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The Clare Local Development Company Limited will receive a windfall of more than €1.2 million, it was announced this week.

ABOLITION of Shannon Airport Authority and its sister board in Cork have now gone onto the trade union agenda being put to the Government in the national understanding talks, which are being revived this week ahead of the Budget.

The importance of leadership in modern society has been spelled out by Clare sociologist, Fr Harry Bohan.

The Irish are well noted as having “the gift of the gab” but add 20 more nationalities to the conversation and the talking extends to one million words a day. This is borne out by an intriguing study carried at the world-renowned Shannon College of Hotel Management over the past year.

FINE Gael’s deputy spokesperson on foreign affairs, Pat Breen has expressed his concern at the news that agreement has not yet been finalised which would see funding released to assist the 2,400 workers made redundant in the computer industry, including former employees of Dell.

Opinion PROPOSED job losses and the shrinking of its transatlantic operations at Shannon has, for many people in this region, pointed to Aer Lingus’ lack of any serious commitment to the airport.

Opinion It was a week of some major political promises: Finance Minister Brian Lenihan promised us a savage budget in December. And Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny promised to get rid of the Seanad and to reduce the number of TDs by at least 20.

THE number of Clare women and children seeking emergency accommodation in an Ennis-based refuge to escape domestic violence and abuse has almost doubled over the last 12 months, it emerged this week. According to official figures released by Clare Haven Services, 122 women and 235 children were forced to use their six-family purpose-built accommodation up to September 30 last compared to 69 women and 117 children for the same period last year.