St. Anne’s Community College in Killaloe are preparing their version of a legendary musical, which can be seen next week.

They will perform The Sound of Music from the 12th-15th of March.

To learn more about this, Alan Morrissey was joined by cast members, Leah Walsh and Seamus Quinn.

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It's claimed Clare's not getting bang for its buck on active travel projects due to a "frustrating" overspend on consultants. New figures obtained by Clare FM show the council has spent €2.4M on outside expertise to help design for greenways, pedestrian crossings and cycle lanes in the past five years, with over €1m alone going to the West Clare Greenway. This is despite €550,000 been allocated in government grants to Clare County Council's internal active travel office in the last two years. Inagh-based Deputy Leader of the Green Party Roisín Garvey has been telling Clare FM's Daragh Dolan she believes the process could be much more efficient.

The question on the lips of Sixmilebridge is who won the jackpot.

It's after a lucky punter scooped €500,000 on a Euromillions ticket purchased at Crowe's Gala.

Clare FM's Daragh Dolan visited the store yesterday to capture the excitement and first asked local legend Jerry Lyons how he would spend the winnings.

The Mayor of Ennis is hailing the approval of Lidl's €20m project at Toberteascáin as a major win for the town. It's after the German supermarket giant overcame an appeal stalling its plans for a new store, 20 apartments, playground, café and two retail units on the Clare Road junction, which is expected to create 30 permanent jobs. The Retail Grocery Dairy Allied Trades Association objected to the development, citing concerns for the survival of shops in the town. But Cathaoirleach of the Ennis Municipal District Councillor Clare Colleran-Molloy believes it's needed for the growing population.

The Government has given the green light to a plan to develop a State-led liquified natural gas terminal.

The plan was brought before a meeting of the Cabinet by Minister for Transport, Environment, Climate and Energy, Darragh O'Brien on Wednesday.

Minister for Transport, Environment, Climate and Energy, Darragh O'Brien brought the plan before a meeting of the Cabinet this morning.

The floating facility, which would be located at a coastal location, would serve Ireland’s emergency gas reserve.

The news is being welcomed by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Healy Rae, who feels the decision has opened the door to progress the long-term Shannon Estuary project.

However, liquified natural gas is a controversial form of gas, and many have expressed environmental and ecological concerns and concerns over an LNG terminal being located at the Shannon Estuary, were it to be located there.

To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, TD Michael Healy Rae, and lecturer at University of Galway, Dr Sinéad Sheehan.

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Ennis Players Club are gearing up for their latest production.

They will be performing The Cemetery Club, written by Ivan Menchell.

Glór is the venue for the performances, which will run from the 16th-19th of March.

To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by PRO and Director of the show, Bernie Harten and two of the cast members, Maeve Plunkett and Mick Loughnane.

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This weekend’s park run in Lees Road will be a very significant one.

It will mark the 10th anniversary of the weekly 5k community event.

To find out more about the history of the Lees Road park run and this Saturday’s event, Alan Morrissey was joined by Event director for Parkrun in Lees, Ger Donoghue.

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A new survey suggests Clare people are broadly in favour of tax breaks for developers in order to boost rental housing supply. Myhome.ie's report which has just been published consulted over 1,800 people nationwide and found that 88% believe there hasn't been enough action on vacant housing, while 46% want Rent Pressure Zones to be abolished. The Ennis and Shannon Electoral Areas are both Rent Pressure Zones, meaning a tenant's bill cannot be increased by more than 2% in a year. Managing Director of MyHome.ie Joanne Geary says the Government needs to take the public mood into account.

Preparations are continuing around Clare for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parades.

To check in to see what lies in store for a host of the parades, Alan Morrissey was joined by multiple guests:

Rita McInerney from Doonbeg,

Arlene White from Ballina/Killaloe

John Saunders from Kilkee

Sharon Donnelly from Lisdoonvarna

Micheál Healy from Miltown Malbay

Anne Pilkington from Fanore

Patsy McDermot from Doolin

Rebecca Brew from Kilrush

Johnny Richardson from Ennistymon

Kate O'Sullivan from Scarriff/Tuamgraney

Claire Coughlan from Newmarket On Fergus.

Deirdre Duff from Tulla

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Students from Coláiste Muire, Ennis, are getting ready to compete in the F1 in Schools Ireland competition.

This will be the second year-in-a-row the students from the school will take part in the prestigious event.

The all-female team from Coláiste Muire is called ‘Go Tapa Racing Team’.

To find more about this, Alan Morrissey was joined by two members of the team, Eimear O'Neill and Megan Harding.

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