Regional

Our Global Village was the theme of an exhibition staged by pupils of Ennis Educate Together in at Cois na hAbhna last week. The exhibition of dwellings, shops and other structures was prepared with the help of the school’s artist in residence, David O’Rourke.

Ennis currently has just one dedicated music shop following the recent closure of Roxy Music and owner of Our Generation, Creina Wickham, explains that such is the decline in music sales she can only operate on a week-to-week basis.

THE promotion of Irish traditional music in Clare can generate major economic tourism benefits, according to Senator David Norris.

WHEN Fiona de Buitleir, a teacher at Ennis National School, was rummaging through some items bequeathed to her, her curiosity was aroused by a silver cup.

Over 5,000 voters in South-East Clare could play a major role in the destination of the last two seats in the hotly contested Limerick East constituency this Friday.

THE development of the Northern Relief Distributor Road is a key piece of infrastructure needed to improve access to the Clare campus of the University of Limerick and traffic movement throughout South-East Clare.

CLARE Supported Employment Service (CSES) has opened a new office in Shannon, to enable it to more easily connect with the local business community.

THE number of people participating in the Back to Education Initiative in Shannon increased by 36% from 2009 to 2010.