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“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.

Fine Gael’s Tony Mulcahy has been elected to the Labour Panel of the Seanad.

It didn’t take Clare card sharp Niall Smyth long to drop his poker face after scooping a cool €650,000 at the Paddy Power Irish Poker Open this week.

BUNRATTY-based Eoin Gavin is the new president of the Irish Road Haulage Association and this week he launched a broadside at the previous Government, saying it had ignored the industry.