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THE Ennis Regional Learning Centre was officially opened by the Mayor of Clare, Tony Mulcahy at a ceremony held in Clare County Museum last Thursday.

THE Clare Association in Dublin will be honouring another well-known Irish traditional musician at its annual dinner dance in Moran’s Red Cow Hotel, Dublin on Friday, February 5, when John Lynch of the famous Kilfenora Céilí Band will receive the Clare Person of the Year Award.

Ennis has created such a lasting impression with some Vocational Training Opportunity Scheme (VTOS) students, that they have decided to etch their take on the town’s architecture on a massive mural.

KNOCKERRA National School was honoured with a highly commended award at the Our World Irish Aid Awards, which took place at Dublin Castle on Tuesday.

A DOOMSDAY scenario for the Mid-West Region has been laid out by one of the country’s foremost businessmen. Denis Brosnan, chairman of the Government-appointed Mid-West Task Force, has warned that doing nothing is not an option at a time when the region is in the middle of a crisis.

IT is a sign of the times we are in, that Fianna Fáil people heaved a sigh of relief last Friday when the latest opinion poll showed the party trailing two points behind the Labour Party and 10 points behind Fine Gael.

As it lies only seven miles from the centre of Edinburgh, we took the opportunity last week to visit the world-famous Rosslyn Chapel. Although it has always been a visitor attraction, its inclusion in The Da Vinci Code by author Dan Brown has seen interest in the site increase significantly. Even on a freezing January day, there were large numbers of people there to marvel at the incredible carvings, which cover almost every available surface inside the 500-year-old structure.

The need for finance to repair the secondary road network in Clare was raised on an adjournment debate by Deputies Pat Breen and Joe Carey.