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Ennis is the first town in the country to receive the prestigious international Purple Flag award and a conference earlier this week heard how successful city and town centres can be managed with a focus on the evening time.

THE West Clare Economic Task Force, which was formally established five years ago, is to be disbanded due to lack of interest from the agencies involved.

A HEARTBROKEN Mayo woman is making a special St Valentine’s Day appeal to the people of Clare after losing her precious engagement ring on a romantic weekend in the county last month.

The revelations of the McAleese Report into the operation of the Magdalene Laundries has sent shockwaves across the county as it emerged that 261 Clare women and girls spent time in the institutions, the sixth highest amount in the State.

Two Clare hotels, the Kilkee Bay Hotel and The Ashford Court Hotel in Ennis, are listed for sale in the latest distressed property auction.

THE decision of Pope Benedict to retire has been described as “courageous” by Bishop of Killaloe Kieran O’Reilly, who also believes an African successor to the pontiff could be a possiblity.

RESEARCH work is at an advanced stage in relation to the possible development of an intercontinental container trans-shipment hub port next to the ESB Moneypoint Powerstation.