There's no such thing as a free lunch - but there's a pub in Athlone offering this monster plate of fodder on the house if you can polish it off in 30 minutes.

The bill to the taxpayer keeps on mounting for a “road nowhere” in Co Clare.

The €1.2m costs relating to a new land use and transportation plan for the Mid-West came under fire yesterday.

The late former Clare mayor, Sean Hillery, was yesterday described as “a man of great stature”.

A SENIOR member of Clare County Council said yesterday that “west Clare seems to be for the birds and not for the people”.

THE four main local authorities in the midwest are coming together to harness the potential of the Shannon estuary and to identify sites for future development.

CLARE’S mayor, Cllr Christy Curtin, last night spoke of the hurt his family has endured following the death of his nephew, Eoin Ryan.

THE father of the late 21-year-old Ennis man Eoin Ryan has said there are no words to describe the hurt the family is going through.

AN Taisce was last night labelled a secret society.

AN TAISCE was accused of being anti-rural and anti-development after the planning watchdog lodged appeals against four one-off homes across Clare.

A €1.75 million cable suspension footbridge to link the historic Bishop’s Island to the Co Clare mainland “could be the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Ireland’s tourism.

CLARE county manager Tom Coughlan last night recommended to councillors that landfilling at the county’s loss-making central waste facility cease.

CLARE County Council is set to reject a 12-year blueprint for the development of the midwest.

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Donal Hickey on protecting wildlife on the Blaskets.

RYANAIR has told Aer Lingus staff the Government’s shareholding in the company has taken €40 million from their pension fund.

A MOVE from Cusack Park to a greenfield site in Ennis could be forced on the Clare County Board, chairman Michael McDonagh warned the weekend convention in Ennis.

FOUR YEARS after paying €1.14 million for a building to develop into a headquarters, Clare County Council has now spent more than that on consultants, the headquarters still aren’t built and Travellers have occupied the site.

CLARE’s stance on the GAC probe into the ‘Gerry Quinn affair’ was strongly defended by Banner GAA chiefs at yesterday’s annual convention in Ennis.