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In the Dáil on Wednesday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny assurred the people that Clare County Council is not entitled by law to reduce or withhold a portion of the third-level grant. He also confirmed no monies have been withheld by Clare County Council in respect of higher education grants.

I have been taken to task by a reader in Berlin – of all places – for criticising the International Monetary Fund in this column last week.

The International Monetary Fund recently issued its opinion of how the Irish Government is doing in getting the economy back in shape after its burial under an avalanche of debt in recent years.

A MAJOR political row has erupted over the proposed “significant downgrading” of 12-hour emergency services at Ennis hospital, amid claims that local Government deputies are not living up to their pre-election promises.

A COLLECTIVE sigh of relief was breathed throughout the county on Wednesday, as the Junior Cert results were released.

PRIMARY schools in Clare are among the most overcrowded in the country and almost nine out of every 10 pupils in the county are in classes greater than the EU average.

ENNIS and its immediate environs is set to benefit to the tune of €3 million this weekend as the Clare Motor Club hosts the annual Clare Stages Rally.

KILRUSH Town Council this week sent a chilling warning to Republic of Ireland soccer manager Giovanni Trapattoni ahead of his side’s World Cup 2014 qualifier against Germany in Dublin.