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Clare could establish itself as a major food tourism destination within six months, bringing much-needed employment and revenue to the area, if the relevant agencies work together, according to the head of the local branch of the Irish Hotel Federation.

CLARE’S Garda Chief Superintendent John Kerin has warned one of the significant dangers of the misuse or abuse of drugs and alcohol is death.

Clare has received the lowest national roads grant figure in Munster. In fact, Clare was granted less than 5% of the entire €110.25m allocated to the province. For 2011, the national Roads Authority (NRA) has confirmed.

A RUNAWAY cow caused chaos in Ennis when it escaped from the mart and knocked over a garda and other members of the public on Tuesday morning.

THE father and son who died tragically in North Clare at the weekend were laid to rest on Wednesday. Mossy and James Quinn died in a fire at their home in Kiltacky More about one mile from Boston, Tubber. The two men perished after their two-storey farmhouse was engulfed in flames in the early hours of Saturday morning.

NEWS that Bernie Ruane, a Shannon Comprehensive School teacher, currently serving as president of the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI), had travelled to Bangkok for a conference provoked a mild media storm last weekend but Ms Ruane insists the trip was no junket and that important work was done.

Next Monday will represent the 50th anniversary of the closure of the West Clare Railway in 1961.