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A combination of snow and ice has led to some of the county’s roads deteriorating significantly in recent days. Snow fell in Kilkee on Tuesday for the second year in succession.

TRADE in Ennis shops was down last weekend on comparable weekends before Christmas in recent years, due to a mixture of the bad road conditions in parts of Clare and people tightening their belts after the Budget.

THE two Superloos in Ennis town are costing the town council 20 times more than the money they make.

MINCON International Ltd, the Shannon-based company behind the drill piece used to make initial contact with the trapped Chilean miners earlier this year, recorded a gross profit of more than €4 million in 2009.

If the political parties here were unable to agree on a joint approach to our economic crisis, there is less chance of them agreeing on the more divisive issue of abortion.

CUTS to heritage grants will cause the tourism industry to suffer, according to the Heritage Council, with Clare projects expected not to receive any funding from the council next year.

THE Society of St Vincent de Paul is to benefit again this year from proceeds to the tune of €5,000 from the county’s district court poor box.

PERHAPS we missed a trick. Perhaps the outraged caller to Liveline last week was on to something when he inferred that Willie O’Dea might have been better tackling the financial crisis than supporting the RubberBandits in their attempt to be Christmas number one in Ireland.