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Kilrush Tidy Towns is appealing to the public to discard of disposable vapes appropriately. It comes as the community group has noticed a growing trend in their recent litter-picking sessions of vaping products and packaging scattered throughout the local streets. The devices, which contain lithium batteries, can potentially leak and become hazardous to local waterways […]

Ellen Hanley, a pure and innocent child was murdered in 1819. Her story, sometimes referred to as Colleen Bawn, has gone down in history. The Colleen Bawn was the name by which murder victim Ellen (Ellie) Hanley was called. It comes from the Irish "Cailín Bán" (literally "White Girl".

Motorists travelling along the Wild Atlantic Way are being advised not to use their sat-navs, as a sign pops up on one Mid-West route. Clare County Council have...

Eire Óg can book their spot in the quarter-finals of the Clare senior football championship this afternoon. The Townies make the trip to Cooraclare to face St Joseph’s Miltown, with both sides having won their opening round ties. Injury doubts continue to surround county star Eoin Cleary for the west Clare men, with Eire Óg […]

Clare County Council’s Social Housing Chair says safety must remain the main priority when renovating commercial properties, even in a housing crisis. It comes as the Hardware Association Ireland has made recommendations such as waiving the capital gains tax on empty homes for three years and applying a 6% annual derelict property tax in their […]

Water users in Clare are being warned of the possibility of elevated levels of bacteria at landmark pier and beach attractions due to a spell of expected excessive rainfall. Clare County Council has issued prior warning notices for beaches at White Strand, Miltown Malbay – Spanish Point – Kilkee – White Strand, Doonbeg – and […]

The mean price paid for a property in Clare has fallen by more than 7% since the beginning of the year. The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show that keys were handed to the new owners of more than 50 homes here last month. The average sale price for a house in this […]

A Clare Independent TD claims the government can no longer afford to ignore the necessity of reopening the Accident and Emergency Unit in Ennis. New figures obtained by Deputy Violet Anne Wynne from the Department of Health have revealed that since 2019, 26,918 patients left UHL’s Emergency Department without receiving treatment. University Hospital Limerick currently […]

THE MAN killed in a traffic collision in Clare has been named locally as Michael Lorigan, who spent all his teaching career in Limerick. Mr Lorigan, who was in ...

Jess Redden has admitted that this week has been the toughest so far on her pregnancy journey as she found herself physically struggling.