'We pray the Minister will show some mercy'"I am sad and pained and I feel very blackMon Jan 27 2003 - 00:00
Duchas may buy cattle herd to protect Burren dolmenDúchas, the Heritage Service, is considering buying a herd of cattle to help conserve the site of the Poulnabrone portal dolmen…Mon Jan 27 2003 - 00:00
Bunratty Castle set for image revampOne of the country's most popular tourist attractions, Bunratty Castle and Folk Park in Co Clare, is set for an overhaul.Sat Jan 25 2003 - 00:00
Council rules out raw sewage as source of smellClare County Council yesterday discounted the unlicensed pumping of untreated sewage into the Shannon estuary from Shannon Airport…Fri Jan 24 2003 - 00:00
Justification for war does not exist, says bishopIRAQ CRISIS: Moral justification for a war against Iraq does not exist, the Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, said…Thu Jan 23 2003 - 00:00
Health board plan for partnership to provide radiotherapy facilitiesThe Mid Western Health Board is proposing a private-public partnership for the provision of the area's first radiotherapy facility…Tue Jan 21 2003 - 00:00
Building plan for Clare island blockedDuchas has succeeded in preventing a development which would have led to a deserted island off the west Clare coast being re-…Tue Jan 21 2003 - 00:00
Security plea for Ennis halting sites is turned down by councilClare County Council has turned down pleas from residents living near planned Traveller halting sites to provide 24- hour security…Tue Jan 21 2003 - 00:00
Gridlock as towns hope for bridgeEfforts to secure a new bridge crossing for the River Shannon to ease the daily traffic gridlock experienced at Killaloe and …Sat Jan 18 2003 - 00:00
Chemical plant is identified as source of smellA Shannon chemical manufacturing plant was served with a non-compliance notice by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after…Thu Jan 16 2003 - 00:00
Lack of recycling may lead to more landfill sitesOne of the State's leading waste experts has warned of a need for more landfill sites than expected due to a lack of progress…Wed Jan 15 2003 - 00:00
20 Clare councillors to visit ViennaMembers of Clare County Council are to make their third organised trip to Europe in recent years to view an incinerator.Tue Jan 14 2003 - 00:00
Shannon councillor urges end to campThe Shannon-based chairman of the Mid-Western Health Board has called for the removal of the Shannon Peace Camp claiming it is…Tue Jan 14 2003 - 00:00
An Taisce criticises Clare council on one-off housingClare County Council has come under attack from An Taisce over not being vigilant enough in protecting the countryside from one…Sat Jan 11 2003 - 00:00
Concern over east and west tourism disparityConcern has been expressed by a tourism executive over the widening gap in the number of people visiting the east of the Republic…Sat Jan 11 2003 - 00:00
Anti-war student fails in bail change bidA student accused of spray-painting anti-war graffiti on a US Hercules aircraft at Shannon airport last September has failed …Fri Jan 10 2003 - 00:00
Doonbeg club takes case over access to beachA dispute is looming between residents in Doonbeg and the local golf club over access to the local beach through part of the …Wed Jan 08 2003 - 00:00
Smell in Shannon region causes concernGPs in the Shannon area yesterday urged Clare County Council to identify the smell that has caused concern to communities living…Tue Jan 07 2003 - 00:00
Airport and peace group in stand-off over flightsA stand-off emerged last night between Aer Rianta and anti-war protesters at Shannon Airport.Tue Jan 07 2003 - 00:00
Women in anti-war rally at airportA permanent peace camp is to be established at Shannon Airport to protest at the continuing use of the facility by the US military…Mon Jan 06 2003 - 00:00
EUR1,000 taken by raiders who shot Clare manThe Co Clare victim of a fatal shooting on New Year's Eve died as a result of a single gunshot to his side, according to the …Fri Jan 03 2003 - 00:00
Gardai in search for gang after car dealer shot deadGardai are searching for a gang of four to six men after the fatal shooting of a man at the front door of his home in Blackwater…Thu Jan 02 2003 - 00:00
Test case should benefit psychiatric patientsAn estimated150 psychiatric patients discharged from Our Lady's Psychiatric Hospital in Ennis, Co Clare, earlier this year are…Mon Dec 23 2002 - 00:00
€1.5m a year vital for radiotherapy facilityA new radiotherapy facility could be up and running in the mid-west region within two years if the necessary funding becomes …Mon Dec 23 2002 - 00:00
Dolphin centre application rejectedThe fledgling dolphin-watching industry on the Shannon estuary suffered a blow yesterday after Bord Fáilte turned down an application…Sat Dec 21 2002 - 00:00
Spraying of anti-war graffiti defendedThe spray-painting of anti-war graffiti on a US Hercules aircraft at Shannon airport last September was an act of disarmament…Thu Dec 19 2002 - 00:00
Plan approved for the Cliffs of Moher centreTen years after plans were first unveiled for a visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher, Clare County Council yesterday secured…Wed Dec 18 2002 - 00:00
Council facing further obstacles to building of centreClare County Council overcame the greatest obstacle to its plans to construct a visitor centre at the Cliffs of Moher when it…Wed Dec 18 2002 - 00:00
Chernobyl children miss out on Irish ChristmasThe director of the Burren Chernobyl Project returned home last night without the seven child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear…Fri Dec 13 2002 - 00:00
IDA ignores Ennis 'hub', says local industry lobbyIDA Ireland was yesterday accused of failing to capitalise on Ennis's status as Ireland's Information Age Town in not attracting…Thu Dec 12 2002 - 00:00
45 acres near Ennis rezoned for housesThe rezoning of 45 acres of open countryside for residential housing on the outskirts of Ennis has been approved at a meeting…Wed Dec 11 2002 - 00:00
100 gardai police rally at Shannon AirportOver 100 gardaí were drafted in yesterday to police 200 anti-war protesters at a peace rally held at Shannon AirportMon Dec 09 2002 - 00:00
Relatives asked to care for patientsThe Mid-Western Health Board issued a call yesterday to relatives and friends of psychiatric patients to help feed and care for…Tue Dec 03 2002 - 00:00
Limerick council opposes waste plansLimerick County Council has joined local residents in opposing contentious plans by a private waste company to more than quadruple…Mon Dec 02 2002 - 00:00
Inquest reverses verdict of suicideA coroner's inquest jury in Ennis, Co Clare, yesterday reversed a verdict of suicide made by a previous jury in the death of …Thu Nov 28 2002 - 00:00
Nurses at Limerick psychiatric hospital seek €4,640 to relocateNurses at St Joseph's Psychiatric Hospital in Limerick are seeking €4,640 in compensation to relocate to a new facility.Thu Nov 28 2002 - 00:00
€125m plan for Limerick village approvedAn Taisce has claimed that a Bord Pleanála decision giving the go- ahead to a €125 million development in the tiny Co Limerick…Wed Nov 27 2002 - 00:00
Health service strikers accused over emergency coverStriking SIPTU members were yesterday accused of not providing sufficient emergency cover to ensure adequate patient care on …Tue Nov 26 2002 - 00:00
Talks on return of Chernobyl orphans continueUncertainty still surrounded the future yesterday of the seven child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster who were ordered…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Pharma group fights Clare developmentOpposition from a pharmaceutical company to plans to develop a €150 million e-business park in Shannon yesterday came under fire…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Strike to disrupt health servicesThe Mid-Western Health Board was last night making efforts to put in place emergency cover for health services in Co Clare ahead…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Farmers welcome new report on deaths of animalsThe author of an independent report commissioned by the Irish Farmers' Association into unexplained animal deaths in the Askeaton…Thu Nov 21 2002 - 00:00
Council chief to review ban on non-locals building homesNew proposals relating to the ban on non-locals building houses in the countryside are promised by Clare County Council's head…Wed Nov 20 2002 - 00:00
Binchy calls for trespass law repealThe controversial trespass legislation allowing gardaí to seize and impound Traveller caravans without a court order is unjust…Sat Nov 16 2002 - 00:00
Traveller housing costing Clare more than €12mSpiralling legal and security costs associated with Traveller accommodation are contributing to Clare County Council spending…Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00
Big rise in drug-abuse treatmentThe numbers seeking treatment for drug abuse in the mid-west increased last year by 30 per cent on 2000 figures, it emerged yesterday…Thu Nov 14 2002 - 00:00
Celtic Tiger did not improve quality of life, study findsSeventy-seven per cent of respondents to a survey of workplace attitudes said the economic boom, known as the Celtic Tiger period…Sat Nov 09 2002 - 00:00
Council will ask court to jail Travellers for occupying siteClare County Council is seeking the jailing of a number of Travellers it claims are in contempt of a High Court order by occupying…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
Abuse 'revenge' will not protect childrenIt is simply not good enough that less than 10 out of 90 child sexual abusers released from prison this year will receive the…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
Surveys point to 'positive' national moodNegativism about recent trends in the quality of life in Ireland is not supported by survey evidence, the Values and Ethics conference…Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00
