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THE discovery of a cylinder containing substances used for refrigeration caused part of one of Clare’s most popular beaches to be closed for a period at the weekend.

IT is a week that has evolved into a fortnight. Ennis Fashion Week, launched a few years ago to showcase the county town as the Boutique Capital of Ireland, has proved to be quite a success and the promoters believe it will continue to prosper in its revised format of Ennis Fashion Fortnight.

ENDA Kenny let the cat out of the bag on Friday last when he admitted that the Tallaght Strategy might be good for the country but not for Fine Gael. So he was having none of it.

Information in all its forms can be described quite accurately as a form of power. It can be photographic evidence of a politician’s corruption or files proving insider trading by a major financial corporation.

THE long-running saga concerning allegations about the care given to a deceased Alzheimer’s patient may be subject of a fourth investigation, conducted this time by the Ombudsman, despite the publication of the latest HSE-commissioned report.

IT was a disastrous summer for Shannon Airport, with Irish Aviation Authority figures showing a substantial drop in passenger numbers.

THE hardship of last winter’s severe frost may not be a thing of the past, as this week a senior council engineer admitted the council does not yet have a plan in place to deal with similar conditions if they were to happen again this winter.