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Jun 6 2024
VOTE NO. 1
TONY
MULCAHY
SHANNON MUNICIPAL DISTRICT
FINE GAEL Continue your preference for Cllr. John Crowe and Val Gillane
holiday LITTLE HEROES Bank road fatalities investigated by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
l Children from Mother Goose Creche taking part in Barnardos Big Toddle at Clarisford Park, Killaloe
Photo by Brian Arthur
INVESTIGATIONS continue following two tragic fatalities which occurred on Clare roads over the Junk Bank Holiday weekend. An Garda Síochána have confirmed that investigations are ongoing following the deaths which occurred in Cratloe and Ennis on Saturday and Monday. So far this year, 81 people have died on Irish roads, the figure was 74 for the same period in 2023. At approximately 4am on Saturday morning, Gardaí and emergency services were notified that a collision had taken place on the N18 involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at Portdrine in
Cratloe. Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward. Shortly after 12:40pm on Monday, Gardaí and emergency services were called to the N85 in Ennis after a car was reported to have struck a barrier on the route. Aged in his forties, the driver of the vehicle was found unconscious, he was rushed to University Hospital Limerick (UHL) where he was later pronounced dead.
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