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SEMINARS, workshops, networking events and courses addressing relevant business topics will underpin next week’s inaugural Mid-West Regional Business Week.

MEASURES must be put in place to prevent the flooding of homes in Clare, as well as the provision of an emergency service to give relief when flooding takes place, a meeting of Clare County Council heard.

A KILDYSART kidney transplant recipient has urged Clare people to carry a donor card to help reduce the waiting times for patients suffering from renal failure.Lisa Moloney issued her appeal before the European Day for Organ Donor Awareness this Sunday.

FRUSTRATION is growing among at least 30 Clare prospective adoptive parents, who are in an agonising limbo about adopting a child from Vietnam, following the unexpected suspension of an adoption bilateral agreement last May.A number of couples are also facing a dramatic race against time as clearance, following a lengthy assessment process over a number of years, only lasts for six months. As previously advised by the Vietnamese authorities, no new applications have been accepted by that country since April 1 last.In an exclusive interview with The Clare Champion, a North Clare mother has revealed the heartbreak being experienced by Clare couples trying to adopt a first or second child from Vietnam.Noreen Forde and her husband, Joseph, who are waiting to adopt a second child from Vietnam, have appealed to the Minister for Children, Barry Andrews, for a clear definitive statement about whether or not the previous bilateral agreement will be extended.Like 350 other couples nationwide, the couple have been …

CLARE Spring Water Limited is expected to confirm a boost in jobs at the official opening of its new €4.2 million Lissycasey pure spring water bottling plant by An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen on Monday.

CLARE is being used as a “pawn” in a retail row between Limerick City and County, with the Mid-West Regional Authority leaving the county’s retail sector short, it has been claimed.

PARISH priest, Fr Harry Bohan has assumed the role of mediator in an effort to bring peace to a housing estate in Sixmilebridge, after a dispute between two families escalated over the weekend requiring a near round-the-clock garda presence.

MANAGEMENT and unions at Element Six are locked in talks on the future survival of the troubled Shannon plant in the hope of reaching agreement on contentious aspects of the sustainability plan ahead of the parties reappearing before the Labour Court next Tuesday.