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THE most remarkable thing about the past year in politics was undoubtedly the continuing decline in support for Fianna Fáil. The year started reasonably well for the party with opinion polls showing it to be closing the gap on Fine Gael while Labour was firmly in third place.

I find there’s a real comfort in history and our inability to learn from it. I say this because looking back at 2010, it is difficult to shake a feeling of utter doom. Truth is however, that we have been here before and we will be here again.

SERVICES at Ennis hospital could be limited to just five days a week if a new blueprint for acute hospitals in the region is fully implemented, The Clare Champion can exclusively reveal.

SHANNON Airport has received thousands of extra passengers and welcome additional revenue over the past two weeks as heavy snowfall resulted in the closure of numerous European airports.

AFTER what was deemed a “bloodless” meeting, Clare County Council adopted its 2011 budget on Tuesday evening.

WHILE people might not be shopping like they once did in Ennis, there was extra demand for one item in the run up to this month’s budget and it was more because of the economic circumstances than in spite of them.

A PROPOSED development, which has cost a well-known Ennis business family more than €100,000 in the past 10 years to get off the ground, has been given the go-ahead by Ennis Town Council.