Clare’s Independent TD Michael Harty has welcomed today’s announcement that those who meet the eligibility criteria for the Warmer Homes Scheme and are living in a home that is in poor condition.

Clare County Council and the Tree Council of Ireland are marking National Tree Week 2017 (Seachtain Náisiúnta na gCrann 2017) by providing native tree species to community groups throughout County Clare.

A project to deal with flooding that has badly affected parts of Ennis previously has gone to tender.

Clare Local Enterprise Week 2017 gets underway this weekend and will feature a workshop by Musgrave Group and An Bord Bia on how to get a food product to market, the Clare Student Enterprise Awards, an Energy Cost Saving Seminar and a talk by the Editor of The Sunday Business Post on the exporting opportunities and challenges facing Irish Enterprises.

Older people in Clare are set to benefit from Fine Gael’s new health legislation.

Clare County Council is inviting expressions of interest from local communities, projects and housing estates who would like to represent Clare in the 2017 IPB Pride of Place competition.

Former All Ireland winning footballer with Kerry and Government Ambassador for the National Action Plan for Rural Development, Pat Spillane made a presentation to members of the recently established Clare Rural Development Forum at the Buttermarket Building, Waterpark, Ennis, today.

Young people in Co Clare should consider a career in the Defence Forces as recruitment begins again in earnest.