Dan Danaher

A Killaloe tennis coach has served up an ace by setting up Blind Tennis in Finland for the first time before managing a team that won two bronze medals at the World Blind Tennis Championships. Tennis is the fastest growing sport for visually impaired people in Ireland, which has up to 160 active competitive and social participants from zero a few years ago.

Diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014, health campaigner, Vicky Phelan told a Broadford author how grateful she was to be still able to complete mundane tasks like ironing and driving her children to school three and a half years before her untimely passing. Marie O’Connell had attended a charity event launched by Ciara McCullough for …

NO SUITABLE family doctor has applied to fill a vacancy for a permanent general practitioner in Kilrush, despite five public advertisements over the last five months.

A SHANNON family is not happy with recent HSE appointments following the death of their daughter at University Hospital Limerick, a Sinn Féin Deputy has claimed.

A KILKISHEN creative writer has used locations in Shannon and Limerick City for a new award-winning film script about mental illness that is interwoven with a mysterious stalker.

Clare County Council has expressed mixed views on the development of a proposed major tourism and commercial facility at Drumman East, Williamstown Harbour in Whitegate.

TWO people who lost a family member through suicide participated in a long-distance swim in East Clare recently to raise public awareness for prevention measures and help those suffering severe emotional distress. In 1993, Shane Millar was only six years old when his mother died by suicide at the age of 27. Mary and Pat …

An East Clare wildlife rescue centre manager has claimed the proposed development of wind turbines near the 12 O’Clock Hills will destroy the environment for native wildlife species. Bev Truss, who runs the Hogsprickle Wildlife Rescue Centre in Broadford is opposing plans for the provision of nine 180 metre high turbines in the Knockshanvo Wind …

Local Elections poll-topper Councillor Joe Cooney and West Clare GP Dr Tom Nolan have been added to the Clare Fine Gael General Election ticket alongside Leonora Carey. Having ruled out a Dáil bid last week, Councillor Cooney has decided to enter the General Election race following political pressure at local and national level. …

A NEW 352-BED Model Four Hospital with an Emergency Department (ED) on a green field site in Ennis is necessary to deal with the county's long-term growing health care needs.