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Eleven long-serving members of Clare County Council will receive gratuity payments totalling more than €620,000 if they fail to get re-elected or step down from local politics at the June 2014 Local Elections.
Read More »Clare woman in world’s top tech 50
A CLARE woman has been named among the world’s top 50 most influential women working in technology.
Read More »Ambulance breaks down on way to call
THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has insisted that patient care wasn’t compromised after an ambulance broke down on its way from Limerick to Shannon last Friday.
Read More »€100m Distributor Road consultation a ‘total farce’
THE public consultation process concerning the proposed €100 million Limerick Northern Distributor Road, which will link Coonagh with Meelick and Ardnacrusha, has been condemned as a “total farce”.
Read More »Conway benefits from vacated positions
IN the wake of Senators Fidelma Healy Eames and Paul Bradford losing the party whip for voting against the proposed abortion law this week, Clare Senator Martin Conway has benefited.
Read More »Sea eagles fly the nest
SIX years after they were reintroduced to Ireland and more than 110 years since they bred in the wild, the first White-Tailed Sea Eagle chicks have fledged.
Read More »An Post moves the county goalposts with Tuamgraney, County Limerick
An Post stands accused of yet another land grab after Tuamgraney, which is 32km from Limerick City, was considered to be part of the Treaty County.
Read More »Derg extraction would be a ‘disaster’
THERE could be an environmental disaster if Dublin City Council gets the green light to extract water from Lough Derg.
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