It’s a case of a long, long way from Clare to Chad for 12 Clare soldiers who will spend the festive period patrolling the borders of Camp Ciara, near the village of Gozbeida.
Read More »The first newspaper crossword
Simon & Schuster is one of the largest English language publishers in the world and they started of with a crossword. In 1924, Dick Simon and Lincoln Schuster set up business as publishers and looked for something to publish. They opted for a book of crosswords from the
Read More »Remembering the less fortunate this festive season
Many of us will recall the excitement when waiting for the “ho, ho, ho” of the expected Santa. Others were never visited by either Santa, a neighbour nor anyone else.
Read More »This week in pictures
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Read More »Hollywood win for Carl
The regularity with which Carl O’Callaghan’s phone has been buzzing since Sunday, December 6 suggest his singing days are behind him.
Read More »Korean War links Ennis brothers
AN Ennis man, whose brother died in the Korean War in April 1951, was in Korea at the time of his brother’s death, although neither knew that the other was in the country.
Read More »Keeping ‘happy’ a part of Christmas
ONCE upon a time, there was a little girl named Mary. She felt extremely special because she was the only child in the neighbourhood who received a letter back from Santa.
Read More »Wrapping up this winter
Winter woollies are a great way to repay your body for holding itself together despite the excesses of the festive season. Keeping the extremities somewhere close to body temperature is a really good idea and since hands and feet are the first to feel the frost, that is where we start.
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