Residents living in the seaside resort of “Lehinch” are poised to put the A back into the resort’s name in a move that could cost the tax-payer at least €10,000 to implement.

The lives of gravediggers will be endangered by draft by-laws requiring graves to be dug to a depth of 8ft (2.4m), it was claimed yesterday.

A crystal ball was not needed by councillors who foretold parking chaos will be caused by groups, including fortune tellers, parking their camper vans in Lisdoonvarna in August and September.

Gravediggers were told on the morning of a funeral, a burial plot on rocky ground was not deep enough.

A 38-year-old man died in the country’s 20th farm accident this year when a wheel he was fitting exploded. It was the third tragedy to befall his family.

A construction firm that splurged €400,000 on a derelict toilet at the height of the building boom is only surviving now because its bank is rolling up its interest payments.

The site of a public toilet, which was bought by developers for €400,000 at the height of the property bubble, could soon be returned to its original function — making it Ireland’s most expensive toilet.

CALLS were made last night for no further money to be spent on Traveller accommodation in Co Clare until new legislation is introduced.

FINE GAEL has been criticised for a “missed opportunity” in not nominating a female candidate for at least one of two vacant seats on a county council.