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IT was the coldest winter in Clare for almost 50 years, with a mean temperature of just 3.1 degrees at the Met Éireann weather station at Shannon.

BRITISH book retailers WH Smith and Easons are reported to be considering throwing a lifeline to Hughes & Hughes, the bookstore chain, which operates two outlets in Clare.

OLD and new strategies can bring a new generation of Irish-Americans through Shannon in search of their roots, according to independent councillor James Breen.

FINE Gael may be outshining Fianna Fáil in opinion polls but the same political barometers show that the party’s leader, Enda Kenny, still isn’t cutting it with the public as a leader.

THE importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for this country has been reaffirmed by Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan who said it has been, and will continue to be, a catalyst for our national prosperity.

I will be amazed if Brian Cowen carries out any major reshuffle of his cabinet even though he needs to do that if Fianna Fáil are going to have any chance of putting up any kind of fight at the next election.

Another Green bites the dust and the Fianna Fáil machine states in no uncertain terms that it had nothing to do with it. I’m not alone in my suspicions regarding the timing of the revelation that brought Trevor Sargent to the sword but Dermot Ahern and his party colleagues have been adamant that they had nothing to do with it, so let’s accept their assurances and move on.

A SECOND death in the last three weeks from “a suspected heroin overdose” has prompted Ennis Superintendent John Scanlan to issue a strong warning to the public that “heroin has really arrived in town” and measures have to now be taken to eradicate this drug scene.