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Kilkee mother in bid to save her 10 year old son

A Kilkee mother living in New Zealand whose ten-year-old son is severely cognitively impaired following a flu infection, has appealed to the community in County Clare for financial help to bring him home from rehab. Laura Devine-Giles’ ten-year-old son, Tadhg has inflammation in his brain, a condition known as encephalitis following an influenza A infection late last September. At the time, he was rushed to ICU and then the children’s ward at Christchurch Hospital before being transferred to Auckland in November. Prior to becoming ill, Tadhg was a very chatty boy who loved playing rugby, singing in a choir and doing all the normal activities a child does in New Zealand. He was also the captain of his school’s kapa haka team. An intelligent boy, he is a self-described “maths genius” and even has his own YouTube channel. Today, Tadhg no longer speaks and is cognitively impaired. The brain injury he suffered has left him with memory loss, psychosis, catatonic …

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Thomas Lorigan found guilty of murder of John O’Neill in Lisdoonvarna

A Central Criminal Court jury has this morning unanimously found a nephew guilty of murdering his 78-year-old uncle by stamping him to death while wearing steel-capped boots. The jury agreed with the prosecution case that Thomas Lorigan was the man who was caught on CCTV delivering calculated, “well-aimed” kicks as widower John O’Neill lay helplessly on the ground outside his home in Lisdoonvarna in Co Clare. A garda witness told the jury that the pensioner had been severely beaten to the point where he was “unrecognisable”. There was no known motive for the murder but State prosecutors submitted the fact that there was no cash robbery and that family photos were found smashed suggested the killing was “something personal”. Thomas Lorigan (34), of no fixed abode, had pleaded not guilty to murdering John O’Neill (78) at St Brendan’s Road, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare on a date unknown between January 6 and 7, 2022. The Central Criminal Court trial heard that Lorigan …

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What you need to know about getting a mortgage

To get a mortgage in Ireland, you will generally need to follow these steps: decide if you want to use a broker to explore your options, choose a bank with a mortgage that suits your needs, hand over the paperwork requested and get an offer in principle, find a property within your budget, and agree a purchase price with the seller and choose a local solicitor who will help with the legal aspects of the purchase. Like most things in life the ‘devil is in the detail’ – so we would strongly recommend you consider using a mortgage broker who can hold your hand through the process, not to mind the volume of paperwork required. Today we would like to cover some of the main Support Schemes available to home buyers? The First Home Scheme Ireland 2024 is a First Buyers Grant that works as an equity scheme, while the Help to Buy Scheme is a tax refund scheme. It …

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AAG to develop staff accommodation in Sixmilebridge

  SHANNON company Atlantic Aviation Group has announced it will be developing accommodation for its staff at the former Jamaica Inn in Sixmilebridge. Rental accommodation for the company’s workers will be provided in what will be a purpose-built co-living development, and AAG has it has taken the step ” in response to the difficulties its workers have had in finding housing in the region.” A subsidiary of  AAG  purchased the property and it will be repurposed as staff accommodation with the company saying it is “to give newly hired employees a chance to settle into their new roles without the immediate headache of finding a home”. The development will have approximately 36 en-suite bedrooms for the staff, with shared relaxation areas, living rooms, communal kitchens and garden areas. AAG now employs more than 750 people, but says it has found it difficult to recruit staff due to the lack of accommodation in the area. It expects the new development will …

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Funding Programme Opens For Clare Communities

A SERIES of walk-in clinics to support communities in preparing their applications for schemes that are presently open, including the Local Area Grant Scheme 2024, are taking place across Clare this week. Community, group and club representatives will be able to discuss their projects with the local authority’s four Rural and Community Development Officers, namely Grainne McCormack (Shannon), Seamus Murrihy (West Clare), Niamh Wiley (North Clare & Ennis) and Darren Carroll (Killaloe). The events take place at: at Doonbeg Community Centre (10am-1pm) and Miltown Malbay Community Centre (2pm-5pm) on Tuesday, January 30; Clarecare, Killaloe (10am-1pm) and Killaloe Municipal District Office, Scariff (2pm-5pm) on Wednesday, January 31; and at Treacy’s Oakwood Arms, Shannon (10am-1pm), The Bridge Complex, Sixmilebridge (2pm-4pm) and Áras Contae an Chláir, Ennis (4.30pm-7pm) on Thursday, February 1. Earlier this week, events were also held at Teach Ceoil Corofin and An Teach Ceoil, Ennistymon. Anne Haugh, Director of Rural and Community Development with Clare County Council commented, “Our four Rural …

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Shannon Direct Provision centre not going ahead

ALMOST exactly a year after the first protests against it, the Government has announced that will not proceed with development of accommodation for International Protection Applicants at Unit 153 in the Shannon Business Park. The decision was confirmed to Clare TD McNamara this afternoon by Joe O’Brien TD, Minister of State for Integration today. With numerous protests against the accommodation of refugees in various parts of the country, there is likely to be significant relief in Shannon that a potentially serious flashpoint has been avoided. In January of last year a public meeting about the use in the Town Park was attended by about 200 people, amid significant tension between those of opposing viewpoints. While there were some in favour of the development, a majority were not with claims that Shannon’s resources were already strained, particularly with the arrival of a large number of refugees to the town in 2022. There were also claims that housing people in an industrial …

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Water outages in North and East Clare

Hundreds of household across North and East Clare are still without water following separate incidents this week. Clare’s water infrastructure has taken a battering in recent days with a number of issues reported across the county in the wake of Storms Isha and Jocelyn. Uisce Éireann have reported disruption to customers supplied by O’Briensbridge Water Treatment Plant in East Clare and the Ballymacraven Water Treatment Plant in North Clare, both as a result of burst water mains. Meanwhile, the service in the Miltown and Quilty area of West Clare should be back to normal today following an issue at Old Doolough Water Treatment Plant. Uisce Éireann says that dedicated water service crews are carrying out repairs to restore normal water supply as quickly as possible to customers in O’Briensbridge, Montpellier, Bridgetown and surrounding areas as well as to customers in Kilfenora, Lisdoonvarna, Fanore, Doolin and Ballyvaughan. Homes in these areas may experience low water pressure or full water outages until …

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Drug seizure at Shannon Airport

ON Tuesday as a result of risk profiling, Revenue officers based at Shannon Airport seized 1 kg of herbal cannabis. The illicit drugs, with an estimated value of €20,000, were discovered in parcels originating from the USA and were destined for an address in Co. Cork.   Separately, on Sunday (21/04/2024), as a result of an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers based at Shannon Airport seized 26,000 cigarettes during a search of a ship at Foynes Port, Co. Limerick. The cigarettes, branded ‘L & M’, have a retail value of €20,000 and represent a potential loss to the Exchequer of over €16,000. Investigations into the seizures are ongoing.These seizures are part of Revenue’s ongoing work targeting smuggling and shadow economy activity. If businesses, or members of the public have any information, they can contact Revenue in confidence on 1800 295 295.  

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