Couple win permission to develop Great Stalactite caveA Co Clare couple have won their 15-year battle to develop a cave that contains reputedly the largest free-hanging stalactite…Tue Feb 08 2005 - 00:00
No penalties for failure to implement planning guidelinesLocal authorities that flout Government Regional Planning Guidelines launched yesterday will not face any sanction from the Department…Sat Feb 05 2005 - 00:00
Clare council staff got nearly €2m expensesClare County Council's 960-strong workforce received almost €2 million in expenses last year, new figures show.Fri Feb 04 2005 - 00:00
Anti-war boat activists acquitted in ClareThree anti-war activists, who entered a temporary exclusion zone in the Shannon Estuary during President Bush's visit last June…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Air safety fears block wind-farmClare County Council yesterday refused planning permission for a wind-farm development 8 km from Ennis because of fears over …Wed Jan 26 2005 - 00:00
Clare newspaper's editor resignsThe editor of the Clare Champion , Mr Gerry Collison, has resigned after months of growing tensions between him and the paper…Tue Jan 25 2005 - 00:00
Councillor's refugee remarks attackedA Nigerian-born Ennis councillor has criticised remarks by a fellow councillor who claimed people in the town had suffered from…Fri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
Publicans accused of allowing drunken customersSix Clare publicans are facing prosecution for allegedly permitting customers to be drunk on their premises.Tue Jan 11 2005 - 00:00
Council says wind-farms policy 'partisan'The Department of the Environment was yesterday accused of adopting a partisan approach in favour of wind energy and having a…Tue Jan 11 2005 - 00:00
Derry man jailed for his behaviour on flightA 37-year-old Derry man was yesterday jailed for a month after pleading guilty to a number of offences arising from an air-rage…Sat Jan 08 2005 - 00:00
Shannon tunnel toll plan faces oppositionOpposition to plans by the National Roads Authority (NRA) to impose a toll on motorists using a new €100 million tunnel under…Thu Jan 06 2005 - 00:00
Council cuts roadside Traveller numbersClare County Council has reduced the number of Traveller families living on the roadside in the county to 14 after spending over…Fri Dec 31 2004 - 00:00
Air rage charge man stays in jailA man facing air-rage charges is to spend the first days of the new year in prison after a District Court judge yesterday refused…Thu Dec 30 2004 - 00:00
Ennis line keeps rail plan on trackThe campaign to re-open the Western Rail Corridor has received a boost, with Iarnród Éireann confirming that passenger numbers…Tue Dec 28 2004 - 00:00
Prosecution expected after Clare dump findClare County Council has confirmed that a prosecution is imminent arising from the discovery of the largest ever illegal dump…Fri Dec 24 2004 - 00:00
Diocese paid €265,000 to abuse victimsThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, confirmed yesterday that the diocese paid out €265,000 in compensation last year arising…Wed Dec 22 2004 - 00:00
Struck-off Clare doctor owed €20,000 in ratesA prosecution being taken against a struck-off Co Clare doctor for non-payment of 20,000 in rates was adjourned yesterday for…Tue Dec 21 2004 - 00:00
College to get EUR7m from sale of farmlandFarmland bequeathed to St Flannan's College in Ennis, Co Clare, in the 1940s is expected to provide a €7 million windfall to …Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Shannon has 'no fear of open skies' agreementNegotiators from the Department of Transport and their US counterparts are locked in discussions in the US over a new bi-lateral…Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Residents and Travellers block site workResidents and Travellers face possible legal proceedings from Clare County Council after they joined forces to prevent the council…Thu Dec 16 2004 - 00:00
'No hard landing for Shannon'The Government will ensure that there is no hard landing for Shannon airport in any new "open skies" regime, according to the…Tue Dec 07 2004 - 00:00
Rival ferry gets Aran Islands contractLasta Mara, a bitter rival to a Co Clare ferry company, O'Brien Shipping Ltd, yesterday won a lucrative Government contract to…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00
Man charged with sister's murderThe 19-year-old brother of Co Clare teenager Marguerite O'Dwyer appeared in court last night charged with his sister's murder…Thu Dec 02 2004 - 00:00
Man held in custody as gardai investigate killing of teenage girlA small north Co Clare community was left shocked last night by the killing of a 17-year-old Ennistymon girl, named locally as…Wed Dec 01 2004 - 00:00
Travellers and residents unite against halting siteTravellers joined forces with local residents yesterday to mount a blockade preventing Clare County Council from starting work…Fri Nov 26 2004 - 00:00
First phase of Skycourt opens in ShannonThe first phase of the €135 million Skycourt redevelopment of Shannon town was officially opened yesterday with the creation …Fri Nov 26 2004 - 00:00
Land left to college in Clare set to make €3.5mA parcel of land that has provided the boarding students of St Flannan's College in Co Clare with their food since the 1940s …Thu Nov 25 2004 - 00:00
Clare council moves on new halting siteClare County Council yesterday took action to remove Traveller families from tourist amenity areas in north Clare by enacting…Sat Nov 20 2004 - 00:00
Anti-war activist gets sentence adjourned for a weekAnti-war activist Mary Kelly (52) yesterday succeeded in having her sentencing for the criminal damage of a US aircraft adjourned…Sat Oct 30 2004 - 01:00
Anti-war activist guilty of damaging US aircraftAnti-war activist, Mary Kelly (52), was last night convicted by a jury for the criminal damage she caused to a US navy aircraft…Fri Oct 29 2004 - 01:00
Call for reform of jury service lawThe president of the Clare Law Association yesterday called for an overhaul in legislation dealing with jury service in criminal…Thu Oct 28 2004 - 01:00
Landfill extension plan opposed by residentsPlans to extend the largest landfill facility in the mid-west are being opposed by residents in west Limerick, who claim it will…Wed Oct 27 2004 - 01:00
Activist says she had to stop US planes landingThe anti-war activist charged with criminal damage to a US navy aircraft told a jury yesterday that it was extraordinary thing…Sat Oct 23 2004 - 01:00
US navy pilot asks judge if he is one on trialA US navy pilot yesterday asked a judge if he was on trial after being asked by anti-war activist Ms Mary Kelly (52), if he was…Fri Oct 22 2004 - 01:00
Trial opens of woman accused of damaging US navy aircraftPotential jurors in the trial of Ms Mary Kelly (52) were told yesterday they could excuse themselves if their views on the use…Thu Oct 21 2004 - 01:00
Doctor prosecuted for not paying ratesA Co Clare doctor who was struck off by the Medical Council earlier this year is being prosecuted by Clare County Council over…Tue Oct 19 2004 - 01:00
Clare officials at odds over draft development planThe drawing up of the draft Clare County Development Plan was yesterday described as "organised chaos" at a meeting of Clare …Wed Oct 13 2004 - 01:00
Record numbers of US troops using ShannonRecord numbers of US troops are going through Shannon Airport this year as the facility continues to play a role in the US war…Wed Oct 13 2004 - 01:00
Delayed drink-driving cases to be heard in Ennis courtHundreds of people in Co Clare who have had drink-driving charges delayed for three years will have their cases heard in the …Sat Oct 09 2004 - 01:00
Study agreed for Shannon railwayPlans for a €60 million rail link to Shannon Airport received a boost yesterday with the sanctioning by the Department of Transport…Fri Oct 08 2004 - 01:00
Emergency halting site in Clare to cost €3mClare County Council yesterday invoked special powers allowing it to bypass the planning process to put in place a €3 million…Thu Oct 07 2004 - 01:00
First new Limerick jobs for two yearsThe first new IDA jobs for Limerick city in more than two years were yesterday announced by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise…Tue Sept 21 2004 - 01:00
FedEx Express to run four new weekly flights from Shannon"Do you have any penalty points?" the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan, quipped as Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher inspected…Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Minister puts sale of airport land on holdPlans by Aer Rianta to sell 169 acres surrounding Shannon Airport have been put on hold by the Minister for Transport, Mr Brennan…Sat Sept 18 2004 - 01:00
Doolin harbour plan may end ferry rivalryClare County Council yesterday unveiled a new plan for the redevelopment of Doolin harbour, a plan expected to end long-running…Thu Sept 16 2004 - 01:00
Different versions of Clare plan circulatedThe drawing-up of a new development plan for Clare is in disarray after Clare County Council officials admitted that two versions…Wed Sept 15 2004 - 01:00
Father wants proper care for autistic sonThe father of a 15-year-old autistic boy facing into his third year in a secure adult psychiatric unit yesterday called on the…Sat Sept 11 2004 - 01:00
Clare council accused of wasting €1.6m on siteClare County Council was accused of squandering €1Thu Sept 09 2004 - 01:00
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
