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GHANAIAN kidnap victim James Lafferty believes his kidnappers’ trial is now unlikely to go ahead in Accra. The former Clare Ladies Football County Board chairman was held captive for five days in October 2007 in the west African capital.
Read More »Stay calm for the big exams
More than 2,700 people across Clare will begin the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams on Wednesday and the advice from experts is to stay calm.
Read More »Ennis mother calls for investigation
AN Ennis mother has called for an independent investigation into the circumstances leading up to the death of her daughter, who died in tragic circumstances after leaving the acute psychiatric unit at Ennis hospital two years ago.
Read More »TDs payments now available to view online
CLARE TDs have welcomed the decision to publish details of payments made to Oireachtas members under the single parliamentary allowance.
Read More »Four new Shannon UK services
POSITIVE news has been scarce at Shannon Airport for the past two years but there was some encouragement on Monday as Aer Arann and Aer Lingus announced they would be combining to run four new UK services from July 1.
Read More »Focus on drugs continues for gardaí
The annual report for An Garda Siochána outlines achievements regarding crime prevention and detection, national security and day-to-day work in communities. Chief Superintendent John Kerin outlines to Carol Byrne how Clare fares
Read More »Festival of the Valleys will return despite ‘hiccups’
Despite a disappointing first year, Ballyvaughan’s Festival of the Valleys looks likely to take place again next year, this time under the stewardship of the local community.
Read More »Schools in reading challenge
Clare County Library wrapped up its 2009-2010 World Literacy Championship recently. A total of 83 schools from Clare and Nova Scotia, Canada signed up. The schools began reading for the WOW Reading Challenge on November 16, 2009 and finished on April 16.A total of 1,357,818 books were read over the span of the competition with 27 schools in Clare contributing 143,318 books to that figure. The top reading challenge school was Walter Duggan Elementary School in Westville, Nova Scotia, with an average of 502 books per student. The top school in Clare was Furglan National School whose pupils read an average of 220 books per reader over the six-month period.Kilfenora National School was second in Clare having read an average of 209 books per reader and for the second time Bansha National School were in third place with an average of 178 books read per child registered for the project in the school.Miltown Malbay county councillor Christy Curtin presented prizes …
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