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A LOCAL building contractor has, this week, rejected suggestions that his company’s proposal for a major shopping centre at the junction of Tobarteascain and the Clare Road would be detrimental to Ennis town centre businesses.

PLANS to increase tourism by making Clare Ireland’s tidiest county were unveiled in Ennis this week. The proposal is part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Clare Tourist Council. It is hoped the county can capitalise on its year-on-year Tidy Towns success and a call has gone out to towns and villages across the county to get involved.

THE construction of a proposed €100 million windfarm in West Clare will result in population decline, a depreciation of property values, a net reduction in employment and a drop in tourism revenue, a new opposition group has claimed.

CLARE County Council has announced the commencement of public consultation on the new strategic plan for the Shannon Estuary.

GEOLOGISTS could start preliminary investigations for the presence of gold in South-East Clare next spring if Natural Resources Minister, Pat Rabbitte grants a prospecting licence to a Dublin-based company.

MUIRIS Ó Rócháin, programme secretary and director of Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy in Miltown Malbay, passed away on Monday. The late Mr Ó Rócháin taught at St Joseph’s Secondary School in Spanish Point and was one of the primary driving forces behind the annual summer school since 1973. He had been ill for some time.

SINN Féin Presidential candidate, Martin McGuinness said he is “not ashamed” of his past when he made a brief visit to Ennis this week.

The family of a mother-of-four, who died from a suspected heart attack recently, has asked that the HSE to investigate why it took almost 30 minutes for the ambulance to respond to a critical emergency call.