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The benefit of such schemes is that there is no duplication (stock image)

Ennis scheme sees post-primary place for every child

Second level schools in Ennis, Co Clare, will meet tomorrow to review the total number of acceptances and any late applications under the town's unified post-primary admissions process.

Education • 08 Feb 23

Clare County Council has stalled the site's planning application seeking more information

Ennis locals divided over nursing home application

There are concerns and division in Ennis, Co Clare at plans by the HSE to build a 100-bed community nursing home on the grounds of St Flannan's College, on lands owned by the Diocese of Killaloe.

Regional • 06 Feb 23

The facility in Knockalisheen in Co Clare has been used since September to accommodate asylum seekers

Over 80 asylum seekers moved out of tents in Co Clare

Alternative accommodation has been found for more than 80 asylum seekers, who were being housed in tents at a Direct Provision centre in Co Clare.

Ireland • 12 Dec 22

According to the latest figures, there are now 3,600 Ukrainian refugees living in Co Clare (File pic)

Clare County Council issues housing appeal for refugees

Clare County Council has issued a new appeal to people with unoccupied property to consider offering it to Ukrainian refugees.

Regional • 01 Dec 22

The animals are released to wander in the hills, where they forage for food all winter long

Farmers send cows out to 'winterage' in the Burren

The animals are led across the fields, past the turlough and up into the rocky hills followed by over 500 walkers and enthusiasts who gathered to witness this unique event

Regional • 31 Oct 22

Joanne Higgins at her home at Cnoc na Scoile, Ennis, meeting Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien

Minister opens 153 new social homes across Clare

A total of 153 new social houses across four different locations were officially opened in Co Clare by Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien.

Munster • 24 Oct 22

The collision occurred on the R458 at Drumline

Four injured in two car crash in Co Clare

Four people have been injured - one seriously - following a two car collision in Co Clare tonight.

Regional • 05 Oct 22

The young girl sustained serious injuries in Clarecastle

Garda appeal after woman, girl injured in Co Clare

An investigation is continuing into what happened to an eight-year-old girl who sustained severe injuries in a violent incident at a house in Clarecastle in Co Clare yesterday.

Munster • 28 Sep 22

The child was taken to University Hospital Limerick

Woman, child critical after incident in Co Clare house

An investigation is under way after a child sustained serious injuries at a house in Co Clare this morning.

Munster • 27 Sep 22

Blake's Corner is a narrow and sharp turn at the entrance to Ennistymon (file pic)

End of the road in sight for Clare traffic bottleneck

Munster • 22 Sep 22

A spokesperson for the Shannon Airport Group today confirmed that the incident was resolved swiftly (File image)

Inquiry after helicopter incident at Shannon Airport

An investigation is under way into what may have caused a helicopter to experience difficulties when it landed at Shannon Airport earlier this morning.

Regional • 15 Sep 22

The family pet, named Bear, escaped serious injury. Pic: Doolin Coast Guard

Dog rescued from sea after falling from Clare clifs

A dog has been rescued from the sea by Irish Coast Guard volunteers after falling from a cliff in Doolin, Co Clare.

Regional • 15 Sep 22

A second man is receiving treatment for serious injuries at UHL

Man dies in two-car crash in Co Clare

A man in his 20s has died following a two-car collision in Co Clare.

Ireland • 10 Sep 22

The incident occurred at Ballyalla Lake near Ennis (Pic: Google Maps)

Man dies after getting into difficulty at Clare lake

A man in his 40s has died after he got into difficulty while swimming in a lake in Co Clare.

Ireland • 14 Aug 22

The introduction of the two vehicles is the latest in a series of measures introduced at the visitor attraction to enhance on-site accessibility (Photo: Eamon Ward)

'Lifts of Moher' provide increased accessibility

An electric buggy tour service has launched for people with reduced mobility at the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare.

Regional • 28 Jul 22

Seamus and Mary Hanley outside their home in Co Clare

Clare pyrite group in cautious welcome to grant scheme

The Government's decision to include householders from Co Clare in the defective concrete blocks redress scheme has been welcomed by the Clare Pyrite Action Group.

Munster • 14 Jun 22

Sporting Ennistymon FC Secretary Eddie Crowe said the club had acted in goodwill in allowing the player to play

Club criticises FAI procedures for Ukrainian refugees

A small amateur soccer club in Co Clare has launched a stinging criticism of the Football Association of Ireland's procedures around facilitating the playing of football by Ukrainian refugees in Ireland.

Regional • 10 Jun 22

The Limerick Northern distributor road has been omitted from the revised Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (LSMATS) at the request of Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan

'This is not Beijing' - Mayors slam new transport plan

The mayors of both Clare and Limerick have expressed their shock and concern that the Limerick Northern distributor road (LNDR) has been excluded from a major revised transport plan for the Limerick and Shannon metropolitan areas.

Munster • 27 Apr 22

The burrows were found in limestock rock on the Burren (stock image)

330 million-year-old fossil burrows found in Co Clare

Abandoned fossil burrows dating back 330 million years - 100 million years before the appearance of dinosaurs - have been found in limestone rock on the coast of Doolin in Co Clare.

Munster • 30 Mar 22

People line the new route of the Limerick parade, which was was altered this year

Limerick, Ennis gear up for St Patrick's Day parades

Limerick's All-Ireland winning hurling team - winners of the Liam MacCarthy cup in 2018, 2020 and 2021 are Grand Marshals of this year's Limerick city St Patrick's Day parade.

Munster • 17 Mar 22

Ruskan Baizamov and his mother Anhelina are among the 84 Ukrainians staying at the Kilkee Bay Hotel

Ukrainians staying in Kilkee given a céad míle fáilte

Over 7,200 Ukrainians have arrived into Ireland in the past two weeks, around one third of them are being accommodated in hotels across the country.

Regional • 18 Mar 22

Falls Hotel general manager Michael McCarthy says exporting energy back to the national grid was the hotel's only source of income during Covid closures

Water helps Co Clare hotel power through Covid closures

A water turbine installed to power a Co Clare hotel became a key source of income during pandemic-related closures.

Climate Heroes • 05 Mar 22

Her body was brought to University Hospital Limerick, where a post-mortem will take place

Woman in her 90s dies Co Clare road crash

A woman in her 90s has died following a single-vehicle road crash in Co Clare.

Regional • 08 Dec 21

Galway City Council crews have been distributing sandbags around flood prone areas ahead of Storm Barra

Storm Barra - Red alert for Cork, Kerry and Clare

The Department of Education has advised that schools should not open tomorrow in 12 counties covered by Status Red and Orange weather warnings for Storm Barra.

Weather • 06 Dec 21

Anyone with information about any of these cases is asked to contact Kilrush Garda Station (Pic: Google Maps)

Appeals to identify bodies found off Clare coast

The public have been asked for their help to identify the remains of three people whose bodies were found off the coast of Co Clare in recent years.

Munster • 31 Oct 21