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IT is easy to understand why Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore is so “quiet, indecisive and unsure of himself” in Cabinet, as reported during the week. He cannot afford to annoy his Fine Gael colleagues.

LAST weekend I visited an art exhibition in Edinburgh titled 400 Women. It was made up of portraits, in various media, of women who have been murdered or disappeared in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez. The City, formerly known as El Paso Del Norte, has an international reputation for violence and was once branded “the most violent zone in the world outside of warzones”.

VULNERABLE children with special needs will face an increased risk of being forced out of mainstream education facilities following the “horrendous” 13% cut in Special Needs Assistants this year, unions have claimed.

SUICIDE prevention is more difficult at the Cliffs of Moher than other locations because of the landmark’s emotional significance, according to the head of the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG).

COUNTY Clare’s Coroner’s Office and the gardaí have enlisted the help of one of Europe’s top forensic anthropologists in the hope of making a positive identification of the remains of a man taken from the sea off the Cliffs of Moher over a year ago.

THREE Clare Government deputies have pledged to lobby Health Minister James Reilly to fast-track the opening of the new €10 million 50-bed block at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital Ennis, which has been delayed until next March.

THE horses may be doing the jumping, but it will be the ladies who will be stepping out in style at the Ennis Showgrounds this Thursday.