Gordon Deegan

Gordon Deegan

Gordon Deegan is a freelance journalist based in Co Clare. He has been contributing news stories from the Midwest to The Irish Times for a number of years. He also contributes stories on business and health topics.

A woman toda y presented herself at Ennis Garda Station to tell gardaí that she drove over a body lying on a road in a residential area of Ennis on Wednesday night.
Woman presents herself over Ennis hit and run

Gardaí investigate after body of man found on Co Clare road last night

The late Josef Pavelka. Photograph: Eamon Ward
Ennis burial for Josef Pavelka after repatriation efforts fail

HSE to pay funeral expenses

The drop in operating profits was attributed to a reduced number of Munster games at the stadium last year. Photograph: Inpho
Thomond feels the pinch from fewer Munster matches

Operating profits at Thomond Park Stadium Company Ltd almost halved last year to €354,000 from €612,000 in 2011

Herbel Restaurants operates 18 KFC outlets across Ireland. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA Wire
KFC operator returned to profit in 2011

Herbel Restaurants (Ireland) recorded losses in previous two years

Josef Pavelka: “a wonderful man and a gentle and a loving man”
Vigil for Josef Pavelka

Priest tells mourners to remember ‘a real legend of a man’

Josef Pavelka
Judge criticises lack of care for man who died in Ennis

Nobody can be proud of the life Josef Pavelka had in lreland, court told

Peter Baram, in Ennis, Co Clare, following the death of his friend Josef Pavalka. “He is my best friend and he is gone,” he said. “We were together every day from 7am until 10 at night. We never argued. I miss him very much.” Photograph: Eamon Ward
Ennis death ‘could have been avoided’

Homeless man could have been saved with more ‘hands-on’ response, says charity

Josef Pavelka (left) and Piotr Baram in the public toilet in the market area of Ennis that served as a makeshift home. Photograph: Eamon Ward
Man who lived in public toilet in Ennis found dead

Czech national was one of two homeless men whose plight was highlighted recently

Castleknock Golf Club lost €137,027 in the 12 months to April last year, a substantial improvement on the €355,957 loss reported by the club in 2011. Photograph: Moya Nolan
Monarch group loses €2.95m across seven businesses

Castleknock Golf Club trims its loss by more than 60%

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