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Miltown Malbay Independent county councillor Christy Curtin has questioned Clare County Council’s leadership following the recent spell of icy weather, which left much of the 1,100km of West Clare roads virtually impassable for up to two weeks. He claimed that their policy was “exclusive” and left many roads very difficult to drive on.

THE creative talents of two pupils from St Joseph’s Secondary School in Spanish Point have put them and their school in the running for national honours.

Galway County Council is urging Gort residents to conserve water after consumption shot up by nearly 30% and a number of homes were left without water since before Christmas.

A Kinvara company last week launched a major initiative, which will see trade-ins taken on hurling helmets.MARC Sports launched its novel scrappage scheme for hurling helmets, which is due to be rolled out nationwide over the coming weeks, in Croke Park where the company also unveiled current Galway hurler and All-Star Joe Canning as its newest brand ambassador.

THERE is plenty of land zoned for an increased population around Ennistymon in the coming years, according to the Draft Mid-West Regional Planning Guidelines 2010-22.

PEOPLE will be given a taste of how the Kett family from Rathclooney, Crusheen deal with cystic fibrosis in a new TV3 documentary series about organ transplant patients.

In 2008, Chrys Gardener and her husband Bill Carini immigrated to Ireland from Ithaca in New York State to further pursue their careers as landscape gardeners.

A garda chief in Killaloe has issued an appeal to those in the East Clare area to be aware of bogus callers, particularly in light of the current problems regarding water shortages and flooding.