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A West Clare couple have claimed they may have to “put their life on hold” for the next decade if An Bord Pleanála grants planning permission for a new €100 million windfarm.

A GROUP of deferred and retired members of the Element Six Defined Benefit Pension Scheme have accused the company of acting with “indecent haste” in its move to wind up the scheme.

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals got an early Christmas present when it realised €190,000 from the sale of a North Clare house.

HEALTH Minister Dr James Reilly has taken a lot of flack because of ongoing problems in the health service but he’s entitled to some plaudits this week for putting the wheels in motion to draft legislation that will involve major changes in the governance of the HSE.

These are amazing times we are living in. Well, really not so amazing when you come to think of it.

It is Christmas time again. This year it feels that, more than ever, the nation, the continent and maybe even the world needs festive cheer in massive quantities.

HEALTH services in Clare and the Mid-West will be “decimated” if 330 front-line Health Service Executive employees are allowed to retire before the Government’s public service pension deadline next February, it has been claimed.