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Clare Arts Office will host ‘In Tandem’, an exhibition of contemporary art in Súil Gallery, Ennis, from Friday, April 4, to Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

A blanket bog, home to two rare and protected birds, the merlin and the hen harrier, is being successfully rewetted to provide a wildlife sanctuary for rare habitats and numerous species of conservation concern, thanks to a new partnership between a west Clare farmer, the local community and Clare County Council.

A new hop-on hop-off shuttle bus service linking towns, villages and visitor attractions throughout North and West Clare is the subject of public consultation and engagement sessions taking place in Miltown Malbay and Kilfenora on Monday (April 7, 2025) and Tuesday (April 8, 2025) next.

Plans to transform Killaloe Courthouse into a cultural and musical venue have taken a significant step forward after Clare County Council applied for funding under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF).

An innovative campaign to kickstart the 2025 tourism season in Clare takes place this April when locals and visitors to the county are offered free and half-price admission to a variety of attractions, sites and cultural events.

Clare Museum’s Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 7.30pm, with a talk by Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam entitled ‘Morals, manners and customs: observations from the pre-Famine era in County Clare’.

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with the Edna O’Brien Library in Scariff, is delighted to present ‘Artist’s Observations’ by the Artist Helen Martin. The exhibition will run from March 31 to April 30, inclusive.

On Friday, March 21, at a meeting of the Shannon Municipal District, the Elected Members launched 2 grant schemes for 2025, which is funded from their General Municipal Allocation for 2025.

Clare County Council intends to provide funding for a number of projects in Primary and Post-Primary Schools in County Clare under its Artists in Schools Scheme in 2025.

Clare County Council has submitted a funding application under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) for the delivery of significant new public realm regeneration and enhancement projects in Crusheen and Killaloe-Ballina.