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CONTROVERSIAL plans for the transfer of 3,000 residents in South-East Clare into an expanded Limerick City look set to be scrapped by Environment Minister Phil Hogan, it emerged this week.

A NORTH CLARE-based grandmother was at the centre of a bomb scare in the Alicante area of Spain, while holidaying there recently.

KILRUSH Town Council is owed  €186,656 in commercial rates to the end of last year. This figure represents 24% of uncollected rates for 2010.

CLONDEGAD GAA Club has achieved a noteworthy distinction this year with players from the club captaining all three of the county’s main football teams.

IN a u-turn this week, Showjumping Ireland’s (SJI) national executive has returned the sport’s national championships to Ennis after the competition was withdrawn from the Ennis Showgrounds earlier this year.

CLARE County Council and the Health Service Executive this week lifted the boil notice for the Ballyvaughan water supply area, which has been in place since February 4. This means consumers no longer need to boil tap water for consumption or any other use.

An ‘iconic’ tourist information sign in Ballyvaughan, which has been used in promotional literature by a leading bank, can’t be re-erected, a local businessman has claimed.