Lack of Clare probation service criticisedConcern was expressed yesterday that people coming before the District Courts in Co Clare might have been sent to jail unnecessarily…Sat Jul 27 2002 - 01:00
Bathing ban on Lough Derg as algae reappearsA swimming ban has been imposed on the River Shannon's largest lake, Lough Derg, by North Tipperary County Council following …Fri Jul 26 2002 - 01:00
Priest's family to contest suicide verdictThe family of Father Michael O'Grady last night said they were "shattered" after an inquest jury returned a verdict of suicide…Thu Jul 25 2002 - 01:00
Bishop calls for increase in public sites for TravellersThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has appealed to local authorities in Co Clare to provide public land for temporary halting…Wed Jul 24 2002 - 01:00
Bishop speaks of halting site 'crisis'With some 50 Travellers camped yesterday in an unauthorised halting site on his front lawn in Ennis, Co Clare, the Bishop of …Tue Jul 23 2002 - 01:00
Travellers demand setting aside of new confiscation lawThe Irish Traveller Movement (ITM) yesterday demanded that new legislation allowing gardaí to remove and confiscate caravans …Sat Jul 20 2002 - 01:00
EU directive puts Shannon e-business park in jeopardySIFA has been in Shannon since 1977 and has to date invested €70 million in the plant where it employs 265 people.Fri Jul 19 2002 - 01:00
Challenge to Traveller legislationNew legislation allowing gardaí to forcibly remove and confiscate Traveller caravans without a court order is to be challenged…Thu Jul 18 2002 - 01:00
Travellers' caravans seized under new lawThe caravans of four Traveller families were confiscated yesterday as gardaí moved for the first time to implement controversial…Wed Jul 17 2002 - 01:00
Health board attempts to counter 'misinformation' on asylum issueThe Mid-Western Health Board has criticised what it describes as a "great deal of misinformation" which has been circulating …Fri Jul 12 2002 - 01:00
Court told of air rage accused's contempt for gardaiA 42-year-old US citizen charged with two air rage offences was yesterday accused by a senior garda of treating the district …Sat Jul 06 2002 - 01:00
Locals 'devastated' as wind-farm near Tarbert village gets go-aheadA north Kerry community said yesterday that it was "devastated" by a decision of An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission…Sat Jul 06 2002 - 01:00
Permission refused for wind farms in mid-westThe State's alternative energy industry suffered a setback yesterday when two separate wind-farm projects were refused planning…Thu Jul 04 2002 - 01:00
Protester wants end to ban on 'outsiders' building homesThe chairman and founder of Rural Resettlement Ireland (RRI), Mr Jim Connolly, yesterday protested alone outside Clare County…Tue Jul 02 2002 - 01:00
Engineer tests machine in Shannon aimed at making sea water drinkable'Since less than 20 per cent of the fresh water on this planet is fit for human consumption, Dr McCabe has given humankind a …Sat Jun 29 2002 - 01:00
GPs on 46 charges from medicines boardTwo Co Clare GPs are being prosecuted by the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) over the supply of unauthorised medicines, including…Fri Jun 21 2002 - 01:00
Shannon tech park to create 3,000 jobsA €150 million e-business park in Shannon, likely to create up to 3,000 jobs over the next 10 years, has been given the go-ahead…Thu Jun 20 2002 - 01:00
215% increase in use of heroin in mid-westA new report on drug abuse in the Mid Western Health Board area reveals that the number of heroin-users receiving treatment in…Fri Jun 14 2002 - 01:00
Planning permission given for €38m University of Limerick expansionAn Bord Pleanála yesterday granted planning permission to contentious plans for a €38 million expansion of the University of …Fri May 24 2002 - 01:00
Bishop allows halting site on lawnThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has made the front lawn at his diocesan palace available as a temporary halting site…Thu May 23 2002 - 01:00
House-building plan upset by Clare council's 'outsider' ruleRural Resettlement Ireland's plans of building houses for people seeking to resettle from the city have been blocked by Clare…Tue May 21 2002 - 01:00
Independent costs FF a third seat in ClareANALYSIS: A former Fianna Fáil councillor elected as an Independent in Clare has said he will not be answerable to any political…Mon May 20 2002 - 01:00
Tense, nervous and headachy, Dail wannabes are on the last lapUptight? Haggard? Edgy? Full of doubt? Then you must be one of the 500 or so candidates up and down the country putting yourself…Thu May 16 2002 - 01:00
Hundreds in funeral tribute to Sylvie BarrettHundreds of mourners yesterday heard warm tributes paid to former Fianna Fáil Minister and MEP Mr Sylvie Barrett, who died on…Sat May 11 2002 - 01:00
Bishop opposes listing residence as protected buildingEfforts by Clare County Council to list the residence of the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, as a protected structure are…Tue May 07 2002 - 01:00
Psychiatric nurses won't settle for less than 25% riseThe Government was told yesterday that psychiatric nurses will not settle for anything less than an increase of 25 per cent in…Sat Apr 27 2002 - 01:00
Sex cases 'may lead to drop in church members'A senior Catholic bishop has said there could be a significant drop in Catholic Church members unless it is clear to people that…Mon Apr 22 2002 - 01:00
Bishop says fewer priests means churches will closeThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, yesterday raised the prospect of the diocese having to close churches and reduce the…Thu Apr 18 2002 - 01:00
Councillors want 'blanket ban' on new houses liftedCouncillors in Clare have called on the local authority to lift what is in effect a blanket ban on housing in large parts of …Wed Apr 10 2002 - 01:00
Eircom pulls out of Ennis high-tech projectAlmost five years after Ennis became Ireland's Information Age Town, Eircom yesterday ended its interest in the project although…Thu Mar 28 2002 - 00:00
Wind farm plan for west gets a boostA proposal to build the first wind farm off Ireland's west coast took a step nearer yesterday when the Minister for the Marine…Sat Mar 23 2002 - 00:00
€125m redevelopment for Limerick village opposedA €125 million development proposed for the tiny Limerick village of Clarina is facing opposition from An Taisce, which claims…Sat Mar 23 2002 - 00:00
New Shannon chief urges tourism driveTourism promotion agencies, including Shannon Development, were yesterday criticised by Shannon Airport's newly appointed chief…Sat Mar 23 2002 - 00:00
USI wants student grants raised to the level of welfareThe Union of Students of Ireland (USI) yesterday called for college student grants to be almost doubled.Fri Mar 22 2002 - 00:00
Duchas opposes environmentalist's Burren house planDúchas, the State Heritage Service, is leading the opposition against plans by one of the country's best known environmentalists…Tue Mar 19 2002 - 00:00
Council orders halt to work at Clare caveClare County Council yesterday ordered all work to cease at the Pol an Ionain cave complex at DoolinThu Mar 14 2002 - 00:00
FF councillor must be disciplined - groupThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, was yesterday urged to discipline a Fianna Fáil councillor over comments made this week in relation …Thu Mar 07 2002 - 00:00
Survey shows extent of public fear of crimeAn independent crime survey published yesterday found that half the population of two large provincial centres feel threatened…Thu Feb 28 2002 - 00:00
Shannon towns convinced new bridge would relieve their chronic traffic chaosTwo options for the construction of a new bridge crossing the Shannon have been put before the communities of Killaloe-Ballina…Wed Feb 27 2002 - 00:00
Taisce says Clare wants no planning regulationsMembers of Clare County Council were accused by An Taisce yesterday of not wanting any planning regulations after renewed calls…Wed Feb 20 2002 - 00:00
Former TD Bhamjee warns that suicide is genuine issue of concernFormer Clare Labour TD and consultant psychiatrist Dr Moosajee Bhamjee yesterday stated that there was a risk of suicide for …Mon Feb 18 2002 - 00:00
Plans for Ennis €150m technology park at riskPlans to locate a proposed €150 million technology park in Ennis, Co Clare, are at risk following a claim by the park's promoter…Thu Feb 14 2002 - 00:00
De Valera starts search for acceptable visitor facilities for Burren parkThe Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Ms de Valera, has initiated the formal process to identify alternative…Tue Feb 12 2002 - 00:00
Bishop warns of 'burn-out' by priestsA senior Catholic bishop has warned of the prospect of overworked priests suffering from "burn-out" due to the continuing decline…Thu Feb 07 2002 - 00:00
Protests as cave project is given go-aheadAn Taisce yesterday criticised Clare County Council over the planning authority's decision to allow extensive development works…Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:00
Council to open new emergency site for TravellersClare County Council is to open a €1Sat Jan 26 2002 - 00:00
Visitor centre at Cliffs of Moher gets go-aheadTen years after the plans were first announced, permission was finally granted yesterday for a €12Wed Jan 23 2002 - 00:00
Visitor centre at Cliffs of Moher is opposedAn Taisce has joined in opposition against contentious plans by Clare County Council to develop a €12Thu Jan 10 2002 - 00:00
Loss of 52 jobs with closure of Ennis firmThe west sustained another jobs loss yesterday with the announcement that Ennis manufacturing firm, Pacific Scientific, is to…Wed Jan 09 2002 - 00:00
