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THE 90th anniversaries of two North Clare ambushes are to be marked later this summer. The Moanreel and the Monananagh ambushes, which took place between Inagh and Ennistymon are set to be remembered at a ceremony in June. Locals are currently working on erecting a plaque to mark the area where the two War of Independence ambushes took place.

ONE of Ireland’s best known golf clubs has brought its accounts out of the red and onto the green over the past year, it emerged this week, despite problems caused by extreme weather and the volcanic ash cloud.

THE possibility of merging Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), which has employees at Shannon Airport as well as at Ballygirreen and Ballycasey in Clare, with the UK national air navigation service NATS should be explored.

THREE Clare farmers’ markets were this week named among the top markets in the country. The Ballyvaughan, Ennis and Kilrush farmers’ markets were each awarded the Farmers’ Market Good Practice Standard 2011-2012 by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney on Wednesday.

PLANS to construct a wellness centre in North Clare will have to be put on hold after planning permission for the project was appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

More than 30 Clare-based teachers attended the annual Congress of the Irish National Teachers Organisation in Sligo this week.

ENNIS Community College has partnered with Shannon company Avocent to introduce its pupils to work-life skills.

IN death, murdered PSNI officer, Ronan Kerr created a united Ireland – a unity of spirit among people north and south of the border in expressing their utter revulsion at an act of barbarism and terrorism.