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The West Clare Taliban have released Jim Carroll unharmed (or, at least, in reasonably working order)and have left him tucked upside down in a litterbin outside the main entrance to the Lahinch golf club.

A missive sent to Clare FM revealed that the group would rescind all its demands rather than face up to another night in Carroll's company. The main spokesperson, one Osama O'Donnell, commented: 'We could put up with his moaning and griping, but it was the wailing and gnashing of teeth which finally drove us to the brink. Plus, he wanted us to sing rare songs from the Scottish Highlands at all hours of the night !'