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The unexpected retirement of Fianna Fáil Minister Tony Killeen will present an opportunity for Fine Gael to gain additional votes, particularly in North Clare, according to party representatives here.
Read More »Optimistic outlook for Irish exports
EXPORTS are on the up and according to John Carr of the Mid-West branch of the Irish Exporters Association, it’s one of the areas of the economy where it isn’t all doom and gloom.
Read More »No change to council wind energy strategy
CLARE County Council has agreed to implement its existing Wind Energy Strategy as part of the County Development Plan 2011 to 2017.
Read More »Increase in jobless figures
THE amount of people signing on in Clare increased by more than 350 in the last month of 2010.There were increases in the numbers at all of the county’s social welfare offices, with the overall total increasing from 10,251 in November, to 10,619 in December.
Read More »April sales expected at ‘Bridge mart
EARLY April is being viewed as a realistic timeframe for a farmer-led consortium to formalise all the paperwork and get the livestock mart in Sixmilebridge trading once more.
Read More »Killeen ended all prisoner representations after controversy
Efforts by former Minister of State Tony Killeen to secure the introduction of a new government ban on all political representations on behalf of prisoners was rejected by a Dáil sub-committee in February 2007, it emerged this week.
Read More »€16 million raised by hospital trust
More than €16 million has been raised by the Mid-Western Hospital Development Trust for hospitals and health facilities in the Mid-West since 1986, it emerged this week.
Read More »Cut in county council advertising
CLARE County Council has cut the amount it spends on advertising in both of the last two years and plan to make further savings in 2011.
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