THE Government has granted a foreshore licence to a wave energy developer for site investigation works along the West Clare coast.

THE South Galway-East Clare connections of Micky’s Scolari and Feed Me Cherrys had plenty to cheer about at the Galway Greyhound Racing Stadium last weekend. So too had the Cummins family from Newmarket-on-Fergus who celebrated a double on Thursday night. The final of the Deal of the Month A4 525 was the feature contest of an 11 race card on Thursday night and after an even break, Micky’s Scolari in trap two and trained near Gort by Maurice Mullaney had just nosed in front as they made their way to the opening bend. However, by the time they turned down the back, the son of Scolari Me Daddy-Sporty Woman had gone on by a few lengths from the second placed Lughhill Amber in trap four. When they turned for home, the leader started losing ground but he had enough in reserve to hold off Lughhill Amber to win the final by a length and a quarter in 29.14 for owners, …

WHILE Shannon Airport’s assets were valued at €105.5 million when granted separation from the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), the airports had a turbulent 2012, with the lucrative US military transits through Shannon down by a whopping 53%.

TWO of Clare’s Oireachtas members have received abusive correspondence from pro-choice and pro-life campaigners about proposed abortion legislation, it emerged this week.

WHITE-tailed sea eagles nesting on Bushy Island in Lough Derg have hatched a chick, the first hatched in the wild in Ireland in more than 100 years.

A FORMER Fianna Fáil county councillor has expressed his delight that “a long six months of torture” has ended but said questions remain to be answered after a complaint of plagiarism was made against him relating to his masters’ thesis, four years after he graduated.

Sixmilebridge Co-Operative Mart has recorded profits of €101,981 in its full year of trading, despite being culled as a loss-making mart by previous owners Golden Vale Marts in 2009.