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Like the Minister of Transport, Noel Dempsey, I have been abroad where I escaped the terrible weather in Ireland last week. But, unlike Mr Dempsey, they are not going to blame me for the snow and ice which spread a white blanket over most of the country since Christmas.

Once again, the future of Shannon Airport is back on the agenda in a very serious way. In a way, it has never really been far from the minds of the people of the Mid-West for well over a decade now.

EXPENSES totalling €905,694 were claimed by Clare’s two senior deputies, Minster of State Tony Killeen and Deputy Pat Breen, for the seven year period up to September 2009.However, the current four Oireachtas members insist they are not on an expenses “gravy train” stating claims are based on the high cost of operating their offices and travelling to and from Dublin.

Countywide cuts of €200,000 in the Social Inclusion Programme will result in a very significant reduction of carer and social services in the Kilkee-based element of the Clare Local Development Company.

Countywide cuts of €200,000 in the Social Inclusion Programme will result in a very significant reduction of carer and social services in the Kilkee-based element of the Clare Local Development Company.

IT may be time for a debate about the re-introduction of the death penalty, according to two Clare members of the Mid-Western Regional Authority.

MOVES are underway to set up support groups in County Clare for adoptees and birth mothers. The establishment of both groups is being facilitated by Traci Stone, who herself was adopted and gave up a child for adoption.