The Clare Herald

3 days ago | clareherald.com | Pat Flynn

The Bishop of Killaloe has expressed great sadness at the passing of Pope Francis this Easter Week. Having been appointed bishop of Killaloe by him in 2016 Bishop Fintan Monahan had the opportunity of meet the Pope soon aftewards, during the course for new bishops in Rome. Bishop Monahan said: “I met him again for the occasion of the Ad Limina visit of the Irish Bishops in January 2017 and of course during his visit to Ireland for World meeting of families in 2018.

3 days ago | clareherald.com | Pat Flynn

Two people have been airlifted to hospital following a road traffic collision in West Clare this afternoon. The two car crash occurred at around 1.15pm at Tullaroe on the L2016 road that connects Lisdeen and Querrin Village. Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Kilkee and Kilrush stations were mobilised to the incident along with Gardaí and a number of National Ambulance Service resources. These included four ambulances and a rapid response paramedic vehicle.

4 days ago | clareherald.com | Pat Flynn

25 Independent Bookshops across Ireland will participate in the first ever “Global Book Crawl” launching simultaneously in 16 countries on 21st to 27th April. For one week, hundreds of Independent bookshops in over 50 cities around the world ranging from Westport to Brooklyn, Stockholm, Malaga to Sydney to Mexico City will distribute “The Global Book Crawl Passport” to book lovers.

5 days ago | clareherald.com | Pat Flynn

A beautiful compilation of memories about rural life in times gone by has just been reprinted for a third time due to its ongoing success. Happy Days and Hard Times is a collection of memories, stories and images, compiled by the National Museum of Ireland, and it includes a wonderful submission from a Clare visitor who recalls his mother’s stories of fishing off the Cliffs of Moher.

5 days ago | clareherald.com | Pat Flynn

Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Cooney has questioned the Department of Transport about the level of funding allocated to County Clare in its €60 million Capital Investment Programme for national secondary roads across Ireland. Deputy Cooney has written to Minister Darragh O’Brien and Minister of State Sean Canney to express his disappointment at the department’s decision to allocate just €408,000 to County Clare, which he said was one of the lowest per kilometre capital allocations in the country.