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THE FÁS Community Employment Scheme based at Kilrush Youth Centre is to lose 15 of its current 23 participants between now and January 31 next due to new eligibility guidelines.

THE Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has said it is “impossible” to provide information on what proportion of the hundreds of millions raised by the disposal of Aer Rianta International (ARI) assets was invested in Shannon.

CONFUSION reigned for a period among Clare County Councillors at a meeting this week before they rejected a proposal for a deferral of approval for new loans totalling almost €15 million.

THERE is still “no confirmed start date” for work to begin on the M18 from Gort, it emerged this week.

  LESS than one-third of the electorate voted in the Children’s Referendum in Clare last Saturday, with over 60% of those in favour of the amendment. The eligible electorate in Clare last Saturday consisted of 79,905 voters. However, just 25,808 (32.3%) of those voted. There were 94 invalid papers, leaving a total valid poll of 25,714. Some 15,868 (61.71%) voted in favour, with 9,846 (38.29%) against. The vote in Clare was proportionately lower than for the country as a whole, even though the national turnout was just 33.49%. The size of the yes vote in Clare was also higher than in most constituencies, as the national yes vote was 58%. Clare TD Joe Carey said it was a good result for the welfare of children. “We now have a Constitutional framework around which we can construct a better society for our children and ensure that never again will children be systematically abused and neglected in silence. Our children should be …

CONFLICTING information has been provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) about the extent of consultant staffing levels for acute hospitals in the Mid-West.

CLARE County Council has called for the disbandment of the LGMA following “the fiasco” that is the collection of the Household Charge, while the county manager has been advised against issuing further letters unless they are “appropriate, right and proper”.

PRIMARY school principals are calling for a greater focus on pupils’ mental health. A new report, co-authored by the Irish Primary Principals’ Network (IPPN) and industry leaders, has called for greater focus on pupils’ mental health by building confidence in the classroom through public speaking, acting and group work.