Flower power to yield €15,000 windfallFARMERS ARE to receive Government payments of up to €15,000 annually for producing wild, rare flowers such as the Mountain Aven…Thu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
'Stunning' Viking necklace found in ClareAN ARCHAEOLOGIST has expressed amazement at the “bizarre” discovery of a 1,150-year-old Viking necklace in a Burren caveWed Apr 28 2010 - 01:00
Plan to turn Lahinch loo into apartmentsPLANS HAVE been lodged with Clare County Council to convert a derelict €400,000 toilet in Lahinch into a mixed-use development…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Lenihan adviser defends approach to banking crisisTHE GOVERNMENT approach to the banking crisis “is the best, as other approaches would be more expensive and do a lot more damage…Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Dutch national jailed for bomb threat to airlineAN AIRLINE passenger’s threat to bring an aircraft down with a bomb over the Atlantic was triggered by a demand that he pay €…Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
Council seeks to renovate housesCLARE COUNTY Council is seeking to renovate homes in a six-unit housing development in Ennis and make them fit for habitation…Wed Apr 21 2010 - 01:00
Clare council moves to restrict headshopsMEMBERS OF Clare County Council last night took the first moves in putting in place a de facto ban on headshops across the county…Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
€1 million spent on Viagra-like drugs in HSE WestLIMERICK CITY and county has the highest public spend on Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs per head of population in…Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
Man admits making false bomb claim on flight to ArubaA MAN HAS pleaded guilty to causing a mid-air bomb scare on board a transatlantic jet last January.Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Council to slow development in 'overzoned' Ennis areaDEVELOPERS IN the greater Ennis area are facing further writedowns in the value of land banks following Clare County Council’…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Court orders head shop in Ennis to closeAN ENNIS businessman has claimed he was tricked into leasing out a premises to a head shop operator after being told the shop…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Limerick border extension opposedMEMBERS OF Clare County Council have declared “not an inch” to Government moves to extend the Limerick city boundary into Clare…Tue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Payments to barristers by DPP rose 11% to €15.2mPAYMENTS MADE by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to barristers last year increased by 11 per cent to €15Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Atlantic plunge: Tour de Burren launched with a splashA GROUP of cyclists plunged with their bikes into the Atlantic yesterday to launch the 2010 An Post Tour de Burren.Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Insurance payment lets C&D Foods post €1.1m pretax profitAN INSURANCE payment of €2Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
Firm insists Cliffs of Moher park 'n' ride will go aheadFEARS THAT construction work was not going to proceed on contentious plans for park ’n’ ride facilities for the Cliffs of Moher…Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
Tributes paid to 9/11 rescuer killed with his family in New Jersey house fireTRIBUTES HAVE been paid to 9/11 rescue worker, Ennis man Michael Glynn, his wife Heather and daughter Tara at a memorial Mass…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Lahinch Golf Club feels the pinch of recession as US visitors stay awayLAHINCH GOLF Club in Co Clare has sustained an operating loss of more than €1 million over the past two years due to a collapse…Sat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
Profits at Oracle's Irish subsidiary fall by 78% to €154mTHE MAIN Irish subsidiary of US software giant, Oracle last year sustained a 78 per cent drop in pre-tax profits to €154 million…Fri Apr 02 2010 - 01:00
Snail protection plan off to a tee at Doonbeg Golf ClubTHE POPULATION of a protected snail, the Vertigo angustior, at the Greg Norman-designed Doonbeg golf course has increased six…Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Bishop says he met up to 80 victims of sexual abuseTHE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh has confirmed that he has met 70-80 victims of sex abuse during his time as bishop.Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Prelate honoured with civic receptionBISHOP WILLIE WALSH: THE POSITION of Irish bishops is now hazardous for sad reasons and at risk from possibly some mistake made…Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
Objections to Lahinch surf lodge plan raisedSURFERS IN Lahinch, Co Clare, and beyond are objecting to plans to build a €5 million national surf lodge overlooking the resort…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Jones Lang LaSalle profits fell 39% to €2.9m in 2008PRE-TAX PROFITS at one of the State’s best known property firms, Jones Lang LaSalle, dropped by 39 per cent to €2Thu Mar 18 2010 - 00:00
Council allows rail and road museumCLARE COUNTY Council has given the go-ahead for Ireland’s largest rail and road museum at Moyasta, west Clare, in spite of concerns…Tue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Galway diocese reiterates opposition to use of church as a funeral parlourTHE CATHOLIC diocese of Galway has said it is standing firm on its policy of not permitting any of its churches to be used as…Tue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Corncrake conservation plan to cost €200,000THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment yesterday confirmed that it is to spend over €200,000 on a conservation programme for one of…Sat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
Other cases will point to same failings, says FinlayCHILDREN'S CHARITY: HEALTH SERVICE Executive reports into the deaths of children who have died in State care will point to the…Fri Mar 05 2010 - 00:00
Bishop to meet parish group on church banA DELEGATION from the north Clare village of Liscannor is to travel to Galway tomorrow in a bid to have the Bishop of Galway …Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
US extends its pre-clearance facility at Shannon airport to private aircraftCORPORATE JET travellers will be able to “cross the US border” at Shannon airport following the extension yesterday of the airport…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Role of journalist faces challenge, says ombudsmanTHE DISTINCTIVENESS of journalism as a profession is rapidly disappearing and no other generation of journalists has faced such…Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
State seeks to have trial of former GP Carmody transferred to DublinTHE STATE is to apply for the transfer of the trial of former doctor Paschal Carmody from Co Clare to Dublin following Mr Carmody…Tue Feb 23 2010 - 00:00
Limerick man pleads guilty to importing imitation gunsA SECURITY breach on board a flight bound for Shannon airport was detailed yesterday after a Limerick man admitted to placing…Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Limerick boundary extension into Clare opposedTHE MAYOR of Clare last night outlined opposition to a Government move that could result in extending the Limerick city boundary…Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Judge blames council's negligence for deathA JUDGE said yesterday that gross negligence and dereliction of duty by Clare County Council officials directly led to the death…Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
Shannon zone shed 1,000 jobsMore than 1,000 jobs were lost in the Shannon Free Zone last year, new figures released yesterday confirm.Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Shannon region tourists down 27%OVERSEAS TOURIST numbers to the Shannon region dropped by 27 per cent for the first nine months of last year.Fri Feb 12 2010 - 00:00
32 councillors shared €1m in expenses and paymentsCLARE COUNTY Council last night published details of individual payments and expenses topping €1 million made last year to its…Thu Feb 11 2010 - 00:00
Opening date for rail corridorINTERCITY PASSENGER rail services are to recommence between Limerick and Galway for the first time in 30 years next month.Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
Civic reception for Kilfenora bandCLARE COUNTY Council’s high-tech chamber last night provided a platform for the Kilfenora Céilí Band to showcase its talents…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
£4m loss for KFC in Ireland and ScotlandTHE BELFAST-BASED group that operates the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise across Ireland and Scotland incurred a pre-tax…Mon Feb 08 2010 - 00:00
HSE to meet principals over 'head shops' in ClareTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has called a special meeting with Co Clare’s school principals in response to mounting concern…Thu Feb 04 2010 - 00:00
District Court judge claimed over €91,000 in expensesONE DISTRICT Court judge last year received more than three times the average industrial wage in expenses by claiming €91,909…Thu Feb 04 2010 - 00:00
€800,000 spent on crisis funding to 1,135 flood victimsALMOST €800,000 has been paid out to date to provide emergency funding to assist 1,135 victims of the recent floods.Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Usit more than doubles pretax profits to 2.1mSpecialist student and independent travel firm Usit last year more than doubled its pretax profits to €2Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Irish unit of Argos triples profitsThe Irish unit of retail giant Argos last year almost tripled its pretax profits to €16Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Irish unit of Argos triples profitsThe Irish unit of retail giant Argos last year almost tripled its pretax profits to €16Sat Jan 30 2010 - 00:00
Minister 'concerned' at growth in legal aid feesMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has expressed “extreme concern” at the latest increase in payments to solicitors and barristers…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
Minister 'concerned' at growth in legal aid feesMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has expressed “extreme concern” at the latest increase in payments to solicitors and barristers…Wed Jan 27 2010 - 00:00
'Massive' fall in number of air passengers using ShannonTHE FALL in passenger numbers at Shannon airport is so dramatic that unless there is a turnaround it will become irrelevant and…Mon Jan 25 2010 - 00:00
