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COMMENT The Dáil adjourns this week as TDs take off on their annual summer holidays. Does it make any difference to you? Will you be any better off? Or will you be worse off? Does it bother you that the gates of Leinster House will be closed from now until late September?  

A NEW primary healthcare centre could be on the way for Ennis as part of the Government’s infrastructure stimulus package of more than €1.4 billion announced this week.

PROFESSIONALS who find themselves out of work have been given the opportunity to upgrade their skills.

COMMENT While the company contracted to provide security for the London 2012 Olympics has admitted it cannot live up to its promise, one group of guards are fanning out across Britain with the power to issue fines of up to £20,000.  

DURING the whole household charge debacle, Environment Minister Phil Hogan certainly hasn’t covered himself in glory. In fact, what he has managed to do is display a stubborn political pride.

IN excess of €160,000 has been raised for local charities over the years in the Michael Garry Memorial Cycle, held annually in Cooraclare.

Council accused of contaminating a group water scheme and private wells in North Clare, writes Dan Danaher. Householders in North Clare have cried foul over the alleged contamination of a group water scheme and private wells by treated effluent discharged from the Clare County Council’s sewerage treatment plant in Kilfenora.

Two major infrastructure projects in Doolin, the development of a new pier and coast guard station, valued at more than €7 million, moved a step closer to conclusion this week, The Clare Champion can reveal.