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Clare County Council has announced details of a parking incentive scheme aimed at promoting Christmas and New Year shopping in Ennis.

Tomorrow (Saturday) night's 2014 IPB Pride of Place Awards will be broadcast live online, organisers have said.

Local businesses have been boosted by the news that Clare County Council will not be increasing Commercial Rates in 2015.

Three local business owners and new start-ups from Kerry, all under the age of 30, have gone head-to-head with other winners from Clare, Limerick and Tipperary at the regional final of ‘Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur’ competition.

Shannon-based Senator Tony Mulcahy says the news that passenger numbers at Shannon Airport increased by 28% last month compared to October 2013 has highlighted the capacity of Shannon Group plc to compete independently for business.

Clare County Council says the zoning of more than 345 hectares of land along the Shannon Estuary will give ‘greater investor confidence’ for anyone considering large-scale marine related development proposals.

Clare County Council has commenced work on developing a walkway along the shore of Lough Derg from Killaloe to Ballycuggeran and Two Mile Gate.

A journal and autograph book that provides a unique insight into life and conditions at Frongoch prisoner of war camp, where an estimated 1,800 Irish participants of The Easter Rising were interned between June and December 1916, has been acquired.

Limerick City and County Council says it has at least 10,000 tonnes of rock salt at its disposal to treat Limerick’s roads during the coming winter.

Clare County Council says it has "ample" supplies of rock salt to treat the County’s roads during the coming winter.