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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.

Clare County Council will not be able to afford to repair the damage caused by recent bad weather to the county’s extensive road network without additional funding from the Department of Transport, the county’s first citizen claimed this week.

Shannon Airport came to a virtual standstill on Wednesday afternoon after air traffic controllers engaged in mandatory union meetings.

PLANS to build a €10 million state-of-the-art “hotel-style” nursing home in Westbury have been lodged with Clare County Council.