The Clare Echo

13/12/2025

ALMOST 600 Christmas dinners will be delivered by Shannon Gardaí to senior citizens in the locality this week.

Gardaí wearing Santa hats in Shannon and surrounds is the clear sign that Christmas is on the way to the Airport town.

ALMOST 600 Christmas dinners will be delivered by Shannon Gardaí to senior citizens in the locality this week.

13/12/2025

PLANS to build a €25m HSE community hospital on green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis have been refused.

An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP) have refused the development, overturning the decision of Clare County Council to grant permission in April 2023. It marks the end of a planning battle dating back more than three years to August 2022 when plans were first lodged for the 100 bed hospital.

PLANS to build a €25m HSE community hospital on green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis have been refused.

12/12/2025

Dr. Patrick Hillery was not a politician, he proved to be a statesman.

Kilkishen native and retired professor at NYCCT/Marymount Manhattan College, Patrick O’Halloran reflects on the career of Dr Hillery and says his dedication to the next generation is not evident with the politicians of today.

Dr. Patrick Hillery was not a politician, he proved to be a statesman.

12/12/2025

KEVIN HEHIR has the distinction of becoming the first Inagh/Kilnamona to captain and manage the club to glory in the U21A hurling championship.

“Over the last couple of months and years in Inagh/Kilnamona we’ve had a couple of losses in close games that were hoping to close out, winning is a habit and losing is a habit so it is nice to stem the tide and get back winning those close games which we had done previously maybe seven or eight years ago and maybe we had lost recently, it is nice to win a game like that instead of losing them all the time," he told The Clare Echo.

KEVIN HEHIR has the distinction of becoming the first Inagh/Kilnamona to captain and manage the club to glory in the U21A hurling championship.

12/12/2025

BUDDY McMahon’s role in securing employment for generations in Shannon and captaining one of the county’s greatest hurling teams was hailed as he was laid to his eternal rest this week.

Newmarket-on-Fergus native Buddy worked for forty two years in the historic sales and catering section of Shannon Airport, beginning not long after Dr Brendan O’Regan created the world’s first-duty free shop.

On the hurling field, he was corner back and captain of the Newmarket-on-Fergus side to win three Clare SHC titles in a row in 1963, 1964 and 1965. He finished his playing career with five senior championships before moving into management and was involved as the club won its first ever Munster senior club championship in 1967, they retained the provincial title a year later.

BUDDY McMahon’s role in securing employment for generations in Shannon and captaining one of the county’s greatest hurling teams was hailed as he was laid to his eternal rest this week.

12/12/2025

SHANNON TOWN Utd claimed a big three points to move to mid-table in the Maloney Hardware Premier Division beating Fair Green Celtic 2-1.

SHANNON TOWN Utd claimed a big three points to move to mid-table in the Maloney Hardware Premier Division.

12/12/2025

THE annual Ennis Lions Club Santa Project will take place this weekend.

Santa will be in O’Connell Square, Ennis on Sunday, December 14 from 11am to 5pm.

THE annual Ennis Lions Club Santa Project will take place this weekend.

12/12/2025

TULLA’s Junior B team of Oisin Donnellan, Evan Corbett, Tony Leyden, Aaron Shanahan and Alan Leamy were crowned All-Ireland Junior B champions in Croke Park last Saturday.

12/12/2025

DISCUSSION and concern is brewing in Ballyea over the vulnerability faced by road users.

A submission made by a group of Ballyea residents to the Ennis local transport plan to extend the pathway and cycle lane beyond Edenvale to Kilmorane Hill on the N68 Kilrush Road to the turn off for Ballyea was rejected, as the area was deemed to be outside the area covered by the plan.

“There is a lot of discussion and concern in Ballyea about this dangerous situation," said Chairperson of the Ballyea Community Text Alert, Pat Meaney.

*Kilmorane on the N68 Kilrush Rd between Edenvale and Ballyea. DISCUSSION and concern is brewing in Ballyea over the vulnerability faced by road users. A submission made by a group of Ballyea residents to the Ennis local transport plan to extend the pathway and cycle lane beyond Edenvale to Kilmoran...

12/12/2025

NEWMARKET CELTIC put a serious dent in Bridge Utd’s Premier Division title aspirations while also securing their return to joint top of the table.

12/12/2025

A HOST of suitable sites have been put forward by Clare County Council to the HSE as potential locations for a new hospital in the county.

To strengthen the case for the construction of a new hospital in Co Clare, the County Council has engaged directly with the HSE property division regarding its list of potential sites.

Communities in North and West Clare continue to experience “unacceptable wait times” when it comes to health care, Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) stressed. Changes need to be introduced on a short to medium term to improve health services in the county, she added. “We all need that service and in a rural area, we will push for it as much as possible, we will do our part and won’t be found wanting”.

A HOST of suitable sites have been put forward by Clare County Council to the HSE as potential locations for a new hospital in the county.