal in Co Clare yesterday announced a "zero tolerance" policy towards teenage couples holding hands or engaging…Fri Aug 27 2004 - 01:00
Women challenged to use equality differentlyMerriman Summer School: Institutionalised male attitudes to the role of women in society remain much as they were, for all the…Wed Aug 25 2004 - 01:00
Irish have 'chucked concern for the poor'Merriman Summer School: The Merriman Summer School was told last night that Irish people "have rediscovered both the leprechaun…Tue Aug 24 2004 - 01:00
Cleric calls for immigration debateA senior Catholic cleric has said that Ireland urgently needs to put in place an enlightened modern policy concerning immigration…Mon Aug 23 2004 - 01:00
Anti-health reform groups criticised for 'shroud waving'MERRIMAN SUMMER SCHOOL: The Hanly report has been vilified, subverted and ridiculed in certain parts of the country because …Mon Aug 23 2004 - 01:00
Hanly health reforms will be focus for lively debateMerriman Summer School: A declaration that the Government's Hanly reforms contain an unstoppable logic for better hospital services…Sat Aug 21 2004 - 01:00
Aer Lingus urged to reverse plan on carrying remainsThe organisation representing funeral directors has urged Aer Lingus to reverse its decision to stop bringing home the remains…Sat Aug 21 2004 - 01:00
Department ends controversial ferry service to Aran IslandsThe Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is to end a controversial joint passenger-cargo service to the Aran …Tue Aug 17 2004 - 01:00
Golf club says council to blame for coastal erosionThe dispute between Clare County Council and Doonbeg golf club over coastal erosion has taken a new twist with the club accusing…Thu Aug 12 2004 - 01:00
Drunks and fights turn Lahinch into a weekend 'battlefield'The seaside resort of Lahinch has been described as a "battlefield" on Saturday nights by a senior garda because of the numbers…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
Tunnel decision angers hauliersA decision by An Bord Pleanála not to increase the height of the planned €100 million River Shannon tunnel yesterday came under…Fri Aug 06 2004 - 01:00
Council moves to close ticket offices of rival ferry companiesA local authority has moved to shut down two ferry ticketing operations run by rival ferry companies at Doolin harbour in north…Wed Aug 04 2004 - 01:00
Clare plan to ban wind farms from parts of Atlantic coast and BurrenClare County Council is proposing that parts of the Atlantic coast, including Loop Head and areas around the Burren, be declared…Mon Jul 19 2004 - 01:00
Development could ruin stalactite, group saysThere is a risk of a "catastrophic failure" for the Great Stalactite in Pól an Ionáin cave in north Co Clare if it is developed…Mon Jul 19 2004 - 01:00
McDowell dismisses setting up policing authorityThe Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr McDowell, yesterday rejected the notion that an independent policing authority…Sat Jul 17 2004 - 01:00
CofI to let Vodafone put dishes in church towersThe mobile phone company, Vodafone, has secured the go-ahead from the Church of Ireland to locate mobile phone installations …Fri Jul 16 2004 - 01:00
Clare crannog fire investigatedA Garda forensic team was yesterday examining the site of a fire that destroyed two lake-island homes of Bronze Age chieftains…Tue Jul 13 2004 - 01:00
Ex-Army officer charged over Bush visitOne of the country's best-known peace activists was yesterday charged with entering a temporary exclusion zone established in…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Clare FF councillor accuses An Taisce of being a secret societyAn Taisce was told yesterday that if it wants better relations with the public it will have to move on from being a secret society…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Cuban granny let see family in EnnisAn Ennis family were yesterday celebrating a U-turn that allows their Cuban grandmother visit Ireland to see her daughter and…Fri Jul 09 2004 - 01:00
Pub neighbours say smokers' noise makes lives 'living hell'Elderly residents in Ennis claim the smoking ban in pubs is making their lives "a living hell".Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
Homeless Traveller families refuse housing offerTwo Co Clare Traveller families were yesterday made homeless after giving up the offer of moving into new €330,000 homes provided…Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
Book reveals murderer was abuse victimOne of the victims of a paedophile priest unmasked by the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, last weekend, was triple murderer…Fri Jun 25 2004 - 01:00
Bishop apologises for priest's child sex abuseA senior bishop issued a public apology from the pulpit at the weekend for the sexual abuse of children by a deceased parish …Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
Eleven miles of road to close for Bush visitGardaí announced yesterday that 11 miles of the route linking Limerick to Galway will close for 24 hours as part of the security…Sat Jun 19 2004 - 01:00
Couple dropped planning appeal after paymentAn Ennis couple withdrew their objection to a €20 million housing scheme after the developers paid them over €100,000 and gave…Sat Jun 19 2004 - 01:00
Re-trial of Shannon activist ends abruptlyThe re-trial of an anti-war activist, Ms Mary Kelly (51), ended dramatically yesterday following the withdrawal of her legal …Fri Jun 18 2004 - 01:00
Shannon workers excused as jurors in Kelly trialTwo potential jurors in the trial of Ms Mary Kelly (51), were excused from jury service in the case yesterday by Judge Carroll…Thu Jun 17 2004 - 01:00
Priest calls in counsellors after deathsThe sudden deaths of four young people from the same housing estate in the west Clare resort of Kilkee has prompted the local…Thu Jun 17 2004 - 01:00
Anti-war activist in court on aircraft chargeAnti-war activist Ms Mary Kelly (50), appeared at Ennis Circuit Court yesterday charged with causing criminal damage to a US …Wed Jun 16 2004 - 01:00
ESB staff agree deal on future of Clare stationESB unions at the country's largest power plant have agreed a deal which will involve members taking pay cuts of between 20 and…Tue Jun 15 2004 - 01:00
Travellers refuse to move because of family conflictA number of Traveller families in Co Clare are refusing to vacate a rat-infested halting site to move into new €330,000 homes…Wed Jun 09 2004 - 01:00
Tanaiste trying to destroy Shannon agency - SIPTUThe Tánaiste, Ms Harney was yesterday accused by SIPTU of trying to destroy any future for Ireland's only regional development…Mon Jun 07 2004 - 01:00
€1,500 fine for destruction of habitatThe managing director of one of the country's largest quarrying operations yesterday defended his firm's environmental record…Fri Jun 04 2004 - 01:00
Staff at ESB power plant set to take 30% cut in payESB workers at the country's largest power plant are set to take a pay cut of up to 30 per cent to secure the station's future…Thu Jun 03 2004 - 01:00
An Taisce to complain about landfill to EUAn Taisce is to report Clare County Council to the European Commission for an alleged breach of the EU landfill directive in …Sat May 29 2004 - 01:00
Clare harbour plans haltedPlans were yesterday abandoned by Clare County Council to install a harbour master at Doolin this summer as tensions between …Fri May 28 2004 - 01:00
Minister announces €10m grant for Cliffs of MoherOver a decade after it was first proposed, the €25 million Cliffs of Moher visitor centre finally got the green light yesterday…Thu May 27 2004 - 01:00
Report says it makes no sense to move A&E from EnnisA group campaigning against the proposed downgrading of Ennis General Hospital has published a report saying it makes no sense…Thu May 27 2004 - 01:00
Stalactite cave plan gets new permissionClare County Council has granted planning permission to develop as a tourist attraction a cave that reputedly contains the largest…Tue May 25 2004 - 01:00
An Post services face 'kiss of death'The Government has been accused of giving the "kiss of death" to social services provided by An Post by refusing to address the…Mon May 24 2004 - 01:00
