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For Thereze Benson’s parents, the trouble started every time their daughter peered through the window of the family pub on the Killaloe side of the town bridge.

While perfume might seem like just any other accessory, in actual fact the fragrance you choose can reveal a lot about your personality and qualities, so with Valentine’s Day approaching, the race is on to find that perfect bouquet.

Clare County Enterprise Board has just launched its 2010 training brochure, which outlines a range of new programmes being run by the organisation.

The recent frosty spell showed what kind of damage it can do and also how it can be a source of fun and enjoyment when done safely. Previous great frosts were also occasions of both fun and damage. We all remember reading about the Great Famine in the 1840s. There was another famine about 100 years earlier but that one was caused by extreme winter weather.

FROM 1886 to 1970, the pupils of Drumcharley National School in Tulla walked the winding roads of Thome, Cragroe, Clondanagh, Glendree, Ugoon, Ayle and further afield to get their primary education.

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  A LACK of understanding still surrounds the child-in-care system, according to parents of children in foster care.Speaking to The Clare Champion, two mothers who found themselves unable to cope with their circumstances due to illness recall believing that their children were being taken into care for a short time and would not be there permanently.“I didn’t understand the full implications of fostering. I thought my children are going but they will be back in a couple of weeks. I didn’t know that they had to be settled and it would be very hard to get them back and that without real family support they wouldn’t come back,” Margaret* says.Margaret suffered from depression and feels that her family and friends judged her when she found herself unable to cope.“There is a big stigma about it. A lot of your family would frown on you. My friends would know but they wouldn’t mention it to me. Some friends I wouldn’t socialise …

IN spite of what we were told by our spiritual leaders when we were young, the practice of self-denial is of little or no value to a human being. Rewarding one for one’s efforts is not necessarily a bad thing. The only stipulation is that a person must not reward themselves for the efforts of others without consent.One of the negative characteristics of the Irish people even in the recent past was their tendency to gain enjoyment from the failure of others. If the person of their derision failed a second or third time, their pleasure was doubled or tripled.This unfortunate national characteristic prevented many people with foresight, imagination and vision trying out new ideas. Even the most thick-skinned person gets tired of being laughed at. It is so much easier to go along with the crowd. Many the plan died a sad death at the bottom of a porter glass.We talk a lot about the Irish people who were …