FOLLOWING consultation with local businesses and the gardaí, SkyCourt Shannon is attempting to eliminate what it calls “a new phenomenon of unruly behaviour by a small minority of disruptive teenagers, which has been creeping into the shopping centre since early new year”.

Sam Fleming was 20 when he fell off his bicycle, hitting his head on the road. He was not wearing a helmet. Today, as a result of his fall and brain injury Sam is confined to a wheelchair and suffers from a variety of personality changes and disorders.

PLANNING permission is being sought to develop a new school building for the pupils of Raheen Wood Steiner School providing a permanent four-classroom structure on site in Tuamgraney.

AN iconic 4ft high rock, which has been used as a diving platform by generations of swimmers in Cappa, Kilrush has disappeared. The fate of The Rock, as it is known, was discussed at a recent meeting of Kilrush Town Council.

SINGLE West Clare women can barely contain their excitement as Sunday, March 31 approaches. That evening, the Armada Hotel in Spanish Point will host Take Me Out West Clare Style. Some of the 12 men seeking a date are believed to be Clare football panellists, while county goalkeeper Joe Hayes has been lined up as master of ceremonies.

AS we approach the centenaries of the Easter Rising and War of Independence, there is growing public interest in the period of the Irish Revolution of 1913-1923.

A CLARE man is among those behind plans for a new national awareness campaign aimed at creating a sustainable culture of giving in Ireland. Plans are underway for a National Giving Campaign on the back of new research published by the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising.

BERNARDO O Higgins is known as the Liberator of Chile and the man who led the country to independence from Spain but, strangely, his father had been Spanish Governor of Chile and one of the most important Spanish officials in the New World.