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.

Parent fined €750 for assaulting school principal

Judge says ‘a septic atmosphere’ exists in rural west Clare community

Josef Pavelka: removal service in Ennis
Josef Pavelka ‘remembered with love’, says Ennis priest

Funeral mass of Polish man who died in laneway to take place today

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

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