The phased introduction of a new management structure for all acute hospitals in the Mid-West, including Ennis Hospital, started on Monday.

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WE have all heard the emigration stories of young people leaving their families for more affluent countries like Australia, Canada, and the UK in search of a better life. Rarely do you come across someone to up sticks, family in tow, for the Middle East but that is just what Scariff man, Nick Grisewood, did this time last year.

A FINANCIAL assessment on the viability of reopening the Woodstock Hotel, Ennis, which closed with the loss of 60 jobs recently, is being undertaken by the newly appointed receiver.

ORGANISERS are expecting approximately 600 walkers and runners for this Sunday’s 15th West Clare Mini-Marathon, which raises money for cancer care in the region.

A KINVARA boy, who gained countrywide admiration when he wrote, illustrated and published his first book, returns to the national stage this week when he appears on Ear to the Ground.

KILKEE native Fr John Glynn will feature on Lifers, an RTÉ 1 television documentary at 10.15pm on Tuesday. He is one of a number of Irish missionaries who will appear in the production.  

COUNCILLOR Cathal Crowe engaged in a verbal spat with Housing Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan at the official takeover ceremony for the Westbury Housing Estate on Monday.