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ON the train from Edinburgh to Sheffield, I was feeling the kind of excitement usually associated with young children on the day of a long-awaited excursion to a theme park or school tour.

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CLARE County Council is calling for the National Spatial Strategy to be reviewed in light of increasing connectivity between the cities of Limerick and Galway.

JUST one of the 42 IDA-assisted foreign direct investment greenfield projects announced nationally in the past five years came to Clare, while unemployment among young people is now at 30% in the Mid-West, according to figures revealed this week.

A West Clare woman has found herself close to the top of an international poll run by British lads’ magazine FHM.

FRUSTRATION is growing among Clare general practitioners and elderly patients in the county over the long delays in processing medical card applications for the over 70s.

  THE Clare branch of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland is holding a tea party this Saturday in St Anthony’s Hall, Ennis.Up to 70 volunteers and staff of the local branch of the society are making cakes and treats for the event and all involved are encouraging people in the town on Saturday to come and have their break there.“Our fundraising is more important than ever before, as our funding from the HSE has been reduced, so we really need to make as much money as we can to ensure that we can continue to provide vital services for people living with alzheimers,” Ann Bedder, secretary of the local branch of the society said.She added that the tea party would not be possible without the help of their network of volunteers, who are pulling out all the stops in their own kitchens, baking for the event. “There will be a great selection of cakes and treats for people to have …