Clare County Council has confirmed O’Connell Square and O’Connell Street from O’Connell Square to its junction with Station Road will be pedestrianised on a number of days during the lead up to Christmas.
The sights, smells and sounds of the festive season will descend on the new covered market in Ennis (Maragadh na hInse) this weekend as the inaugural Ennis Christmas Market takes place.
Ennis has been selected to participate in a pilot project focusing on the future management and revitalisation of historic town centres throughout Ireland.
Irish men and women who served in the Allied Military Service during the South East Asian Wars from 1959 – 1975 were honoured at a serviced dedicated to them in Ennis on Friday morning that saw a peace park unveiled.
International partners of COURAGE, a European Union funded programme of research and development visited Áras Contae an Chláir during a three-day trip to Ireland organised by Clare Youth Service.
Liffey Mills new Agri Superstore in Ennis was officially opened on Friday by Michael Creed TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and by Pat Breen TD, Minister for State for Employment and Small Business.
Ennis has been named Ireland's Tidiest Large Urban Centre in the 58th annual National Tidy Towns Competition, while Kilrush has joined the Clare County Capital in being awarded a Gold Medal in its category.
