Tom Odonovan News Today

An ongoing row about the running of Listowel Writers Week culminated in a difficult year for its most recent curator, Northern Irish poet Stephen Connolly. 

INDEPENDENT  TD Michael Collins said he has taken ‘encouragement’ from the fact that the O’Donovan family in Clonakilty were given a meeting with AIB in Dublin.Deputy Collins confirmed that one of the hotel’s owners, Tom O’Donovan, and his son, Tom, travelled to Dublin

A loan that the family took out with AIB sixteen years has come back to haunt them after it was sold to a vulture fund, writes Mick Clifford

Mixed responses to end of Covid-19 mask regulations in Cork businesses

Even though parts of New Hampshire saw intense rain Wednesday night, experts say it wasnt nearly enough to combat worsening drought conditions. The latest drought map released Thursday shows most of the state abnormally dry. “If we measure from the calendar year, from January, that captures snowpack plus spring rain, were about five inches short,” Tom O’Donovan, water division director for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. Going back a full year, precipitation i...

Even though parts of New Hampshire saw intense rain Wednesday night, experts say it wasn't nearly enough to combat worsening drought conditions. The latest drought map released Thursday shows most of the state abnormally dry. Sign up for our Newsletters “If we measure from the calendar year, from January, that captures snowpack plus spring rain, we're about five inches short,” Tom O’Donovan, water division director for the New Hampshire...

Steady rain needed to alleviate states drought concerns, officials say © Provided by WMUR Manchester drought map 4-29-21 This weeks rain is expected to bring relief to New Hampshires drought situation, with the entire state now considered abnormally dry. Officials with the Department of Environmental Services said southeastern New Hampshire — which experienced the most severe drought last year — and southwestern New Hampshire are the areas theyre most worried about.Sign up for our Newsle...

Credit NHDES New Hampshire is likely headed into an early spring drought despite recent rain and snow, according to the latest national forecast – and state officials are already warning of the potential drinking water impacts. The state and much of the region saw a severe drought for much of last year, and state officials say key indicators, like stream levels and rainfall, never got back above average throughout the winter. “Even with these rain events that we’ve had come through, there...