Clare

9°CClear

• Today: 15° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:59

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

26 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

• Cheapest petrol: 155.7p · Asda (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (8.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: Downshire Place (5.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 15
• DUP 13
• Alli 4
• UUP 5
• SDLP 1
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £21,550 avg

e.g. Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time, Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Clare – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,033 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Upper Bann:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s356 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership251 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office142 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test125 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth110 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Whitefield College of the Bible · 0.5 km

  Whitefield College of the Bible is an independent theological college located in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is operated by the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. The college currently holds lectures…

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  Tullylish · 1.3 km

  Tullylish is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits on the River Bann, along the main road between the towns of Banbridge and Portadown. In the 2001 census it had a popula…

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  Laurencetown railway station · 1.6 km

  Laurencetown railway station was on the Banbridge Junction Railway which ran from Scarva to Banbridge in Northern Ireland.

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  Lawrencetown, County Down · 1.7 km

  Laurencetown or Lawrencetown is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits on the River Bann, along the main road between the towns of Banbridge and Portadown. It is within the parish of Tullylish and c…

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  Gilford, County Down · 2.0 km

  Gilford is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village sits on the River Bann between the towns of Banbridge, Tandragee and Portadown. It covers the townlands of Loughans, Ballymacanallen and Drumaran. It…

• The Oriel · 2.1 km

  The Oriel was a restaurant in Gilford, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in both 2004 and 2005.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)