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ENNIS Town Councillor Paul O’Shea has said he has no regrets leaving the Labour Party following the climb-down by the Government on proposed cuts to services for people with disabilities.

NOT for the first time Ryanair has cut its services at Shannon Airport, citing costs at the airport as the reason.

THERE are just 4,000 dogs licensed in Clare, just over 11% of the canine population in the county and if all dogs in the county were licensed, at a cost of €20 per dog, it would mean a boost of more than €600,000 for the operation of dog control services.

Clare County Council is expected to endorse a call for Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to come to the aid of Clare farmers by reopening the agricultural office in Ennis twice weekly.

RESIDENTS living in the Marian Estate in Kilkee are divided on the need for ramps, which would help to prevent speeding. While seeking the installation of a speed ramp at the 78-house estate entrance, Mayor of Kilkee Claire Haugh acknowledged that not everybody living in the area wants ramps.

A WET month of August rounded off a terrible summer, statistics this week showed.

THE public furore, rather than any protests from TDs on all sides of Leinster House, probably had more to do with Minister for Health Dr James Reilly’s decision to scrap the proposed €10 million in cuts for the personal assistant service for people with a disability.

Once again, the Labour Party has struggled with its conscience and once again the Labour Party has won. So Health Minister James Reilly has reversed the decision to cut personal assistance services to the disabled but most of the savage cuts in healthcare announced by the Health Service Executive last week are going ahead despite protests from the Labour Party and others. It was not James Reilly who climbed down but once again the Labour Pary rolled over.