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A YOUNG Ennis legal masters graduate has just returned from a five-week internship with the Texas Defenders Service in Austin, Texas, where he worked on cases of prisoners facing the death penalty.

THE 90th anniversary of the IRA-led Rineen Ambush in Moy was marked last Sunday, when hundreds of people attended a commemoration ceremony, including Minister for Defence Tony Killeen. The ambush took place on September 22, 1920.

WHILE many people like to relax on a Sunday night, a group of up to 180 people step it out in fine style in the West County Hotel, Ennis, for the sheer love of dancing and socialising.

PADDY Brennan’s A Window in Time – Clare, Ennis and its People Framed through the Generations was launched last Friday night at the Old Ground Hotel.

TIMELINE THERE has hardly been a war of any importance in any part of the world over the past 400 years without Irish soldiers being involved. For generations Irishmen fought in the great armies of Europe, particularly those of France and Spain, where Irish Brigades figured prominently.

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Emily Price, a young Ballyea primary school teacher, who recently returned from Nigeria where she worked as a volunteer among people with HIV and Aids, shares her experiences IT IS a fairly common experience for teachers in Ennis to have children in their class from Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries. When I heard I had won a travel award to visit Nigeria, I was pleased to get the opportunity to learn more about the life experiences of some of my pupils. EIL Intercultural Learning, the organisation who gave me the award, is an Irish not for profit organisation, which provides intercultural learning opportunities for about 2,000 people annually.I set off for Nigeria with very little idea of what to expect. Like most people in Ireland, I was aware of the unrest in Nigeria and my perception was that it could be a dangerous country but nothing could have prepared me for the wonderful warm welcome I received. I was …

FULL-time barber, almost full-time psychologist? An apt description for Ennistymon-based Eddie Kiernan?Definitely not far off. If they either read or hear about what comes next, teenagers in the town will be a bit wary about what they do in the days after they get their next snip from Eddie. It’s just that he has them clocked. He knows what to expect when the youth of the area come in for a cut.“Working in the town for six years, I’ve got to know a lot of the young lads,” Eddie confirmed, while battling to bring some rhyme or reason to the head of his latest customer (Me).“You know when a young lad has a new girlfriend. He’ll come in and want a new style. He’ll start to get fussy about it. A couple of days later, you might see him walking around holding hands with the girl,” he added.I suggested to Eddie that maybe his customers attract the ladies on the …