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The Clare Local Election Count at Treacy’s West County Hotel will be broadcast online this weekend.

On the advice of the HSE, Clare County Council has today (6th June, 2024) raised a Red Flag at Lahinch beach indicating a bathing prohibition at this location until further notice.

Elected members of Clare County Council joined with Oireachtas members, members of the glór board, management team and staff of Clare County Council in attending a tour of the new De Valera Library and art gallery located at the Causeway Link, Ennis, on Friday, 31st May.

The final meeting of the Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) took place on the 22nd May 2024 before the forthcoming Local and European Elections in June.

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney Library Gallery, is delighted to present ‘Third Stage’, an art exhibition by Larisa K. Jourdan (Formerly known as Larisa K. Bevillard).

The 2023/2024 school academic year marks the 26^th year of the An Taisce Green Schools programme in Ireland. This month saw 25 Clare schools being awarded the Green Schools Flag for their work on the themes of Litter and Waste, Energy, Water, Travel, Biodiversity and Global Citizenship.

Clare Arts Office, in conjunction with Scariff Library Gallery, is delighted to present “Let the light come in” by Marijke Jordens.

Cruinniú na nÓg is a flagship initiative of the Creative Ireland Programme’s Creative Youth Plan to enable the creative potential of children and young people.

The Ministers announce successful projects under the Local Enhancement Programme 2024. These small grants will benefit community groups across Clare, which is a key focus of ‘Our Rural Future’.

The Liverpool Céilí Band originated in post-war Liverpool and became famous as a traditional Irish band, entering its first Fleadh Cheoil competition in Thurles in 1959 and subsequently becoming the first non-Irish band to be crowned All-Ireland Champions in 1963 at Mullingar, a feat they repeated in 1964 at Clones.