The Clare Echo

22/10/2025

VEHICULAR traffic will return to all streets of Ennis town centre next month except O’Connell Street.

O’Connell St is to remain closed to vehicular traffic until February 16th of next year with a process beginning at the start of December to discuss its full-time pedestrianisation.

VEHICULAR traffic will return to all streets of Ennis town centre next month except O’Connell Street.

22/10/2025

Presidential hopeful Heather Humphreys (FG) says Tánaiste & party leader Simon Harris (FG) has not been directed to take a step back from her bid.

She was speaking in Ennis at the constituency office of Clare TD, Joe Cooney (FG).

Full story: https://www.clareecho.ie/humphreys-says-tanaiste-not-sidelined-for-campaign/

22/10/2025

INAGH/KILNAMONA are overjoyed to end a five year wait for senior camogie championship honours and will put their “best foot forward” when lining out in the Munster club campaign.

22/10/2025

COORACLARE’s Aaron Townsend has been awarded with a Naughton Foundation Scholarship worth €25,000.

Aaron’s alma mater, St Joseph’s Secondary School, Spanish Point has also received €1,000 towards the science facilities in the school for their support of their winning student.

COORACLARE’s Aaron Townsend has been awarded with a Naughton Foundation Scholarship worth €25,000.

22/10/2025

A HIGH COURT decision has dismissed an application to bring a judicial review challenge against the CPO for the Ennistymon inner relief road.

Ennistymon’s notorious traffic blackspot Blake’s Corner is among the main aspects of the inner relief road. The project has been in the offing since 2017 and has been subject to several delays akin to motorists stuck when travelling from Ennistymon to Lahinch.

A HIGH COURT decision has dismissed an application to bring a judicial review challenge against the CPO for the Ennistymon inner relief road.

22/10/2025

ENNIS’ Laurie Ryan has been appointed as the new manager of the Treaty United FC women’s senior side.

22/10/2025

SHANNON AIRPORT is celebrating the launch of its newest travel companion, Shannon Bear, with an exciting competition offering passengers the chance to win return flights to New York.

21/10/2025

RETURNING TO the summit of Clare camogie after a five year wait “means so much” to Inagh/Kilnamona.

21/10/2025

A FORMER Garda jailed in July for inciting strangers to r**e a colleague is to plead guilty to the unauthorised disclosure of Garda PULSE personal data on fourteen individuals.

At Ennis Circuit Court today, Judge Francis Comerford said that Shane Flanagan (39) with an address in Ennis, Co Clare has indicated that his intention to plead guilty to charges before the court.

A FORMER Garda jailed in July for inciting strangers to r**e a colleague is to plead guilty to the unauthorised disclosure of Garda PULSE personal data on fourteen individuals.

21/10/2025

FITNESS levels were “through the roof” which helped them to glory in the Clare Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (PIHC) their victorious manager maintained.

Bodyke’s Seán Doyle oversaw The Mills’ successful return to the senior ranks after they were six point winners over Clarecastle in Sunday’s decider in Cusack Park.

FITNESS levels were “through the roof” which helped them to glory in the Clare Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (PIHC) their victorious manager maintained.

21/10/2025

A FARM enterprise operated by All-Ireland winning Clare hurler, Niall Gilligan recorded profits of €100,000 last year.

21/10/2025

A TIME capsule has been buried in the ground at Shannon Airport to mark eighty years since the first scheduled transatlantic passenger flight from Co Clare.

Predictions for the future and a snapshot of life in 2025 were contained in the commemorative time capsule which was buried underground at Shannon Airport on Tuesday morning.

A TIME capsule has been buried in the ground at Shannon Airport to mark eighty years since the first scheduled transatlantic passenger flight from Co Clare.