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58 The Hawthorns, is a beautifully presented three-bedroom (three bathroom) end property, overlooking a large and well-maintained green area, located just off the Limerick Road, close to the bypass.

On the books with Costelloe Estate Agents, this property is priced to sell at €199,500.

The selling agent said, “It is in walk-in condition and occupies a private site with a lovely south-fac- ing rear garden, with two patio areas which are sun traps in the afternoon and evening.”

This family home offers high standard finishes, including a mix of timber, carpet and tiled flooring,

a quality fitted kitchen, utility and wardrobe units and partially tiled bathrooms.

The spacious accommodation ex- tends to 110.5 sq. metres. (1,090 sq. ft.) and comprises an entrance hall, living room, kitchen/dining room, utility and guest WC – all on the ground floor.

Upstairs, the large master bedroom runs the width of the house and fea- tures extensive built-in wardrobes and a large en-suite, with a further two bedrooms and the family bath- room also on this level.

The property is being sold with in- tegrated electrics, curtains and light fittings and a garden shed.

Councillors say goodbyes

DNG O’Sullivan Hurley has put the stunning show house at the Gort Na Coulle development at Ballynote, Kilrush, on the market priced at €250,000.

Also available in this very attrac- tive, low-density development of only eight houses is a detached prop- erty priced at €239,000 and a semi- detached, priced at €210,000.

The showhouse offers particularly good value for money as it has been fully finished to a very high standard and is very tastefully decorated.

Built by ANC Construction Devel- opments, Gort Na Coille comprises four detached and four semi detached houses located on the Kilimer Road within easy reach of Kilrush town and all local amenities.

The area is renowned for sport and leisure facilities, including a superb yacht marina in the town, golf cours- es, fishing and the wonderful Vanda- leur Gardens, which are within stroll- ing distance of this development.

The internal accommodation in these houses is particularly spacious, with well-proportioned rooms, mak- ing them ideal family homes. The detached house extends to 1800 sq. ft. of floor space.

Features include a cut roof with Stairs access to the attic space, which

also has a Velux window. The houses are painted externally, while inside the ceilings are painted. There are timber, oak veneered internal doors and architraves, while the stairs is made from red deal.

Other finishes include a tarmac drive, PVC double glazed windows, and the gardens are top soiled and

raked. The developers are also offer- ing generous PC sums for the kitchen and reception room fireplace.

For further information contact DNG O’Sullivan Hurley on: 065 68 40200.

Clare still flying the Blue Flags

CLARE County Enterprise Board has congratulated St. Anne’s Com- munity College, Killaloe who was the overall Clare winner in the Small Business Game competition designed for secondary schools.

St Anne’s Community College had 10 students ranking in the top 20 highest scores on the national leader board of a new flash-based online ed- ucational game where students learn how to run a sports retail store based on retailing football club merchan- dise. This was a fantastic achieve- ment for the students of St. Anne’s and the endeavours and encourage- ment of Ms. Kathleen Egan, Busi- ness Teacher who encouraged and helped the students, certainly paid dividends

St. Anne’s College won a complete set of sports jerseys and socks spon- sored by Clare County Enterprise Board for their remarkable achieve- ment. John Floyd who is a transition year student in St. Anne’s also won the overall individual prize of a top of the range laptop and printer also sponsored by Clare Co. Enterprise Board.

While John was the top scorer in Clare, he also achieved the honour

of attaining the highest score of the business game nationally, beating off strong competition from hundred of players from numerous second level schools all over Ireland.

In the process of playing the busi- ness game, students experience the start-up and management of a busi- ness, learning both from their mis- takes and from their successes. It can be used in class as a fun, interac- tive way to learn about a variety of

concepts from across the school cur- ueeleueee

For further information log on to www.businessgame.ie or contact Clare Co. Enterprise Board on 065- 6841922.

“ROCKET man” Johnny Flynn soared to new heights in Ennis East just hours after he topped the poll at the Ennis Town Council Election.

And the newly elected county councillor had just one more impor- tant appointment to make minutes after he was deemed elected — a long promised trip to the Elton John con- cert with his wife of 20 years Cath- ub alee

“We had booked the tickets last October for our 20h anniversary. The first record I ever bought was

THE sixth annual Tour de Burren cycle takes place on Saturday June 20 with a large number of cyclists expected to take part. Last year, over 130 cyclists took part in the challenge and it’s expected that even more will take part in this year’s event.

There are three routes planned with a 160km, 60km and 10km trips all lined up. Registration can be done online and the entry fee is €30.

The 160 km Burnin Burren spin starts at the Sea Front in Bally-

vaughan at 9.30am sharp and takes cyclists out of Ballyvaughan on the Galway road, veering left at Bell- harbour, up Ballaghtdine, up Corker Hill, and on through Carron Village. Taking a right turn at Sheisamor Cross, back towards Ballyvaughan, at the cross a left turn and on towards the Corkscrew Hill – a grade 2 King of the Mountains climb on the FBD Ras.

Next comes Lisdoonvarna, where there is a food stop in the new Pa- vilion Theatre. Cyclists then head for Kilfenora, on to Corofin, En-

nistymon, Lahinch, Liscannor, up by Cliffs of Moher, another grade 2 King of the Mountains Hill. There is a descent into Doolin – food stop at Doolin Community Centre – then on to Ballinalacken, and home via Fanore and Black Head to Bally- vaughan.

James Breen’s second coming,

“This one is for Michael Mahoney”

“HE might go for Dail Eireann yet,” mused one Fine Gael supporter in the West County Hotel on Saturday afternoon. “With a vote like that in Killaloe he deserves his shot at it,” said another member of the consid- erable Fine Gael crew that had gath- ered around Cooney.

And, there were no dissenting voic- es, especially when the tallies turned into official votes and saw Cooney hoover up an amazing tally of 2780 first preferences — the figure was the stuff of Clare electoral history.

“I’m told it’s the highest vote ever in Clare,” reflected an elated Cooney after being declared elected with a surplus of 1154. “I never in my wild- est dreams expected to get such a vote, but all I can say is that I’m truly honoured that the people of this Kil- laloe electoral area put such faith in my by giving me such a vote. It’s a proud day for to be elected with such a huge vote.”

All that after Cllr Cooney was wor- ried about how the cards would fall in what is a new electoral area fol- lowing the merger of the old Killaloe and East Clare areas into a new super constituency in which there were six seats up for grabs.

“A big portion of my parish in Kil- kishen went into the Shannon area as did Kilmurry where I polled very well in 2004. I was worried once Kil- kishen was gone out of my area, but I worked hard over the last five years and I think the people supported me in a big way for the work that I did.

“In a way it was crazy they way they changed the electoral area. I

started canvassing back in March for this election, but I didn’t canvass all the area. I didn’t go into Clonlara, Shanonbanks or Westbury, there were Other candidates down there.

‘However, in the other parts of the constituency, if I’m really honest I started canvassing them five years ago when I started working for peo- ple in my area. I also worked for peo- ple outside my area. As a councillor, if I could help them, I would.”

The work done was reflected in his

record breaking vote, while one tally from the ballot boxes that came out of Ogonnelle really hammered home his remarkable showing. In 2004 he got 27 votes in Ogonnelloe, five years on the tallies showed him get- Wb OTearL a Roe

With such a ringing endorsement, it was no wonder that a party at- mosphere was building around Cllr Cooney from early Saturday after- noon, but all the while he was think- ing his next council term.

“IT want to do something for this people and the work starts now with being elected to represent the people of the Killaloe electoral area for the next five years.”

Cllr Cooney didn’t mention a shot at Dail Eireann — he left that to oth- ace