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THE prayers of Megan Malone’s family have been answered with the parents of the little girl, who left Ireland to receive life-saving treatment in the US, revealing that doctors have told them there is now no evidence of cancer in their daughter’s brain.

ENNIS’S County Boutique held an in-house fashion show recently showcasing its spring/summer 2011 stock. The show was the first of the shop’s celebrations marking 45 years in business.As well as regulars like Linea Raffaelli, Sonia Pena and Betty Barclay, newer brands highlighted as part of the show were Marc Cain, White Stuff and Sandwich.“The response was fantastic. We had about 40 people there on the night and the response we had the next day and over the weekend was really good and it was well worth doing. We just thought we should use the shop, which is such a nice venue anyway, for events,” said Gwen Culligan of The County Boutique.“We promoted the event by texting customers about it in advance. All our customers can be on the database, they just come in and sign up and then we text them when we have news or updates or events. I would say from a business point of view it is …

WAR of Independence historian Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc has written a thought-provoking essay in the most recent issue of The Other Clare, in which he argues that the 1919-21 conflict wasn’t based on sectarianism in the Banner County.

As part of the ongoing programme of activity for Limerick as European City of Sport 2011, Marketlink, the innovation and entrepreneurship programme for students at LIT, hosted an open forum on sports marketing.

Originally, the name “The Irish Brigade” referred to the Wild Geese who fought for different European countries on the continent. Names like Cremona, Flanders and Ramilles are remembered in song and poetry. In later years it referred to the Irish who fought on the Union side in the American Civil War.

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FROM the decline of the honeybee to raising money for cystic fibrosis, the Soroptimists’ new Irish president is a busy woman as she attempts to reinvigorate the organisation and showcase its positive impact. Kilfenora woman Rosalie Byrne-Muir joined the Soroptimists in 1999.

In advanced labour with my first child, a voice suddenly emanated from the intercom, “Baby in distress, baby in distress!” Announced urgently and repeatedly, red strips near the ceiling simultaneously flashed the imperative message.