€643k allocation for Clare under Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme
*Photograph: Patrick Browne Clare County Council has received an allocation of €643,785 as part of the 2021 Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for social housing.
Day: 23 March 2021
Marvellous Molly wins competition to design biodiversity garden in Shannon
*Molly McPhillips. Photograph: Arthur Ellis Nine-year-old Molly McPhillips, a 3rd class student at St Senan’s Primary School in Shannon has won a competition to design a new biodiversity garden in the town.
Ennis mother & daughter located ‘safe & well’
A missing Ennis mother and daughter have been located safe and well.
Provision of Ennis town bus service remains ‘absolute priority’ for NTA
A town bus service for Ennis is “an absolute priority” of the National Transport Authority (NTA).
ATM to be retained in Kilkee but not Miltown & Tulla following Bank of Ireland branch closures
*FILE PIC: Bank of Ireland’s Kilkee branch. Bank of Ireland have confirmed that the ATM at Kilkee will be maintained while the service will be removed from Miltown Malbay and Tulla when their branches close.
Critical care numbers fall & Clare records less than five new COVID-19 cases
*Photograph: Sean Curtin / True Media Less than five new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Co Clare among 371 nationally.
Failure to enact Fair Deal Scheme reducing prospects of family farms being taken on – Killeen
*Cllr Joe Killeen. Photograph: Martin Connolly Continued postponements relating to the Fair Deal Scheme need to be tackled by Clare’s Oireachtas members, a Corofin representative has outlined.
Clubs push for U21 and U19 competitions to be held
*Photograph: John Mangan Clare hurling clubs have voiced their desire to see U19 and U21 competitions played this year as opposed to an U20 grade.
‘Unequal development’ in Killaloe between Clare & Tipp councils
Unequal development in Killaloe between Clare County Council and Tipperary County Council is evident, a local representative has claimed.
GREEN CLARE: Five permanent pollinator sites to be introduced in Shannon
Shannon Town is set to introduce five new pollinator sites as part of a pilot grassland management initiative, in the hope of enhancing bee and insect biodiversity.