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Although Queen Elizabeth II did not visit Clare on her official visit, the British monarch got a taste of what the Banner County has to offer at the State dinner hosted by President Mary McAleese and Dr Martin McAleese in her honour on Wednesday evening.

THE president and CEO of the multi-national Microsemi corporation is set to investigate the possibility of making the company’s Ennis facility its European headquarters.

MOST lives are controlled more by chance than planning, according to former governor of Mountjoy John Lonergan, who is coming to Shannon to talk to young people about the changes and challenges they are about to face.

KILRUSH will temporarily be at the centre of Irish cycling on Monday when the An Post Rás visits the town. The stage will start off in Portumna before heading to West Clare from which the next stage to Castleisland in Kerry will begin.

ALTHOUGH Queen Elizabeth didn’t visit Clare during her visit to Ireland this week, a West Clare man worked closely with the British monarch for 21 years.

THE threat of shutdown of a water supply for over 360 homes and farms, a short distance from Ennis, has been averted following an 11th hour intervention by Clare County Council concerning overdue payments.

BISHOP Kieran O’Reilly’s office has issued an alert in respect of a fraud being perpetrated by using the Diocese of Killaloe stationery and the bishop’s signature.

THE Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis will not be able to function properly as an acute facility if another proposed cut of almost €1 million for day-to-day spending on services is introduced, a HSE West Forum member has warned.