Experts from the worlds of science, business, politics and culture will be in Ballyvaughan later this month. The Climate Gathering will bring together 30 leading thinkers on climate issues including Professor Daniel Schrag, from the board of scientific advisors to President Obama; Peter Vis, head of cabinet to the European Climate Commissioner; John Ashton, UK climate ambassador from 2002-2012; Marie-Hélène Aubert, advisor to the French President; Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, head of the Potsdam Institute; John Weaver, political consultant and former chief political adviser to Senator John McCain and former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson.

A SOLUTION to the closure of Broadford Garda Station has been formalised following a meeting of the Broadford and O’Callaghan’s Mills community alert groups, which will see two weekly garda clinics operate in the village.

A planning application to demolish an old farmhouse in O’Callaghan’s Mills that predates 1839 has been refused by Clare County Council on the grounds that the demolition is “unwarranted”.

CALLS for An Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Environment Phil Hogan to launch the Ennis 2020 Hub Town Framework have been rejected by Ennis councillors. Instead they will be invited to attend the event which is set to take place later this month.

HSE attempts to save money by letting seven young Clare-based psychiatric nurses go will actually see the public body incur massive additional costs through hiring agency staff, according to Denis Meehan of the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA).

  Waterford 1-9   Clare 0-11 TWELVE months after beating Waterford by eight points in the opening round of the league, Clare meekly handed the same county both points in Miltown Malbay last Sunday. Leading 0-8 to 0-5 a minute into the second half and playing with a helpful wind at their back, it seemed inevitable that Clare would win emphatically. Instead, Waterford completely outworked the home county, ruled midfield, were significantly hungrier when competing for breaking ball and had leaders where Clare had none. After Shane McGrath kicked Clare three points up in the early seconds of the second period, they only managed to tag on three points in the closing 34 minutes. Some of their shooting from open play was extremely poor, with McGrath, Cathal O’Connor, David Tubridy, Mark McCarthy and substitute Ger Quinlan clocking up Clare’s seven second-half wides. Clare started with Lissycasey’s Niall Kelly replacing Ian McInerney from the selected team. Early in the game, Kelly was …

Corbally man James Murphy was elated to return from the Special Olympics World Winter Games on Wednesday with a little additional hand luggage.

Clare 0-20   Cork 2-11 Clare will contest the final of the Waterford Crystal Senior Hurling Tournament for the second successive year following their three-point win over Cork at Sixmilebridge on Friday night.