Ennis Task Force firm makes lossA company funded by community finances left over from Eircom's information age town experiment has accumulated losses of more…Fri Apr 16 2004 - 01:00
Hauliers lift threat of protests at road tolls and set up task forceThreatened nationwide road protests by hauliers in response to the rising costs of road tolls were averted yesterday after they…Mon Apr 12 2004 - 01:00
Road toll prices prompt hauliers to threaten protestHauliers are threatening to embark on a series of nationwide protests, in response to price rises in road tolls over the past…Sat Apr 10 2004 - 01:00
A&E service in Ennis to be retained, says MartinTwenty-four hour A&E services at Ennis General Hospital are to be retained despite recommendations from the Hanly report …Fri Apr 09 2004 - 01:00
Hauliers against tolls on planned bypass of LimerickThe Irish Road Haulage Association has criticised plans by the National Roads Authority to impose a road toll on a national route…Tue Apr 06 2004 - 01:00
Judge imposes 'alcohol ban' on farmerA district court judge yesterday imposed an effective alcohol ban on a 65-year-old bachelor farmer after he heard that the farmer…Sat Apr 03 2004 - 01:00
Council paying €2,000 a week for security at unused hospitalClare County Council is paying a Limerick company just under €2,000 per week to provide security for a semi-derelict 19th century…Fri Apr 02 2004 - 01:00
Concern over plans for hotel beside beachContentious plans to build a luxury spa-lodge hotel complex beside a Blue Flag beach have come under fire from An Taisce and …Thu Apr 01 2004 - 01:00
Aer Rianta fined for pollutionAer Rianta was yesterday fined €1,000 by a district court judge after pleading guilty to polluting the Shannon estuary, which…Sat Mar 27 2004 - 00:00
FF councillors reject Cullen planThe first signs of a backlash by Fianna Fáil councillors against the new guidelines by the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen…Wed Mar 24 2004 - 00:00
Doolin harbourmaster will oversee ferry rivalsA harbourmaster is to be employed at Doolin this summer in an effort to ease tensions between two rival ferry companies operating…Wed Mar 24 2004 - 00:00
Project to care for older Belarus childrenA €200,000 programme to help provide future care for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster who are now too old to remain …Tue Mar 23 2004 - 00:00
Nigerian doctor seeks seat on town councilSupporters of Nigerian-born doctor, Dr Taiwoo Matthew, have been urged "to be part of history" by helping him become the first…Mon Mar 22 2004 - 00:00
Killaloe housing plan opposedClare County Council has been urged to refuse planning permission for a luxury housing development in the heritage town of Killaloe…Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:00
Failure to appoint registrar criticisedAn Independent TD has blamed the failure to appoint a county registrar for Clare on internal Government wrangling.Tue Mar 16 2004 - 00:00
Travellers spend night in vans after gardai seize caravansTravellers "are being moved on like cattle" around Ennis due to Clare County Council's failure to provide accommodation for young…Sat Mar 13 2004 - 00:00
Youth urged to play democratic roleEU: Democracy is progressively weakened if a generation turns its back on involvement in effective participation in democratic…Sat Mar 06 2004 - 00:00
Summonses for rival ferry company chiefsThe directors of two rival ferry companies in Doolin, Co Clare, have been summoned to appear in the District Court over an alleged…Fri Mar 05 2004 - 00:00
Clare council abolishes by-law against selling 'dirty' or unwashed vegetablesClare's farmers and food market sellers will no longer run the risk of prosecution for selling "dirty" or unwashed vegetables…Thu Mar 04 2004 - 00:00
Fears expressed over Shannon board delayShannon Airport is beginning to lose ground because the new board for the Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) has not yet been installed…Thu Mar 04 2004 - 00:00
ESB can proceed with €200m clean-up of Moneypoint stationThe ESB yesterday received the go-ahead to carry out a €200 million environmental clean-up of its Moneypoint coal-burning station…Sat Feb 28 2004 - 00:00
Garda cites major impact of alcohol bansAlcohol bans on young offenders coming before the courts are having "a major impact" on the number of public order arrests in…Thu Feb 26 2004 - 00:00
Ennis council not to ask McDonald's about dietEnnis Town Council yesterday ignored a plea from Mid-Western Health Board dieticians to request McDonald's to evaluate what impact…Tue Feb 24 2004 - 00:00
Travellers sentenced to prisonPrison sentences were last night imposed on three Travellers who established an illegal halting site on the grounds of Ennis …Sat Feb 21 2004 - 00:00
Aer Rianta's 40 years of polluting estuary to endMore than four decades of pollution of the Shannon estuary is set to end following the securing of planning permission by Aer…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
€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
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
€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
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
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
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
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
