Work gets under way at Doonbeg golf courseConstruction work has started on the Greg Norman-designed £12.5 million golf course at Doonbeg, Co Clare, despite £2Mon Dec 13 1999 - 00:00
Doonbeg housing project rejected by Clare councilA contentious plan to develop a £12 million housing development twice the size of Doonbeg on the northern edge of the west Co…Thu Dec 09 1999 - 00:00
Bishop continues pilgrimage of reconciliationBraving strong winds, rain and hailstone, the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, joined by more than 350 pilgrims, travelled…Wed Dec 08 1999 - 00:00
Permission to open cave to public opposedThe great stalactite in the Pol-an-Ionain cave near Doolin, Co Clare, reputed to be the largest free-hanging stalactite in the…Thu Dec 02 1999 - 00:00
Clare policy on `outsiders' is defendedA special meeting of Clare County Council was told last night there was no part of Co Clare in which people of any origin were…Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Waste plan calls for £67m thermal plant in LimerickA draft waste management plan for Clare, Limerick and Kerry recommends the siting of a £67 million thermal treatment plant or…Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
McKenna objects to EU funding for golf course in area inhabited by threatened snailDublin Green MEP Ms Patricia McKenna last night urged the European Commission to withdraw funding of £2Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
Sense of community eclipsed - BohanThe Notion of community has ceased to exist in a large number of ways in contemporary Irish society, the sociologist and founder…Fri Nov 05 1999 - 00:00
Abandon loop head mast - Local FF TDsThe Department of the Marine and Natural Resources should abandon its contentious plans to locate a 720-ft radio navigation mast…Thu Nov 04 1999 - 00:00
Warning by IFA on risk of rural declineRural areas had more possibilities and choices than before, but policy needed to guard in particular against "rural black spots…Sat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Bishop to lead `journey of penance' across diocese for wrongs of churchThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, is to lead a pilgrimage across the diocese in an effort to acknowledge and ask pardon…Thu Oct 28 1999 - 01:00
Council suggests building ban on `outsiders'Clare County Council has come under fire after proposing that "non-indigenous persons" be prohibited from building homes in rural…Tue Oct 26 1999 - 01:00
Concern over scale of Doonbeg housing planAn Taisce has expressed concern over a proposal for a £12 million housing development twice the size of Doonbeg on the northern…Thu Oct 14 1999 - 01:00
Family again escapes eviction from car parkA family who were invited to remain on the grounds of the Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, in Ennis last Christmas yesterday…Sat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
Growth brings trouble to Clare resortA government-sponsored tax incentive scheme which has led to an expansion of holiday home development in Lahinch, Co Clare, has…Fri Oct 01 1999 - 01:00
Seven years for £3.8m fraud plotA seven-year sentence was imposed on the man behind what was described at Ennis Circuit Court yesterday as "a very clever and…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Planning board urged to oppose siting apartment block by abbeyAn Bord Pleanala has been urged to refuse permission for a proposed apartment complex adjacent to Ennis's 13th-century Franciscan…Wed Sept 22 1999 - 01:00
Ennis council gives hotel go-aheadMembers of Ennis Urban Council last night materially contravened the Ennis Town Development Plan in order to allow contentious…Wed Sept 08 1999 - 01:00
Major archaeological find in ClareArchaeological excavations on the south-eastern edge of the Burren, Co Clare, have revealed one of the most extensive and well…Wed Sept 08 1999 - 01:00
Doonbeg locals to get special rates on golf linksThe prospective US golfers willing to pay £52,000 to join the Greg Norman-designed £12Sat Sept 04 1999 - 01:00
£52,000 could be price to join golf resortProspective members of the Greg Norman-designed £12Fri Sept 03 1999 - 01:00
Clare council applies for waste licence for landfill site near InaghClare County Council yesterday formally applied to the Environment Protection Agency for a Waste Licence for its contentious …Wed Sept 01 1999 - 01:00
An Taisce warns of lack of landscape protectionThe omission of many environmental and landscape safeguards from the 1999 Draft Clare County Development Plan may allow for unwanted…Tue Aug 31 1999 - 01:00
Website aiding motorists to avoid speed traps branded as dangerousA website dedicated to helping the Republic's speeding motorists avoid Garda speed traps could endanger the lives of motorists…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Laity-led Clare parish gets priest for a yearA resident priest has been appointed to the east Co Clare parish of Killanena/Flagmount one year after the Bishop of Killaloe…Thu Aug 26 1999 - 01:00
Council to pay for flooding in resortClare Co Council indicated yesterday that it would compensate Kilkee householders after remedial works the council carried out…Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:00
Shannon staff fear airport will be soldA general meeting of Shannon airport staff is to be held early next week amid indications that the Government is considering …Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:00
Belgian assault victim buried"Rest peacefully now in Ireland," read an unsigned wreath at the burial of Belgian national, Mr Walter van Dael (42), in Ennis…Thu Aug 12 1999 - 01:00
Family of dead Belgian not to reclaim his bodyThe family of Belgian national, Mr Walter Van Dael, who died after a violent incident in Ennis almost three weeks ago, have decided…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Decision to let £6m development go ahead angers Lahinch residentsAn Bord Pleanala was yesterday accused of ignoring the wishes of the people of Lahinch by upholding a Clare County Council decision…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Proposal for Co Clare wind farm is rejected by An Bord PleanalaPlans to develop an eight-turbine 1,500 kilowatt wind farm at Monmore South, Kilrush, Co Clare, have been turned down by An Bord…Wed Aug 04 1999 - 01:00
Contentious Clare golf project wins plan appealAn Bord Pleanala yesterday gave the go-ahead to contentious plans to develop a £12Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Ennis man charged with murder of BelgianAn Ennis man appeared at Kilkee District Court, Co Clare, yesterday charged with the murder of a Belgian national, Mr Walter …Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:00
Ennis man due in court after death of BelgianA 23-year-old man is due to appear in court later today on a murder charge following the death early yesterday of a Belgian, …Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Patients leaving strike-hit homePatients at a Co Clare nursing home have been given one week's notice to find alternative accommodation because of an industrial…Mon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
Mullaghmore visitor controls `aspirational'If planning permission was granted for visitor facilities at Mullaghmore it would pre-empt a community-based approach to managing…Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
Hearing told plan for Mullaghmore will not generate tourism in the areaVisitor facilities proposed for Mullaghmore in the Burren National Park are fundamentally different in principle and function…Thu Jul 15 1999 - 01:00
Locals voice support for Mullaghmore visitor centreWithout the development of an entry point in the Mullaghmore area in the Burren National Park, farming in the area would become…Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
Inagh chosen for Clare landfill siteA forested 160-acre area near the Co Clare village of Inagh was last night confirmed as the site at which Clare County Council…Tue Jul 13 1999 - 01:00
Mountain beyond gain, farmer tells planning hearingMullaghmore should be above and beyond any type of financial gain and should be left alone for future generations to experience…Tue Jul 13 1999 - 01:00
Hearing told of no water at MullaghmoreVisitor facilities for Mullaghmore, Co Clare, are not possible due to the lack of a viable or sustainable water supply, a Bord…Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Concept of Burren centre `flawed'The concept of visitor facilities at Mullaghmore, Co Clare, in the Burren National Park is fundamentally flawed and not environmentally…Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
Mullaghmore facilities would have negative impact, appeal is toldThe development of visitor facilities at Mullaghmore in the Burren National Park will have a serious, long-term negative impact…Wed Jul 07 1999 - 01:00
Hearings start today on centre for BurrenThe final act in the long-running Mullaghmore drama begins today with an An Bord Pleanala's oral hearing into plans for visitor…Tue Jul 06 1999 - 01:00
Cave plan arouses stalactite concernClare County Council has expressed concern that plans to develop a cave as a tourist attraction may damage what is reputedly …Tue Jun 15 1999 - 01:00
Planned £12.5m golf links resort in Doonbeg `lifeline to local community'The Greg Norman £12.5 million golf links resort proposed for Doonbeg, Co Clare, represents a lifeline to the local community …Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
Ecologist says Doonbeg dunes were damaged significantlyThe proposed site of the Greg Norman-designed £12Thu Jun 10 1999 - 01:00
Oral hearing opens on Clare golf links planA Bord Pleanala oral hearing in Ennis yesterday heard that the proposed £12Wed Jun 09 1999 - 01:00
Visitor centre plans `will mean widespread damage to Burren'Littering and damage to the landscape in the Burren National Park in Co Clare will become widespread if plans to develop visitor…Mon Jun 07 1999 - 01:00
Domestic front in battle for Kilkee town seatsPolitics must often divide families as they argue over the pros and cons of a particular partyFri Jun 04 1999 - 01:00
