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Clare County Councillors this afternoon (November 26, 2025) adopted the local authority’s largest-ever revenue budget committing over €200 million to strengthening local services, accelerating housing delivery, increasing investment in critical infrastructure and driving economic growth. Over half of the €204 million Revenue Budget will be invested in housing, road, infrastructure and water services in 2026.

Clare County Council and Kilrush Town Team are inviting the public to have their say on the future development of Kilrush town.

Creativity will shine in the lead up to Christmas this year, as Clare Museum hold four Christmas card-making workshops for children and teens in the run up to Christmas.

Clare-based artist Edelle Costelloe will host an art exhibition in memory of her late son Dylan while also raising awareness of charities and causes close to his heart. “Brushstrokes for Dylan” will take place at the De Valera Library, Ennis from Friday, November 28 to Friday, December 19, 2025.

Clare County Council has today (Tuesday, November 11, 2025) announced the launch of a Streetscape Enhancement Scheme for Ennis in the aftermath of the Public Realm Works.

The walking trail at the Bridges of Ross is a step closer as Clare County Council has been awarded funding of €108,000 in the latest measures of the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS).

County Clare has celebrated a fourth year in a row of success at the annual IPB Pride of Place Awards, held on November 7 at the Strand Hotel in Limerick.

Clare Museum will be hosting a temporary vintage Christmas cards exhibition for the 2025 Christmas season. The exhibition will run from Tuesday, December 2, 2025, to Saturday, January 3, 2026, inclusive.

Clare County Council’s Arts Office, in conjunction with Cultúrlann Sweeney Library Gallery, present ‘Mary, Mary’, an exhibition by Mary Musgrove.

The new season of Clare Museum’s Lecture Series continues on Wednesday, November 12 at 7.30pm. Marie Bourke will give a talk entitled ‘William Mulready 1786-1863, Master of the Ordinary, painter of subject pictures, landscape and informal portraits’.