INVESTMENT is urgently needed to deal with chronic staffing shortages in the Clare Mental Health Service, according to a nursing union.

A PROPOSAL to exempt from the development contribution scheme property of Shannon Airport Authority and lands in the Shannon Estuary for the development of marine-related industry has been backed by members of Clare County Council.

Ennis-based solicitor John Shaw been named senior vice-president of the Law Society of Ireland.

PEOPLE living just inside Clare’s border with Limerick aren’t entitled to a waiver on payment for bin collection, despite the fact that it’s available to their neighbours on the other side of the divide.

Clare Person of the Year, Ann Norton and the Clare International person of the year, Doonbeg man PJ Harvey, will be honoured by the Clare Association in Dublin in a couple of weeks.

A local charity providing free therapy for children with special needs scooped the Social Enterprise Award at the Munster provincial final of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards.

There is growing confidence in the tourism sector, with over half of operators polled in a special Clare Tourism Forum survey confident that the industry had turned the corner.

Labour TD Michael McNamara has invited members of the fishing community along the Clare coast to a meeting in the Russell Community Centre in Doolin this Friday at 7pm.