Tony O’Reilly’s achievements as a businessman are well documented.

The appointment of Father Brendan Leahy as the new Bishop of Limerick ends the uncertainty about the future of the Limerick Diocese, according to Parteen parish priest, Fr Tom Carroll.

A SENIOR engineer for Clare County Council has stated the authority is “confident” odour problems in Quin will be alleviated as a result of work on the sewerage system at Quin Gardens. However, Sean Ward also stated that the council “cannot guarantee” that the works will solve all the problems in the Quin sewerage system and there is still the intention to carry out a major upgrade if funding becomes available.

PEOPLE people are being invited to have their say in shaping Ennis’ future. Members of the public throughout the county are being invited to play their part in the formulation of the new Ennis and Environs Development Plan 2014 – 2020.

MORE than a decade ago, Carsten Krieger and his wife, Ina, packed their belongings and hit the road. Swapping their careers as paediatric nurses in Stuttgart, Germany for a new home on the isolated westerly tip of Clare required guts and imagination. Their families and friends were not convinced that they would last long in Kilbaha.

ONE of Clare’s acclaimed artists, Ennis man Kieran Hanrahan will be playing two key roles in the 2013 Temple Bar TradFest in Dublin later this month.

THE Shannonside Winter Music Festival, organised by the Sixmilebridge Folk Club, will take place from this Thursday to January 20 with a host of musical talents descending on the village en mass over the long weekend.

DUE to popular demand, Spancilhill Drama Group will present another instalment of the hilarious play Here Lays Paddy Broderick on Saturday January 26 at Quin Hall with curtains at 8pm.