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Leo aiming to Champion business

THE Clare Champion has appointed Leo O’Connor as its new Business Development Manager. The Limerick native is soon to become a regular sight on the highroads and byroads of Clare and beyond, meeting with the newspaper’s many customers and cultivating even more business relationships. Leo, from the Ballysimon Road in Limerick, has a strong sales background. He worked with Seiko watches in Dublin, before moving into the field of media. He has previously worked with Live 95FM in Limerick, as well as The Limerick Leader. He is also well-known in GAA circles. He is the current manager of the Limerick minor hurling team and he previously played hurling and football with Limerick. “I am delighted to be joining the team at The Clare Champion and I look forward to this new challenge. I have always been on the road as a rep and I will be out and about all over Clare, Limerick and the surrounding areas. No matter where …

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Homelessness affects over 300

FIGURES released this week show 304 people were homeless in Clare in 2012. The most startling revelation is that Clare had the highest figure per capita in the Mid-West (244) in terms of children affected by homelessness. The remainder of those affected were mostly aged in their 20s. While Limerick City had more than twice the number of homeless people at 608, just 259 children in the city were directly affected by homelessness. North Tipperary had 217 people on the homeless list, of which 74 were children. Speaking to The Clare Champion, Jackie Bonfield, manager of the Mid-West Simon Community branch in Limerick, said she was shocked at the Clare homeless statistics for children. “Clare had the biggest number of children presenting as dependents. That is very scary. It means that the children are the biggest sufferers in the area from homelessness,” she said. In 2012, there were 160 homeless women in Clare and 144 men. The reasons leading to …

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