Claire Nugent at the Clare 250 Cancer Centre. Photograph by John Kelly
Backroom stalwart crosses Clare 250 finish line
May 16, 2021
Leading light of the Clare 250 Cycle Claire Nugent tells Fiona McGarry about the epic work in running the event
THE Clare 250 Cycle is known the length and breadth of the county and has involved hundreds of participants from every town, village and townland since it first took to the road in 1980.
The event has been the vital fundraiser for the Clare 250 Lourdes Pilgrimage, whereby cyclists have nominated cancer patients in their own communities and undertaken the challenge of raising funds for them to travel.
FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD
Today, ASCENSION Sunday, we commemorate the end of the Lord’s public ministry in this world. “Mission accomplished,” Jesus would say. It does not mean that he is no longer with us or went into “retirement.” The evangelist Matthew writes Jesus’ declaration: “I am with you always until the end of the world.”
Jesus has gone up to heaven but, in another sense, he is still with us in the celebration of the Holy Mass.
FINAL DESTINATION. Our Lord’s Ascension teaches us that our final destination is not in this world but in the next life. Moreover, the Lord said there will be surprises: “There are those who are first now will be last and those last now who will be first” (Mk 10,31).
Gov. Andrew Cuomo. | Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP
In New York, an impeachable offense is whatever the Legislature wants it to be
ALBANY While the U.S. Constitution says that an impeachable offense involves “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,” there’s no such definition in New York s constitution.
So, then, what is an impeachable offense in the Empire State? Debate on that question has usually been limited to wonky discussions in law journals and forgotten legislative hearings. But there’s a decent chance that it could soon become the only question that matters in state politics.
A company owned by bankrupt developer Seán Dunneâs son John Dunne is liable for â¬1.4 million in stamp duty on the 2013 sale of what was once the countryâs most expensive house, the High Court has ruled.
The company had argued it was liable for only â¬270,000 on the sale of Walford on Shrewsbury Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, which was bought in 2005 for â¬57 million in trust by Seán Dunne for his now ex-wife Gayle Killilea.
In 2013, while it was still held in that trust, Matsack Nominees, it was sold for â¬14 million to Yesreb Holding, a Cypriot company owned by John Dunne and held for the benefit of John and his three siblings. It was later sold for â¬14.25 million to another trust, Celtic Trustees, which was set up by financier Dermot Desmond for the benefit of his children.