*Shannon Town Hall. Photograph: Joe Buckley
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL needs to examine its PR side of the house to improve the messaging on the work it does in Shannon, a county councillor has said.
Greater efforts need to be expended by the communications wing of Clare County Council to promote the work the local authority are doing within Shannon Town and across the Municipal District, Cllr Tony Mulcahy (FG) maintained.
Speaking at the September meeting of the Shannon MD, Cllr Mulcahy commented, “We see Facebook conversations that Clare County Council do nothing but the volume of work that the team gets through in this Municipal District is phenomenal. I think the team don’t get a fair crack of the whip, I don’t think we tell our story well, we need to look at our PR side because everywhere I go there is a crossing going in, there won’t be weeds growing on the footpath and there’s a lot less weeds now, we get a lot of criticism but we don’t get a return on the community pages for the good work, we need to tell the story better as a Municipal District”.
He continued, “I’m constantly busting Tom’s chops but we do appreciate the work”. According to Cllr Mulcahy, critics of the Council would be unable to work in the difficult weather conditions that their outdoor crew do.
Cllr James Ryan (SF) stated, “Absolutely I’ve no issue with anything regarding the road workers, my only issue is communication with other departments in the County Council, I’ve great contact with all these guys and I have no issue but there are other departments in the County Counciil where communication needs improvement particularly environment section who sent out letters recently to people who didn’t appreciate them”.
Senior executive engineer in the Shannon MD, Tom Mellett said, “there is a huge amount of work being done, it is like an iceberg, a lot is being done under the surface”.
