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  SOME unusual visitors caused quite a stir when they began ‘swanning’ around in Corrovorrin this week. Residents were amazed to see two swans in the residential area in Ennis at around lunchtime on Monday. Clare ISPCA officer Frankie Coote has urged motorists to be wary of water birds on the roads in the coming weeks. “At this time of year eggs have hatched and birds are bringing their young to water. Over the next few weeks there will be an increase of this kind of behaviour, with ducks, swans and geese on the roads with their young ones, he explained, adding, “The birds in the more rural areas have a planned route, but around the town they don’t have a set plan to get to water so motorists should be on the lookout for birds on the roads.”

“IT is inappropriate and not in the best interests of the institute” for Flan Garvey to remain as chairman of the college’s governing board, according to members of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) in the Institute of Technology, Tralee.

Plans for the second annual air show in Mountshannon may be scuppered as a result of the new feathered arrivals at Bushy Island. Concerns have been raised about the risk such an event will have on the newly hatched sea eagles.

PEOPLE from Cork, Tipperary and Limerick travelled to Ennis for the third annual suicide awareness walk on Saturday, despite the fact they could have attended similar events much closer to them.

AN extra 70 patients per week, who were previously treated at Ennis hospital, will be transferred into the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, once a new model of acute care is fully introduced in the Mid-West.

SHANNON Airport has a value of €35 million according to a document that has been filed with the Companies Office.

NO-one was injured in an incident involving an Aer Arann plane landing at Shannon in July 2011 but the aircraft had to be written off, so serious was the damage to it.

DROMOLAND Castle Holdings Limited this week revealed it recorded sales revenues of €13.7 million last year.