€1m paid to consultants on stalled plan for Clare visitor centreClare County Council has paid more than €1 million in fees to consultants on its stalled plan to build a new visitor centre at…Thu Feb 19 2004 - 00:00
Traffic warden stole €300,000 in coinsA traffic warden who stole €300,000 in coins from Ennis Town Council over three years evaded detection by saying that parking…Wed Feb 18 2004 - 00:00
Shannon airport 'not supporting needs of region'Shannon airport is not supporting the needs of business in the mid-west and the Government plan to overhaul the management structure…Tue Feb 17 2004 - 00:00
Health board chief in talks today on €13.5m surplusThe chief executive of the Mid-Western Health Board, Mr Stiofán de Búrca, is to meet Department of Health chiefs in Dublin today…Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:00
Health board's softened stance puts a McDonald's back on menuThe Mid-Western Health Board has moved to distance itself from the objection lodged by its health promotions unit against a proposed…Sat Feb 14 2004 - 00:00
Limerick to get cancer therapy centreThe Mid Western Health Board yesterday gave the green light for the development of a radiotherapy unit for the region.Sat Feb 14 2004 - 00:00
Turkish firm likely to be awarded tenderA Turkish company has beaten off competition from Irish construction firms to successfully tender for the Ennis bypass project…Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Second appeal against golf resort dismissed as 'without substance'The latest attempt by a lone objector to halt the €150 million Greg Norman-designed Doonbeg golf resort was dismissed yesterday…Thu Feb 12 2004 - 00:00
Campaign needs to raise €2m to repair cathedral spire and towerThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, last night launched a campaign to raise €2 million to save a 130-year-old cathedral …Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Team to direct Ennis hospital's €18m renewalThe Minister for Health, Mr Martin, has announced the appointment of a design team for the €18 million redevelopment of Ennis…Sat Feb 07 2004 - 00:00
Dogs in Clare could face daytime ban on the county's beachesAn afternoon stroll with your dog on the beach could be a thing of the past in Clare if proposals to ban dogs from the county…Fri Feb 06 2004 - 00:00
€4.5 million allocated to poor areasForty-five of the most socially deprived urban areas in Ireland are to receive €200,000 each year as part of a Government programme…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
Levy fear leads to planning backlogClare County Council is struggling to cope with a deluge of planning applications from people who want to avoid the €11,950 levy…Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
McDonald's would bring to 10 total of fast-food outlets in EnnisThe proposal by McDonald's to locate its 69th Irish outlet in Ennis would bring to 10 the number of fast-food outlets in the …Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:00
De Valera calls for calm on A&E changesThe Fianna Fáil Minister of State, Ms Síle de Valera, has declined to endorse calls for the retention of the 24-hour A&E …Sat Jan 31 2004 - 00:00
Five remanded in custody in Clare rape caseFour teenagers and a 24-year-old man, each charged with the rape of a woman in her 30s in Cratloe Wood, Co Clare, last Friday…Thu Jan 29 2004 - 00:00
Boy gets bail after saying he was beatenA judge yesterday overruled Garda objections and granted bail to a 16-year-old boy charged with dangerous driving causing the…Thu Jan 29 2004 - 00:00
Unions angered by Civil Service 'absenteeism' reportPublic service unions have hit out at implications contained in a Government briefing document suggesting that there is absenteeism…Wed Jan 28 2004 - 00:00
Judge to question council on efforts to house TravellersA senior official with Ennis Town Council has been ordered to address a District Court judge next month on the council's efforts…Tue Jan 27 2004 - 00:00
EPA eases licence terms for Co Limerick plantThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has eased the terms of a new licence for the huge Aughinish Alumina plant, allowing…Sat Jan 24 2004 - 00:00
Boy charged with dangerous driving causing girls' deathsA 16-year-old youth was yesterday charged at Ennis District Court with dangerous driving causing the death of two teenage friends…Sat Jan 24 2004 - 00:00
Judge refuses bail to five on Clare rape chargesA 14-year-old boy along with three other teenagers and a 24-year-old man were last night charged with the rape of a woman in …Sat Jan 24 2004 - 00:00
'Significant' Casement letters discoveredFifty original letters to and from Roger Casement in the three years leading up to his execution have been discovered in the …Fri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
Aughinish objects to EPA demand for tougher controlsThe Aughinish Alumina plant at Askeaton in Co Limerick is objecting to new demands by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA…Thu Jan 22 2004 - 00:00
German man arrested at Shannon over airline bomb hoax heads homeThe 19-year-old German student released by gardaí after being questioned in relation to a bomb scare on a Delta Airlines flight…Wed Jan 21 2004 - 00:00
Golf club does deal in 'right of way' rowA number of west Clare locals will be allowed to drive tractors across a section of the Greg Norman-designed Doonbeg golf course…Sat Jan 17 2004 - 00:00
Shannon Development reveals plan for cargo hubShannon Development yesterday unveiled plans to create a multi-modal hub for air commerce at Shannon Airport, which according…Wed Jan 14 2004 - 00:00
Judge returns passport to anti-war activistA Circuit Court judge has given anti-war activist Ms Mary Kelly (50) back her passport to allow her to travel to India this weekend…Sat Jan 10 2004 - 00:00
'Substantial' amount of cash taken in armed robbery in EnnisEnnis gardaí were yesterday investigating an armed robbery of a betting office in Ennis, Co Clare on Sunday when thieves made…Tue Jan 06 2004 - 00:00
Builders in rush to avoid council levies on new homesLocal authorities across the country are being swamped with planning applications by house-builders as they try to avoid the …Wed Dec 24 2003 - 00:00
Big drop in number of Traveller families living by roadside in ClareThe number of Traveller families living by the roadside without services in Co Clare has almost halved in the past two years, …Tue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
Clare council asked about EUR1.6m spent on HQMembers of Clare County Council yesterday called on the executive to justify payments of €1Wed Dec 10 2003 - 00:00
Ennis consultants propose Hanly alternativeConsultants based at Ennis General Hospital yesterday put forward an alternative plan to the Hanly report in a set of proposals…Tue Dec 09 2003 - 00:00
Gardai stop Shannon protestersAnti-war activists failed in their attempts to blockade Shannon airport at the weekend due to a large-scale Garda operation mounted…Mon Dec 08 2003 - 00:00
US paid €14m for use of ShannonAer Rianta has earned an estimated €14 million from the US military's use of Shannon Airport so far this year, it emerged yesterday…Sat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
West Clare golf club offsets global warmingDoonbeg golf club yesterday lodged plans with Clare County Council for a programme of coastal protection works to counteract …Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
Bishop Walsh intercedes for homeless TravellersThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, is attempting to resolve the plight of a homeless Traveller family.Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Garda ready for Shannon protestA senior garda said yesterday that Shannon airport will operate as normal this Saturday despite anti-war protesters planning …Wed Dec 03 2003 - 00:00
Role for Shannon Development in Moher visitor centreShannon Development is set to perform a U-turn and play a full role in the proposed €27 million Cliffs of Moher visitor centre…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Travellers refuse house offer out of fearA homeless Traveller family yesterday declined to move into a vacant council house in the west Clare village of Miltown Malbay…Fri Nov 28 2003 - 00:00
Drugs firm in Shannon admits to causing smellA Shannon-based pharmaceutical company yesterday admitted in court to being the source of the odour that afflicted Shannon town…Fri Nov 28 2003 - 00:00
Residents stop Traveller family being housedResidents in the west Clare village of Miltown Malbay yesterday prevented a Traveller family, who had their caravan burned down…Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
Council tells Aer Rianta to clean up dumpAer Rianta has been told by Clare County Council to submit detailed clean-up plans for an unlicensed dump the airport authority…Wed Nov 26 2003 - 00:00
Government systems are in chaos, says KennyThe Fine Gael leader, Mr Enda Kenny, has launched an attack on the record of the Fianna Fáil-PD coalition, claiming that the …Mon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
Train commuters suffer more stress, study findsWorkers who commute to Dublin's International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) by train suffer more stress than those who use…Mon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
Centre 'swamped' by child sex casesThe State's only non-government-funded centre for treating sex offenders is currently being "swamped" by referrals of sex offenders…Sat Nov 22 2003 - 00:00
42% of 14-year-olds 'consume alcohol'A report to be published today on underage drinking has found that 42 per cent of 14-year-olds surveyed had consumed alcohol …Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
Clare's levy scheme sees walkout by councillorsClare's County Manager yesterday intervened to avert Clare Co Council defaulting in implementing the Development Levy Scheme.Wed Nov 12 2003 - 00:00
Council criticised for €10,000 Australian tripClare County Council was criticised yesterday for approving a tour of one of Australia's best known wine regions by a council…Tue Nov 11 2003 - 00:00
Cost of Ennis bypass rises to ↺205m due to funding delayThe costs associated with the delayed Ennis bypass have risen to €205 million following a two-year delay in the project, it emerged…Sat Nov 08 2003 - 00:00
