Nuns seek for 32.5 acres to be zoned residentialA RELIGIOUS order has applied to Clare County Council to have 32.5 acres rezoned for housing.Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Over 30 District Courts across 12 counties to be closedTHE COURTS Service has approved the closure of over 30 courts in peripheral areas along the western seaboard and in the midlands…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Clare council grants permission for tourist resortCLARE COUNTY Council yesterday granted planning permission for a large tourist complex, including holidays homes, to the developers…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Bishop welcomes common school enrolment policyTHE BISHOP of Killaloe has endorsed a common enrolment policy for Ennis primary schools that he believes will avoid the difficulties…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Shannon ground staff to be reduced to fiveA SKELETON staff of fewer than five Aer Lingus ground personnel will remain at Shannon airport as part of the company's plans…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Council wants to close right of wayCLARE COUNTY Council has been accused of trying to breach the property rights of citizens by limiting public access to the grounds…Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:00
Councillors accused of forsaking housing listTHE MEMBERS of Clare County Council were yesterday accused of walking away from their responsibilities in refusing to participate…Wed Oct 01 2008 - 01:00
Three years in jail on fatal driving chargeA CLARE man has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty to the dangerous driving causing the death of two friends last…Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
DPP must decide by January on Carmody retrialTHE DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions has been given a 3½-month deadline to decide if former doctor Paschal Carmody …Tue Sept 30 2008 - 01:00
Inquest told of suicides of brother and sisterA CLARE coroner yesterday returned an open verdict in the cases of a teenage brother and sister who took their own lives in the…Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Irish Rail says planning appeal will not delay western routeIARNRÓD ÉIREANN said last night that the reopening of the €106 million first phase of the Western Rail Corridor will not be delayed…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Parents of missed cancer victim want HSE apologyTHE PARENTS of Kilrush cancer victim Edel Kelly (26) yesterday demanded the Health Service Executive (HSE) apologise for failing…Tue Sept 23 2008 - 01:00
Oral hearing on Clare golf club plansCLARE COUNTY Council has announced that it is to hold an oral hearing into contentious plans to extinguish a right of way across…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
Second woman dies after breast cancer missedA REVIEW of cancer cases and an external inquiry have been demanded following the revelation that a second woman has died when…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
School protests as staff numbers cutTHE PRINCIPAL of a west Clare secondary school said yesterday that it was crazy that students were being denied the opportunity…Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
President tells of days spent living with nuns in EnnisPRESIDENT MARY McAleese each year spends a number of days in prayer with an enclosed religious order in Ennis, she revealed yesterday…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
New Leas Cross owner returns €680,000 profitTHE NEW owner of the controversial north Dublin nursing home formerly known as Leas Cross returned pre-tax profits of €680,000…Sat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Cliffs of Moher 'naming' scheme criticisedCLARE COUNTY Council's bid to secure millions of euro through naming rights for the Cliffs of Moher visitor centre has been dismissed…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Roche Ireland's revenues hit in 'challenging year'THE DECISION by Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche to end production of a key drug at its Clarecastle, Co Clare, plant led to a…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Council cites flood fears in refusal of planning approval for €50m retail parkCLARE COUNTY Council yesterday refused planning permission for a €50 million retail park on the outskirts of Ennis because the…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
Board to hold oral hearing on explosives plant proposalA DATE has yet to be set for a Bord Pleanála oral hearing on a planned €10 million explosives plant on the Shannon estuary…Wed Aug 20 2008 - 01:00
Overrule of voluntary status costs UL €154,000A DECISION BY the board of An Bord Pleanála not to confer voluntary status on the University of Limerick (UL) has cost the university…Tue Aug 19 2008 - 01:00
€4 million hotel plan opposedPLANS BY Clare hurling star and Waterford senior manager Davy Fitzgerald to build a €4 million boutique hotel near Shannon airport…Fri Aug 15 2008 - 01:00
Rare butterfly at site of planned Ennis development disappearsTHE DEPARTMENT of the Environment says the disappearance of a rare and protected butterfly from a site outside Ennis, earmarked…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Objections lodged to protected areas for hen harriersALMOST 85 per cent of objections lodged nationally against special designation areas for the protected bird the hen harrier have…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Former GP found not guilty on six chargesA JURY last night found former Clare GP Paschal Carmody not guilty on six charges of obtaining money by deception from terminally…Fri Jul 25 2008 - 01:00
Jurors in trial of former Clare GP to resume deliberationsTHE JURY in the trial of former Clare GP Paschal Carmody will this morning resume its deliberationsThu Jul 24 2008 - 01:00
Carmody a caring doctor who was not motivated by money, jury toldA JURY was told yesterday that Paschal Carmody was a caring doctor who gave phenomenal service to patients and did so in circumstances…Wed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Patients defend doctor on trial for deceptionA CO Clare mother of three told a court yesterday that she was "heartbroken" when her GP, Paschal Carmody, was struck off as …Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:00
PDT sessions 'zapped' breast cancer, says nunA DUBLIN nun given a 5 per cent chance of surviving breast cancer in 2001 has told a jury that she is clear of cancer after successfully…Sat Jul 19 2008 - 01:00
Dempsey positive on development at ShannonMINISTER FOR Transport Noel Dempsey has said there is no sign that the loss of the Shannon-Heathrow service "has brought about…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Shannon traffic numbers fallSHANNON AIRPORT suffered almost a 20 per cent drop in transatlantic traffic for the first six months of 2008 as the ending of…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
Patient review showed good results, Carmody trial toldA PROFESSOR of medicine has told a court that a review of a group of cancer patients treated by Paschal Carmody showed very good…Wed Jul 16 2008 - 01:00
'Serious decisions' to be made where State agencies overlapTÁNAISTE AND Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Mary Coughlan said yesterday where there was overlap in State agencies…Tue Jul 15 2008 - 01:00
Laser cancer treatment unproven - expertA CANCER expert told a jury yesterday that patients must be protected from people experimenting on them.Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Planning for one-off house in Burren refusedA MOVE by members of Clare County Council to force through a contentious planning permission for an Ennis businessman for a one…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Judge and jury visit Killaloe clinic in cancer doctor trialTHE JUDGE and jury in the trial of a doctor accused of obtaining money from cancer patients by deception yesterday visited the…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Man denies giving false hope to cancer patients with PDT treatmentTHE MAN on trial for obtaining more than €80,000 from cancer patients and their relatives by deception told gardaí that at no…Fri Jul 04 2008 - 01:00
Deception trial doctor 'would never promise anyone a cure for cancer'COUNSEL FOR a doctor accused of obtaining money from cancer patients by deception told a jury yesterday that his client had never…Thu Jul 03 2008 - 01:00
Widow recalls 'miracle' cure talePASCHAL CARMODY told a terminally-ill cancer patient that it was his mission in life to find a cure for cancer for the people…Sat Jun 28 2008 - 01:00
Doctor in cancer case has left countryTHE DOCTOR who administered the photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatment to terminally ill cancer patients at the East Clinic in …Fri Jun 27 2008 - 01:00
Boy told treatment would 'at worst' keep him aliveTHE MOTHER of a terminally ill 15-year-old boy told a jury yesterday that Paschal Carmody told her son that he would cure him…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Street protests over new Ennis schoolMORE THAN 1,000 people took to the streets of Ennis, Co Clare, yesterday in protest at the failure of the Department of Education…Thu Jun 26 2008 - 01:00
Former doctor on trial for deceptionThe mother of a terminally ill 15-year old boy told a jury today that a former doctor told her son that he would cure him of …Wed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
School buildings delay 'unacceptable'THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh said it is “unacceptable” that the provision of permanent accommodation for Ennis schools…Tue Jun 24 2008 - 01:00
Council flushed with success as 'loo with a view' sells for €400kA DERELICT “loo with a view” at the seaside resort of Lahinch yesterday scooped €400,000 for Clare County Council at a public…Sat Jun 21 2008 - 01:00
€35,000 award for drowning tragedyA CIRCUIT court judge has approved the payment of €35,000 in compensation to a Co Clare family arising from a tragedy three years…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Ex-doctor denies he falsely claimed cancer cureA FORMER doctor yesterday pleaded not guilty to obtaining more than €80,000 from cancer patients and their relatives by falsely…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
€750,000 paid by council for parcel of land in rail upgradeCLARE COUNTY Council has spent €750,000 acquiring a parcel of land for the upgrading of a railway projectFri Jun 13 2008 - 01:00
Lahinch toilet block site to fetch up to €300,000CLARE COUNTY Council is set to net up to €300,000 for a site containing a dilapidated toilet block with "uninterrupted sea views…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
