Bishop wants to end church repose customTHE BISHOP of Galway, Dr Martin Drennan, has come under fire over his move to end the custom of allowing families have their …Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Amazon's Irish turnover up 16% to €41mONLINE RETAILER Amazon’s Irish operations last year recorded a 16 per cent increase in turnover to €41 million, with its main…Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Best-selling writer appeals Clare wind farm decisionAUTHOR Niall Williams says he will be forced to move from his west Clare home if a planned 120m (395ft) high wind farm is built…Fri Jun 26 2009 - 01:00
Army wages take Shannon security bill close to €10mNEW FIGURES from Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern show that the State has spent €8Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Horse traders nostalgic for Tiger yearsTHE SUMMER sunshine could not stop a pall of gloom descending over sellers on the fair green at the annual Spancilhill Horse …Wed Jun 24 2009 - 01:00
Abused victim's family calls on DPP to appeal sentenceTHE FAMILY of a Co Clare sex abuse victim yesterday called on the Director of the Public Prosecutions (DPP) to appeal the suspended…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
Half-ton shark caught off Clare coastA SWISS pensioner has brought ashore what he believes to be the largest ever fish caught by a rod and line in Irish and British…Fri Jun 19 2009 - 01:00
Man gets two-year term over hit and runA 23-YEAR-OLD Co Clare man has been jailed for two years after a hit and run that resulted in ‘‘appalling injuries’’ to two pedestrians…Wed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
VAT case told of need for 'paddy wagon'A STATE solicitor said yesterday that a “paddy wagon” would be necessary to carry the 3,500 exhibits in a case concerning alleged…Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Wind farm windfall for Clare familiesTHIRTY FARM families who will have a majority stakeholding in a company seeking planning permission for a €200 million wind farm…Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
DPP paid €13.7m to lawyers for criminal cases last yearSOME €13.7 MILLION was paid to senior and junior counsel last year by the Director of Public Prosecutions for work on cases in…Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Burren bovine experiment set to grow as Ministers hail 'eco-friendly' cattleAN EU conservation programme has confirmed the central importance of the cow to protecting the Burren.Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Overspend on high-spec post for lifeguards is criticisedA LOCAL authority severely short of funds came under fire yesterday over spending €340,000 on constructing an observation post…Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
Aircraft had Guantanamo link, man alleges in Ennis courtFORMER ARMY officer Dr Ed Horgan claimed yesterday that the aircraft he had demanded gardaí search at Shannon airport last June…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Landowners along Ennis bypass route shared in €37m paymentONE LANDOWNER along the route of the €200 million Ennis bypass received more than €4 million from Clare County Council for 12…Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
Cowen cautious about FF regaining a majorityCONSTITUENCY PROFILE/CLARE: TAOISEACH Brian Cowen was cautious yesterday when asked if Fianna Fáil will regain its majority …Tue May 19 2009 - 01:00
HSE overspending in midwest hospitalsTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has employed an additional 43 staff at its Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick in the…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Energy zone proposal for Shannon estuarySHANNON DEVELOPMENT is proposing that Shannon estuary be designated an energy zone which will become a test bed for new alternative…Tue May 12 2009 - 01:00
Limerick A&E sees four extra patients per dayAN INCREASE of only four patients per day to the accident and emergency unit at Limerick Regional Hospital has been recorded …Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Street traders jailed over fake NikesFOUR STREET traders were put in jail yesterday by a judge when he said they would be remanded in custody for selling counterfeit…Thu May 07 2009 - 01:00
Owners of cave with stalactite get go-ahead for visitor centreCLARE COUNTY Council yesterday granted planning permission for the construction of a visitor centre to serve the Pol an Ionain…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
New €8m water project for Ennis fails testsCLARE COUNTY Council’s new €8 million water treatment plant has failed initial tests resulting in the four-year old precautionary…Tue May 05 2009 - 01:00
Judge criticises legal aid applicants driving 'exotic jeeps'SOME APPLICANTS for legal aid can be found driving around in “exotic jeeps”, a District Court judge said yesterday.Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
HSE says Ennis could have taken patientTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) has said that protocols were in place which would have allowed for the admission of the late…Thu Apr 30 2009 - 01:00
Sculptor finds home for giant squirrelsTHEY FACED destruction a year ago, but tomorrow, Ennis sculptor Barry Wrafter is to hand over his sculpture of two giant-sized…Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
Creative Labs' profits fall 70% after €4.7m pay-offsREDUNDANCY COSTS totalling €4Mon Apr 27 2009 - 01:00
Objections mount against Doolin Cave tourist developmentPLANS TO build a visitor centre at Doolin Cave in north Clare have run into opposition from An Taisce, the Pol an Ionáin Action…Wed Apr 22 2009 - 01:00
HSE to hold review into man's deathTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) confirmed last night it is to hold a clinical review into the death of west Clare man Danny…Tue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
20% jobless rate for midwest predictedTHE RATE of unemployment in the midwest will reach 20 per cent by this time next yearTue Apr 21 2009 - 01:00
HSE asked to review Ennis bypass deathTHE HSE has been asked to investigate the circumstances around the death of a man who suffered a cardiac arrest in an ambulance…Mon Apr 20 2009 - 01:00
Ex-Army officer to summons top garda in CIA protest caseA FORMER Irish Army officer has said he intends to summons Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy to appear in court to explain why…Fri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
An Taisce scathing over state of Limerick planningLIMERICK CITY and its environs “rank as a European, if not an international, worst-case scenario in poor strategic planning”, …Thu Apr 16 2009 - 01:00
Officials to discuss Clare 'excessive overzoning'SENIOR DEPARTMENT of the Environment officials are to meet Clare County Council planners in the next two weeks in a bid to eliminate…Tue Apr 14 2009 - 01:00
Amdocs receives $45m dividend from Irish armUS SOFTWARE firm Amdocs received a $45 million (€34Mon Apr 13 2009 - 01:00
Ennis General can reinvent itself, says consultantLOCAL REACTION: A CONSULTANT who told Minister for Health Mary Harney four years ago that Ennis General was unsafe said yesterday…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Disappointment at how report deals with deathFAMILY REACTION: THE FAMILY of the late Edel Kelly (26) expressed their strong disappointment with the findings of the Health…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Solicitors feel 'severe impact' of recessionTHE DIRECTOR general of the Law Society has stated that it is impossible to envisage that most of the hundreds of solicitors …Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Man (36) faces €1.55m VAT chargesA 36-YEAR old east Clare man has appeared in court in connection with alleged VAT-related offences concerning amounts totalling…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Clare set to get third wind farmA THIRD wind farm for Co Clare is set to get the green light this year as part of the Government’s bid to increase its electricity…Thu Apr 09 2009 - 01:00
Doolin Cave visitor centre plan lodgedTHE PROMOTERS of Doolin Cave, Co Clare, have relodged plans for a visitor centre to serve people going to view the Pol an Ionáin…Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00
Timber company guilty of pollutionA TIMBER processing company yesterday pleaded guilty to six separate charges of polluting the atmosphere at its plant in the …Wed Apr 08 2009 - 01:00
Closure of 24-hour A&Es goes aheadTHE ENDING of 24-hour A&E services at Ennis and Nenagh general hospitals was proceeding last night without the backing of…Tue Apr 07 2009 - 01:00
Profits fall 61% at White Horse InsurancePRETAX PROFITS at the Shannon and Dublin-based White Horse Insurance Ireland dropped by 61 per cent to the end of September 2008…Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
State centre for asylum seekers 'inappropriate' for long staysAN INDEPENDENT report has found that a State-run centre housing over 230 asylum seekers in southeast Co Clare represents “an …Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
Roma girls sent home to Czech Republic to marryA STUDY into the needs of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Co Clare has found that Roma girls as young as 14 and 15 years…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Lenihan welcomes migrant strategy of integrationMINISTER FOR Integration Conor Lenihan said yesterday Ireland cannot afford in reputational terms to pursue the same failed policies…Fri Apr 03 2009 - 01:00
Bord Pleanála rejects €100m development planTHE MIDWEST economy suffered a setback yesterday with An Bord Pleanála rejecting a planned €100 million redevelopment of the …Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
Acute hospital complaints up 17%THE ACUTE hospital network in the midwest was the only network to receive an increase in complaints within the HSE West region…Tue Mar 31 2009 - 01:00
3,000 protest at planned AE cutbacksTHERE WILL be chaos when the HSE plan to end 24-hour AE services at Ennis and Nenagh General Hospitals is introduced from next…Mon Mar 30 2009 - 01:00
