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St Flannan’s College in Ennis has appointed its first female principal in its more than 100-year history. Carmel Honan takes over the role from Colm McDonagh, who was the first layperson to hold the position at the well-known school.

THE chairperson of Ennis Town’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) has spoken out about the “mayhem taking place in our town” over the past two years as a result of feuding factions within the Travelling community and has said he is anxious to find a resolution.

Ennis was hit by a double jobs whammy this week following the shock closure of the Citygate Renault dealership on the Gort Road and Curley Furniture premises, with the loss of 21 jobs.

UNIONS representing the 55 Aer Lingus employees at Shannon Airport, who the company want to transfer to Dublin or accept redundancy, have called for the matter to be addressed by The Labour Relations Commission.

More than 325 permanent and contract workers at a Clarecastle pharmaceutical plant are on tenterhooks this week amid fears a decision about a possible closure will be made next week.

Loop Head Tourism chairman Cillian Murphy has told The Clare Champion that while domestic visitor numbers to Kilkee this summer has declined, local tourism operators have reported a significant increase in overseas visitors to the area.

CLARE County Council has refuted claims that insufficient consideration was given to upgrading the existing road network before it was decided to proceed with the Limerick Northern Distributor Road. The local authority has also rubbished claims by local representatives that the ESB “dictated” the emerging preferred route corridor for the more than €100 million project.