The Western Development Commission (WDC) has recently launched MyCreativeEdge – The Creative Showcase for Europe’s Northern Edge’, a new website showcasing the creative work of businesses, freelancers and jobseekers from the West of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Sweden and Finland.

East Clare resident and boat enthusiast Nicki Griffin will launch a craft of a different kind next week when she launches her first book documenting 10 years on Irish waters.

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Ennis resident and Rwandan native André Hakizimana, an economics masters graduate, has recently launched a new book charting a different take on Ireland’s economic downturn and what he feels can turn it around.

In May 2013 the county Architectural Conservation Officer, Risteard UaCróinín recently discovered the remains of a 16th century tower house across the river from the Rowan Tree Hostel, while surveying the area of phase two of the Ennis Flood Relief Scheme.

A major step towards creating a single Sustainable Energy Strategy for the Mid-West took place at the weekend when senior public sector personnel from the region and beyond participated in a workshop at the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) campus in Thurles.