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Clare County Council has adopted its revenue budget for 2021.

As the Christmas 2020 season gets underway, Ennis Municipal District is delighted to welcome people into Ennis Town Centre, where free parking, pedestrian friendly streets and an abundance of traditional Yuletide cheer will put a pep in the step of Christmas shoppers.

Clare Youth Action was awarded a major prize at the all-Ireland Pride of Place awards on Saturday, 21st November.

Sports clubs in Clare will receive €70,276.38 under the latest round of funding announced by Sport Ireland. The funding will be distributed in Clare by Clare Sports Partnership.

Communities across the island of Ireland will be celebrated in the virtual 2020 IPB Insurance Pride of Place awards on Saturday, 21st November.

The Mayor of Clare, Cllr Mary Howard, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, of over €261,000 in funding under the 2020 CLÁR programme for seven projects in County Clare.

Cratloe volunteer Mary Slattery has been named the 2020 winner of the Clare Older People’s Volunteer of the Year Award.

An archaeological excavation of a Famine-era house has revealed fragments of a 19th century ankle boot, which provides links to an old folk tradition. The excavation was undertaken as part of the Creative Ireland Programme, a national culture-based programme designed to promote individual, community and national wellbeing.

The naming of the Burren Ecotourism Network in Lonely Planet’s ‘Best in Travel 2021’ award scheme has been welcomed by Clare County Council.

The Government has launched the ‘Be Winter Ready’ 2020-2021 information campaign.