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Windfarm letter confusion

CLARE County Councillor, Pat Keane pledged to seek the withdrawal of a letter of support sent to An Bord Pleanála without his consent regarding the proposed €100 million windfarm in West Clare.

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Áine Freeman, Little Red Riding Hood, in the shadow of the Big Bad Wolf during rehearsals for Sixmilebridge Youth Club’s production of Little Red Riding Hood, which begins its run on February 3.  Photograph Declan Monaghan

 
Rotten luck for clubs at Lees Road

A NUMBER of sporting clubs have been left “in limbo” following the closure of pitches at the state-of-the-art Lees Road Sports and Amenity Park in Ennis, which has been blamed on months of poor weather conditions and possible drain damage.

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Millions log on for the craic

MILLIONS of potential holidaymakers all over the US are reading about County Clare and the West of Ireland this month on the travel pages of The Huffington Post news website, which attracts an average of 34 million readers each day.

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No plans to resolve Ballycar flooding problem

AROUND €10 million could be required to deal with flooding affecting the railway line at Ballycar, Shannon Area Councillors heard this week.

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Family ‘demented’ by wind turbine noise

A West Clare mother who looks after an adult son with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has claimed her life has been “turned upside down” following the erection of a 19.6m agricultural wind turbine in a neighbouring property.

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INTO slams budget proposals for small schools

Irish National Teachers’ Organisation general secretary, Sheila Nunan, will address Clare delegates at a meeting in Ennis on Monday night amid growing concern about the impact of proposed cutbacks on small and disadvantaged schools.

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Mothers’ and babies’ lives at risk, claims consultant

THE lives of women and babies may be threatened by the loss of 47 experienced midwives in the region’s flagship maternity hospital, a local consultant obstetrician has claimed.

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Virtual councillors spotted on Wikipedia

TWO mystery councillors have managed to infiltrate Clare County Council without anybody noticing.

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Sport

Hurlers entertain WIT in Waterford Crystal opener

CLARE will have their first competitive outing under manager Davy Fitzgerald when they take on Waterford IT in a first-round game of the Waterford Crystal Tournament on this Sunday in Sixmilebridge at 2pm.  

Vaughan out for league

Last year’s Clare senior hurling captain, Pat Vaughan from Crusheen will miss the upcoming national league campaign and much of the early part of the club season due to injury.  

Living

NRA plan under a-salt by councillors

THERE was harsh criticism of the National Roads Authority this week, with warnings that Clare’s county councillors would be “only cutting our own throats” if Part 8 planning permission is given to plans by the NRA to build a salt depot on the old GAMA site at the Tulla Road Interchange.  

Clare beauties take to the stage

THE annual Miss Clare Beauty Pageant 2012, in association with the Miss Ireland Pageant, will be held in The Woodstock Hotel on Thursday, February 2.

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