THE Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) referred 13 files to gardaí for alleged contraventions of the electoral acts, including files relating to former Clare TD and senator, Madeleine Taylor Quinn.

A FINE Gael TD and his Dáil running mates were last night embroiled in a row which could see them on opposite sides in a libel battle.

A Co Clare firm that manufactures diamond materials for the tool industry is to lay off up to 75 workers, it confirmed tonight.

THE political career of former Clare TD Madeleine Taylor Quinn was in tatters last night when she lost her seat in the Seanad.