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I am finding it difficult to define where exactly my sympathies lie in regard to the current clamour about pensions.

TWO stories in the same edition of The Guardian online sprang out at me this week. Both appeared on the same day in different sections but seemed strangely resonant and connected. One concerned the reaction of Chimpanzees in captivity to the death of one of their number and the other related to a crisis of conscience in New York City.

A fledgling water company in Lissycasey is tapping into a lucrative market on the continent after securing an annual contract to supply 14 million bottles of natural spring water to a major European airline.

Every ash cloud has a silver lining it seems, as a group of North Clare teenagers and teachers stranded in Italy since last Saturday are finding themselves on the cultural experience of a lifetime.

BUS Éireann is to slash a number of Clare services from this weekend. The cuts are coming on routes that have been serving relatively small numbers of passengers.

A Department of Defence facility in North Clare, whose sale was recommended in the McCarthy Report, is unlikely to be put on the market in the near future, it was confirmed this week.

Killaloe Coast Guard has called for increased vigilance and monitoring of the waterways for boat operators under the influence of alcohol following an incident last weekend where a man who had passed out on his speedboat had to be towed ashore.

FIFTEEN individual developers received three or more warnings from the council in the past 16 months, according to figures released at this week’s adjourned meeting of Clare County Council.