Over 650 Clare homes have been fitted with free fire alarms in the last two years under the Community Smoke Alarm Scheme.
The scheme is designed to provide 10-year battery operated smoke alarms to vulnerable homes in the County that do not currently have them.
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The Clare County Enterprise Board say 657 alarms have been fitted since 2010, at a cost of almost 18,000 euro, and that four respond housing estates in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Shannon and Ennis are among the latest beneficieries.
Mayor of Clare Councillor Pat Hayes says the scheme also aims to raise awareness of the importance of fire safety
