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A MEMBER of a technical group proposing a bailout of the debt burden on mortgage has been accused of engaging in “Houdini economics” by a Clare Labour Party Deputy.

FINE Gael’s fortunes are certainly in the ascendancy in County Clare. With Tony Mulcahy and Martin Conway’s election to the Seanad, the party’s county representation in the Houses of the Oireachtas now stands at a record four.

I will not believe that the Seanad has been scrapped until it actually happens.All the newly elected senators will have to be dragged out of Leinster House kicking and screaming and the doors locked tightly behind them before I really believe that this useless institutionhas been abolished.

“Da fhaid a theann an sionnach, beirtear air sa deireadh.” – Seanfhocal There is an unexpected truth in this saying. Osama Bin Laden has been found and murdered by United States Special Forces. But he has been murdered in the name of freedom, liberty and justice.

A planning application to build a €40 million private hospital in Ennis has been refused by An Bord Pleanála.

Following a very successful Easter holiday tourism boom, Clare is set to cash in yet again over the May Bank Holiday. The exceptionally good weather of the past fortnight has lured thousands of extra visitors to the county, delivering a welcome multi-million euro injection not only into the main resorts but also coastal and lakeside villages.

A REWARD is being offered in a bid to uncover information after vandals destroyed a mini-digger worth €30,000 that was being used to build a playground in Ennis.