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The capacity of the Clare fire and rescue service to respond quickly to emergency incidents around the county is under threat because personnel are deployed bringing gorse and forestry fires under control.

Planning applications in Clare have had the largest decrease compared to every other county in the country while commencement notices have also fallen.

“A LIVING sporting legend” was how Mayor of Clare Pat Daly described Colum Flynn, who was honoured with a civic reception by the County Council on Tuesday.

KILRUSH town councillors have stressed the importance of upgrading the road network in Kilrush to facilitate the proposed development of an intercontinental container trans-shipment hub port close to the ESB Moneypoint power station in Killimer.

CLARE’s chief fire officer has denied suggestions of ‘call vetting’ in response of emergency calls.

WHEN Clare County Council held responsibility for health services, it sent young girls and women to the Good Shepherd Magdalene Laundry in Limerick and at this week’s meeting, Mayor of Clare, Pat Daly, issued an apology.

Members of the Clare Special Needs Parents’ Group have launched a new campaign to collect up to 2,000 old mobile phones to help provide IPads for children with a wide range of disabilities.

A surfer was airlifted to University College Hospital Galway on Wednesday after getting into difficulty off the North Clare coast. The surfer was taken from the water near the world famous Aill na Searrach or Aileens wave close to the Cliffs of Moher.