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SHANNON Camera Club members are celebrating 35 years of photography with the launch of phase three of their touring photographic exhibition. They are currently exhibiting in the gallery at Cultúrlann Sweeney in Kilkee. There will be an opportunity for the public to meet the photographers next Wednesday at 6pm.There are 49 exhibits from 30 of the club’s members, some recently enrolled but others who have been with the club since the beginning.The exhibitions have been very well received in Shannon and Scariff libraries and organisers hope it will be frequently visited in Kilkee. It will also be on display in Clondalkin during the National Audio Visual Championships in October.Shannon Camera Club is affiliated to the Southern Association of Camera Clubs (SACC) and the Irish Photographic Federation (IPF). The club meets on Mondays (except bank holidays) at 7.30pm in the Oakwood Arms Hotel from September to May. For more information, visit www.shannoncameraclub.com.  

SHANNON Development recorded total recognised losses of €14.37 million last year, while the amount of jobs at the Shannon Free Zone, Clare’s largest industrial centre, declined by 174.

PARENTS in Clare are approaching St Vincent de Paul in record numbers in an effort to manage back-to-school costs.

AN extremely wet month of July came to an end on Tuesday, itself a torrentially wet day, and the terrible summer is having a severe impact on local farming and tourism interests.

A North Clare artist received a personal letter from one of the world’s most powerful men this week.

ENNIS’ first street ambassador has been out and about in the county capital, welcoming tourists and visitors to the town from both home and abroad.

THE AIB branches in Kildysart and Kilkee are to close. Last Friday, AIB announced that “as part of the wider cost-reduction programme and integration of branch and direct channels, AIB is in the process of restructuring its physical network.