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The new store in Ennis is part of Primark's commitment to invest over €250m in Ireland

New Penney's store proposed for Ennis, Co Clare

The operator of Penneys has stated that its planned new 'flagship' waterfront outlet for Ennis will generate estimated revenues of €14.26m per annum.

Business • 31 Mar

The new Penneys store in Ennis is part of Primark's commitment to invest over €250m in Ireland over a ten-year period

Primark to lodge plans for new Penneys store in Ennis

The company behind the Penneys retail brand is to lodge plans for a new outlet close to Ennis town centre in the coming days.

Business • 25 Mar

Supermac's managing director Pat McDonagh

Supermac's Ennis €10m plaza plan stalled by challenge

Pat McDonagh's plans for a €10m Barack Obama style Supermac's motorway plaza outside Ennis off the M18 motorway linking Galway to Limerick are being stalled by a High Court challenge.

Business • 28 Jun 23

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

Patrick Ballard had initially pleaded not guilty to murdering Sharon Bennett in the Market area of Ennis

Man admits murdering ex-partner in Ennis public toilet

A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the murder of his former partner, who he kicked and stamped to death in a public toilet in Co Clare last year.

Courts • 06 Oct 22

The Midwest Hospitals Campaign say the number of people being treated on trolleys at UHL regularly exceeds 100 people daily

Protest held in Ennis against hospital overcrowding

Well over 100 people gathered in Ennis in Co Clare to protest at what they say is chronic overcrowding at the region's main hospital.

Regional • 21 May 22

The award in the category of tidiest large urban centre was also won by Ennis

Ennis in Co Clare named Ireland's tidiest town

The town of Ennis, Co Clare has been awarded the title of Ireland's tidiest town at an awards ceremony at the RDS in Dublin.

Ireland • 12 Nov 21

The six two storey data centre buildings are to be a maximum height of 19 metres or 62 feet

Plans to be lodged for €1.2bn data centre in Ennis

Plans are to be lodged with Clare County Council in the coming days for a new €1.2 billion data centre campus on the outskirts of Ennis, which is promising to create 250 data centre jobs and 1,200 jobs during the project's construction phase.

Business • 16 Jul 21

Streets in Ennis have been closed to traffic as the solution to facilitate social distancing

Division in Ennis over impact of pedestrianisation

There is division in the town of Ennis in Co Clare about the impact of pedestrianisation on businesses there.

Munster • 18 Apr 21

The aim of the plan is to ensure social distancing can be maintained and that the streets can be shared safely

Ennis business owners protest over pedestrianisation

Business owners from Ennis in Co Clare have held a protest seeking the end of pedestrianisation measures in the town.

Munster • 17 Sep 20

It is believed the man may have died due to a fall

Ennis body discovery not being treated as suspicious

The body of a man has been discovered in the courtyard of an apartment block in Ennis, Co Clare.

Munster • 31 Aug 20

Mobile phones were recovered during the search of the car

Five arrested after Ennis phone shop robbery

Five people have been arrested following a burglary at a phone shop on O'Connell Street in Ennis, Co Clare.

Munster • 10 Feb 20

The man, who was travelling in the back of one of the cars, was taken to University Hospital Limerick where he died from his injuries

Man in his 80s dies after two-car crash in Co Clare

A man in his early 80s has died after a two-car crash outside Ennis, Co Clare this afternoon.

Munster • 28 Oct 19

Rene Miko was twice the legal drink driving limit and fled the scene along with a passenger

Drunk driver given four-year sentence over fatal crash

A 21-year-old man has been given a four-year jail term for being drunk and driving dangerously causing the death of a 42-year-old Co Clare man three years ago.

Courts • 25 Mar 19

LIT President Vincent Cunnane said this new facility allows them to broaden their offering

Limerick IT to open Ennis campus from September

Limerick Institute of Technology has announced plans to open a campus in Ennis, Co Clare which will accept students on a number of courses from September.

Munster • 12 Feb 19

The large memorial has been shattered in the incident

Anger as glass WW1 memorial vandalised in Co Clare

A glass memorial in Co Clare which commemorates local people who died in the First World War has been damaged in an "act of vandalism".

Munster • 25 Oct 18

The man was arrested in Co Mayo the day after the alleged assault

Man questioned over alleged rape of elderly woman

A 49-year-old man was arrested and questioned in Co Mayo about the alleged rape of a woman in her 70s in Ennis, which occurred last week.

Munster • 22 Oct 18

Jack Kenneally (left) and Shay Moloney played rugby together (Pic: Ennis Rugby Club)

Co Clare double drowning 'terrible and shocking'

Community leaders in Co Clare have described the death of two teenage boys, who drowned in a disused quarry on the outskirts of Ennis yesterday afternoon, as a terrible and shocking tragedy.

Munster • 01 Jun 18

A HIQA inspection found in August 2016 that some residents were spending large parts of the day in bed

Concerns over temporary improvements at Clare centre

A HSE-owned residential centre with a capacity to accommodate 120 older people in Co Clare has been ordered to notify HIQA if it takes in more than 100 residents.

Munster • 24 May 18

A group of around 22 wild goats have been wandering around the area

Signs to warn motorists of wandering goats in Clare

Warning signs are to be placed on roads around Ennis in Co Clare to combat a number of serious safety issues arising from a group of wandering wild goats.

News Lens • 09 May 18

CupPrint says the reCup is 100% recyclable in mainstream paper recycling facilities by using Earthcoating

Ennis-based CupPrint to add 15 jobs through expansion

Ennis-based company CupPrint, which manufactures compostable cups for markets across the world, has announced an expansion that will add 15 staff.

Business • 20 Nov 17

Roche Holding AG had been based in Clarecastle since 1974

Efforts to save 240 jobs in Clare unsuccessful

The Roche pharmaceutical plant in Clarecastle, Co Clare has confirmed that negotiations to buy its facility in the town and save some of the 240 jobs there have been unsuccessful, and the plant will close.

Business • 17 May 16

Sligo, one of the three towns in contention, was looking to stage its third consecutive Fleadh Cheoil

2016 Fleadh Cheoil to be staged in Ennis

It has been announced the 2016 Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann will be staged in Ennis, Co Clare.

News • 09 Mar 15

The service had to be closed on 2 February after the line at Ballycar became submerged in 1.5m of water

Train services on Limerick-Ennis line restored

Train services along the Limerick-Ennis line have resumed four months after the line was closed because of flood damage.

News • 21 May 14