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Further tales of financial woe continued to pour from Ireland this week with Deputy Joe Carey of Fine Gael claiming that 40,000 people in Ireland are now in mortgage arrears.
Read More »Twins boost junior roll in the ’Bridge
IT was a case of two by four starting in junior infants in St Finnachta’s National School, Sixmilebridge on Wednesday morning.
Read More »Limerick to take a slice of Clare
THE population of Clare is to be slashed by 3,000 people if recommendations in a new report are approved by Cabinet.
Read More »Bishop O’Reilly’s ordination viewed worldwide
MORE than 5,000 people logged onto the Ennis Parish website on Sunday last to watch the ordination ceremony of the new Bishop of Killaloe, Kieran O’Reilly.
Read More »Newmarket man conquers world’s deepest cave
NEWMARKET’S Tim O’Connell is one of a handful of Irish people ever to reach the world’s lowest point as part of an expedition that descended the 2,191m Krubera-Voronja cave in August.
Read More »Backlash leads to changes in planning guidlines
CONTROVERSIAL regional planning guidelines restricting the development of new major retail outlets in urban parts of Clare until 2022 were amended following a backlash from Clare County Councillors and the county manager, Tom Coughlan.
Read More »Withdrawal of Clare psychiatric nurses a ‘cynical’ threat
THE Health Service Executive (HSE) has been accused of engaging in a “cynical and opportunistic” tactic of threatening to reduce community psychiatric services in Clare if local psychiatric nurses withdraw from completing large amounts of overtime on a daily basis.
Read More »Two Mile Inn to close its doors
THE Two Mile Inn on the Clare/Limerick border is set to close its doors next Thursday in what is described as a very severe blow to staff.
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