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CLARE County Council has been criticised for not ensuring that the findings of a West Clare Economic Task Force review, which was held on September 14, 2012, has not yet been made public.

A COMMITMENT to discharge or admit 95% of all casualty attendees at Galway University Hospitals within six hours of registration by the end of the year is just one of the ambitious targets set by hospital chiefs under the 2013 Service Plan.

Independent Councillor Gerry Flynn has proposed that information be sought from the Minister for Environment regarding water charges.

Pupils from Coláiste Muire will be among the largest ever delegation of transition year pupils to visit China with University College Cork (UCC) this Easter. Last year, the school began offering lessons in Chinese to its 60 transition year pupils.

AN Ogonnelloe woman has urged that parents attend a new seminar to help bridge the information technology gap between adults and children.

HUNDREDS of people, almost all the children of the parish between 1967 and 2006, have been members of Kilnamona Youth Club. This weekend they will celebrate their shared experience in the Old Ground Hotel for a reunion celebrating four decades of the organisation.

  IN opening the 66th Clare Drama Festival, Deputy Michael McNamara took his cue from Shakespeare as he introduced the opening act with, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.” “I have been lucky to have been afforded many parts on and before this stage – actor, drama festival goer, even model on one occasion to raise funds for the national school but it’s a particular privilege to be here tonight as a local TD and to be able to pay tribute to the generations of dedicated festival committee members and supporters who have played their part in ensuring that the Clare Drama Festival is now considered one of the foremost showpieces of the amateur drama movement in Ireland,” Deputy McNamara recalled. He said the annual event could not be such a success …

COMIC books aren’t just for kids, with fans of all ages set to descend on the Temple Gate Hotel this weekend for the county’s first comic book mart. Organisers of the event, which will feature Clare artists who have worked on some of the biggest comic book titles in the world, are hopeful this could become at least an annual occasion.