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A question mark hangs over the future of Clare County Council’s operation of its central waste management facility at Ballyduffbeg, Inagh.

  CLARE County Council’s expenditure of  €250,000 annually for lifesaving facilities and personnel represents “value for money”. That’s according to Clare Water Safety development officer, Liam Griffin, who confirmed there is no major reduction in the annual budget covering lifesaving equipment and wages for 30 lifeguards at 12 locations throughout the county.Mr Griffin said the Clare lifeguard service is a vital facility for day-trippers and tourists who flock to seaside resorts and Lough Derg during the summer.“When people come to holiday in West, North and East Clare they like to know there is a lifeguard in place to provide assistance in the water if they get into difficulty,” he said.The council provides four lifeguards in Lahinch and Kilkee; three in Fanore and Spanish Point; two in Bishopsquarter, Ballyvaughan; two in Doolin; two in White Strand, Miltown Malbay; two in Seafield, Quilty; two in White Strand, Doonbeg; two at Cappa, Kilrush; two in Mountshannon and two in Ballycuggeran, Killaloe.Many lifeguards are …

Auctioneers GMV, entrusted with the sale of the vacant livestock mart in Sixmilebridge (pictured), have claimed that a new party has entered the bidding for the property in competition to a local farmer-led consortium who have put an offer of €300,000 on the table.

SHEDS and garages in Clare are a little bit emptier this week after a surge of household appliances were disposed of as part of European Recycling Platform’s (ERP) Be Free Recycling Days.

CAR hire companies at Shannon Airport are having a disastrous summer, with business levels plummeting in line with visitor numbers.

THE amount of people signing on in Clare increased by just over 400 last month, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office.

A 24-year-old Clare student pilot, on a training flight, died after the helicopter came in contact with disused electrical power lines and crashed, also claiming the life of the instructor, according to a report into the fatal crash.

THE amount of people flying between Shannon and the UK declined by over 30% in June 2010, compared to the same month last year, according to the British Civil Aviation Authority.