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A West Clare historian is hailing the significance of a new memorial in honour of children who died in the Clare County Nursery in Kilrush. The sculpture was unveiled this week by Clare County Council at the Old Shanakyle Graveyard following a 12 month research project. A report from the Mother and Baby Homes Commission […]
GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to an assault and robbery that took place on Friday night/Saturday morning.
A burglar who tried to break into an 80-year-old priest’s parochial home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Brian O’Callaghan said that Jonathan Kenny had “targeted” the home of the retired parish priest for Kilrush, Fr Michael Sheedy, at Toler Street, Kilrush on August 1 last. Kenny, of Elm Drive, John Paul Estate, Kilrush, Co Clare, was apprehended near the scene, where gardaí found him armed with an axe, a pen-knife and a screwdriver. Kenny stole the items from Fr Sheedy’s garden shed and was using them to gain entry through a back window to ...