Rights body pays €34m to artistsTHE IRISH Music Rights Organisation (Imro) last year increased royalty payments to recording artists by 7 per cent to €34Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Autopsy on Clare man set for todayTHE POSTMORTEM on a Co Clare man who died following an alleged assault on St Stephen’s night has been postponed until today. …Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Intel's R&D unit doubles operating profits to $3.2mTHE RESEARCH and development (RD) arm of computer chip giant Intel almost doubled its operating profits to $3Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Council criticises rail museum planCLARE COUNTY Council has raised “serious concerns” over plans by west Clare businessman Jackie Whelan to construct Ireland’s …Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Murder inquiry begins as assault victim diesGARDAÍ LAST night launched a murder investigation following the death in hospital of Co Clare man Brian Casey from serious injuries…Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Uncle and nephew charged over St Stephen's Day assaultAN UNCLE and his nephew yesterday appeared in court charged with the assault of Lissycasey man Brian Casey on the night of St…Tue Dec 29 2009 - 00:00
Hospital staff absenteeism rate highest at Portiuncula, says HSEHEALTH SERVICE Executive (HSE) figures show the hospital with the highest rate of absenteeism in the country is Portiuncula in…Thu Dec 24 2009 - 00:00
Recession cited as major cause of 30% fall in divorces in ClareFAMILY LAW experts yesterday cited the recession as the primary reason for a big drop in couples seeking divorces in Clare’s …Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Intensive care units at Ennis and Nenagh hospitals to closeTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) chief for acute hospitals in the midwest has confirmed that the executive is to press ahead…Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Avocent paid dividend of $28m to US parent companyA SHANNON-based IT firm that cut back its workforce by one-third in July last year paid out a dividend of $28 million (€19Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Pretax profits quadruple for Supermac's holding firmTHE HOLDING company behind the Supermac’s fast-food chain last year enjoyed a fourfold increase in pretax profits to €5Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
Brother opposes planning for sister to live next to himA WEST Clare man is opposing plans by his sister to secure planning permission for a new home adjacent to his own house.Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
Secure unit for two teens costs €2m to runTHE RECRUITMENT embargo in the Health Service Executive (HSE) is resulting in a €5 million secure unit for disruptive teenagers…Tue Dec 15 2009 - 00:00
Boston Scientific holding company records €614m pretax profits in 2008A HOLDING company for Boston Scientific’s Irish and international subsidiaries last year recorded pretax profits of $899 million…Mon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Turtle in a coma found washed up on sands of Co Clare beachA MAROONED loggerhead turtle was yesterday being rehabilitated after being washed up on Doughmore beach in Co Clare.Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Crisis affords chance to remove ills of past, says WalshBISHOP'S VIEWS: THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, said yesterday that the crisis in the Church was also a time of opportunity…Wed Dec 09 2009 - 00:00
Corrib gas field cost €1.5bn in 2008THE TOTAL spend on developing the Corrib gas field off the Mayo coast to the end of December last amounted to just under €1.5…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Plans for Clare rail museum lodgedPLANS HAVE been lodged for what was described yesterday as “Ireland’s largest road and rail museum” at Moyasta, west Clare…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
HSE policy of one-off crutch use wastes millions, says councillorTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) was yesterday accused of wasting millions of euro over its “crazy policy” of not reusing crutches…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Gifts from public fill eight warehousesDONATIONS: THE ST Vincent de Paul has received enough donations of beds, linen and other household goods for flood victims to…Tue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
Councillor queries cost of housing TravellersA SENIOR member of Clare County Council expressed concern yesterday over the council spending almost €500,000 per family to house…Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Bishop Walsh apologises for 'appalling betrayal of trust'KILLALOE STATEMENT: THE BISHOP of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, has apologised for the breaches of trust that have occurred in …Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Walsh to make statement on SundayThe Bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh and the priests of the diocese are will make a joint statement on Sunday in response …Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
'Untreated water' case against council droppedA CASE against Clare County Council over allowing water untreated for the bug cryptosporidium into the Ennis public water system…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Clare prepares for further floodingMore than 60,000 sand bags have been deployed across flood risk areas in south-east Clare and Ennis as the county braces itself…Thu Nov 26 2009 - 00:00
Libel case settled after judge asks sides to reflectA LIBEL action taken by an occasional Lahinch resident against his niece has been settled after a judge urged both sides to stand…Tue Nov 24 2009 - 00:00
Co Clare 'in emergency situation'Co Clare is in an emergency situation and the situation will get worse before it gets better.Tue Nov 24 2009 - 00:00
Taoiseach inspects Ennis damageForty families remained homeless in the Ennis area tonight as Taoiseach Brian Cowen stated earlier that the local flood damage…Mon Nov 23 2009 - 00:00
Four-year suspended term for €4,000 threatA CLARE man has been given a four-year suspended sentence for attempting to extort €4,000 from a man in a hotel car park last…Tue Nov 17 2009 - 00:00
More than €1bn in cuts expected in healthcareTHE DEPARTMENT of Health will be making cuts of more than €1 billion in the forthcoming budget, Minister for Health Mary Harney…Sat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Jail term for breach of barring orderA WOMAN who was jailed for three years last month for dousing an 18-month-old toddler with petrol has been given a three-month…Tue Nov 10 2009 - 00:00
'Urine wardens' proposed for EnnisTHE CHAIRMAN of the Joint Policing Committee in Ennis yesterday proposed the appointment of two “urine wardens” to tackle the…Thu Nov 05 2009 - 00:00
German cleared of dangerous drivingA 60-YEAR-OLD German national who drove on the wrong side of the road into a car driven by a woman, was cleared of dangerous …Thu Nov 05 2009 - 00:00
Out-of-hours service Shannondoc lost €66,000 last yearTHE COMPANY that provides an “out-of-hours” doctors’ service in the midwest serving 275,000 people last year has posted an annual…Tue Nov 03 2009 - 00:00
Council dismisses criticism of Ali's rootsENNIS TOWN Council has told a historian claiming that Muhammad Ali’s great grand-father, Abe Grady, never set foot in Ireland…Tue Nov 03 2009 - 00:00
O2 Irish arm makes €154.9m profitPRETAX PROFITS at the main Irish arm of mobile phone giant O2 last year dropped by 9.7 per cent to €154.9 million.Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
No new deal for 'unreasonable' Ryanair at Shannon airportSHANNON AIRPORT Authority (SAA) confirmed last night it will not be entering a new five-year deal with Ryanair because of its…Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
Shannon withdraws from Ryanair dealThe Shannon Airport Authority (SAA) confirmed tonight it will not be entering a new five year deal with Ryanair due to the airline…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
Crusading shopkeeper's shock tactics claim their first victimA SHOPKEEPER who erected an electric shock defence on his store claimed his first victim at the weekend.Thu Oct 29 2009 - 00:00
Turnover expected to drop 35% at leading architectural firmTHE MANAGING director of one of the State’s best-known architectural firms, Murray O’Laoire, has confirmed that the company is…Thu Oct 29 2009 - 00:00
Millionaire didn't want to 'buy' council seatMULTIMILLIONAIRE JJ McCabe said yesterday that he did not want to “buy” a seat on Clare County Council, after it emerged that…Thu Oct 29 2009 - 00:00
Cliffs of Moher company seeks cost-saving movesTHE COMPANY operating the €32 million Cliffs of Moher visitor centre has confirmed that it is seeking cost-saving measures in…Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Goffs cuts workforce in response to €3m lossBLOODSTOCK SALES group Robert Goff has reduced its workforce in response to the downturn in the world’s bloodstock industry…Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
'Ghost town' fears for Shannon airport after Ryanair threatANY MOVE by Ryanair to reduce its Shannon airport base by 75 per cent “would turn the airport into a ghost town”, it has been…Mon Oct 26 2009 - 00:00
Irish arm of Nokia increases pre-tax profit by 63%THE IRISH arm of mobile phone giant Nokia last year increased pre-tax profits by 63 per cent to €11.1 million.Sat Oct 24 2009 - 01:00
Shock tactics: shopowner hits backTHE OWNER of a music shop in Ennis, Co Clare, has decided to take strong action against the misbehaviour of drunken revellers…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Plan for Ennis youth cafe defendedTHE MANAGER of Ennis Town Council yesterday roundly rejected claims a new youth cafe for Ennis will be used as a methadone clinic…Thu Oct 22 2009 - 01:00
Yahoo's Irish subsidiary's pre-tax profits down €15mTHE MAIN Irish subsidiary of internet giant Yahoo last year sustained a 19 per cent drop in pre-tax profits from €76 million …Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Council to 'freeze' zoned land in EnnisCLARE COUNTY Council is set to “freeze” more than 4,000 acres from development in response to Department of Environment concerns…Tue Oct 20 2009 - 01:00
Zero sales of costly reports in IrishA LOCAL authority has failed to sell one copy of three different development plans translated into Irish over the past four years…Thu Oct 15 2009 - 01:00
