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A PROPOSED 130-acre energy storage facility in the Burren could cost as much as €350 million if plans to develop it proceed.

CLARE has outdone a number of other counties to make it into an internationally compiled list of the top 25 experiences in Ireland.

THE number of people on the Live Register in the Mid-West has risen by more than 5,000 people in the last year but decreased by 230 over the past month.

A NEW online poll has indicated that if a general election was to be held now, the 2007 poll topper Timmy Dooley would struggle to hold his seat, while Fine Gael would be likely to usurp the Soldiers of Destiny as the most popular party in Clare.

A minor earthquake, which occurred in North Clare last Thursday night, may have been caused by stress produced during the last Ice Age, experts now believe.

THERE is a huge onus on publicans to raise the bar in terms of the value for money and service they offer punters claimed the outgoing president of the Vintners Federation of Ireland, Val Hanley this week.

County councillors in Clare and Galway this week called for work to begin immediately on the next phases of the Western Rail Corridor linking Ennis with Tuam, Claremorris and Collooney.

A NEW drop-in centre in Kilnamona offering free confidential advice and support for Clare cancer sufferers was officially opened by Minister of State at the Department of Health, John Moloney last Saturday.