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St Joseph’s Secondary School in Tulla has been transformed into the school of horrors for this Hallowe’en weekend, which will see ghoulish displays and activities taking place on Friday and Saturday evening.

WHEN word got out last June that the Ennis Trad Festival was to be postponed, there was widespread disappointment amongst Irish traditional musicians and fans. The shelving of the festival was yet another casualty of the economic downturn, it appeared.

Derek Molloy of Molloy Family Butchers, Abbey Street, Ennis and Roslevan Shopping Centre, has again made headlines, winning three gold medals at the 2009 Craftbutchers Regional Sausage and Pudding competition.

Bishop of Killaloe Dr Willie Walsh has announced the re-organisation of the nine parishes included in the West Clare cluster of parishes. Four parish priests will now be responsible for two parishes each.

Kilrush-based solicitor Joe Considine believes West Clare farmers and landowners might not be aware of the value of their land, which renewable energy companies may be seeking to rent or buy off them.

NEARLY 18 months on from her last school opening in South Galway, Mary Hanafin TD was back cutting the ribbon in Ardrahan at the weekend. The former Minister for Education, now Minister for Social and Family Affairs, officially opened the new extension to Ballyglass National School, Ardrahan on Sunday.

Kinvara will hold its final farmers’ market of the season next Friday. Organiser Rosaleen Tanham spoke to The Clare Champion about the initiative’s first summer on the streets of the South Galway village

Against a backdrop of automation, decreasing demand and increasing crime, Daly’s Post Office in Belharbour closed this summer. Nicola Corless spoke to Rena Linnane, the last Daly to run the post office, about the end of a relationship that lasted for over a century