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THE Government has been asked to implement a radical overhaul of the electricity grid connection system to provide the vital spark needed for a new €150 million windfarm approved by An Bord Pleanála.

PLANS to construct a €500 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal on a 104 hectare site on the Shannon Estuary are under threat over the proposed introduction of annual costs of €21m for the use of interconnectors.

MORE than a quarter of a century after she first got involved with Goal, Maura Lennon has been appointed as the charity’s new representative in the West of Ireland.

AER Arann has been recommended to review its maximum cross-wind limits when landing at Shannon Airport.

ONE of the developers of a proposed €10 million windfarm in West Clare has distanced himself from the removal of anti-wind farm posters in the locality.

WE are thankfully approaching the end of the silly season. This is the season when the politicians and the lawyers are all on holidays and newspapers are forced to concentrate on the trivia to create headlines and sell their products.

THE researchers at the Collins Dictionary language division have this week released a list of words it says are no longer used in the English language.

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