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The Government is no longer in a position to ensure Shannon Airport is handed over debt free if it is to be given full independence from Dublin Airport Authority (DAA).

CLARE’S economy badly needs whatever seasonal boost it will get in the next seven weeks, but with the country spooked by a severe recession and with a hairshirt budget looming, there are fears that festive spending will be down.

An initiative seeking to establish County Clare’s first ‘Healthy Stadium’ was launched in Lisdoonvarna this week.

A CLARE TD said a general election is not in the best interest of the country, despite claims by some commentators that one could be held before the Budget.

A MONTH before the busiest shopping period of the year in the lead-up to Christmas, it remains unclear whether the streets of Ennis will be pedestrianised at any stage.

ARISING from last week’s Clare Champion front-page story regarding the plight of the homeless in Ennis, offers of accommodation, cash and good wishes have come pouring into Josephine O’Brien of homeless organisation HELP.

THE creation of up to 1,000 manufacturing jobs on the Clare side of the Shannon Estuary hangs in the balance unless five sites for marine-related industry are reinstated to the Draft Clare County Development Plan 2011 to 2017.