‘Our job is done’ – Save Ennis Town to stand down
*Photograph: Tom Micks SAVE ENNIS TOWN, one of the most vocal opponents to controversial aspects to the Ennis 2040 economic and spatial strategy is to stand down.
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Abbey Street, Harvey’s Quay & Post Office Field projects removed from Ennis 2040 strategy
*Save Ennis Town protesting against Ennis 2040 plans for Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay. CONTROVERSIAL PLANS to develop on public car parks in Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street) have been officially scrapped from the Ennis 2040 Strategy along with a mooted boardwalk along The Post Office Field.
Sweet celebrations on Abbey Street as Eye Candy turns 20
Manager Mary Burke, optician Sinead Chambers, proprietor and optometrist Linda Brannigan (Kochhur), optician Michelle Manning and Kamila Chandler. Photograph: Tom Micks EYE CANDY Opticians is celebrating 20 years of caring for the eyes of the people of Clare.
Shortage of parking costing Ennis retail sector €20m per annum claims councillor
*A full Harvey’s Quay car park in Ennis on Tuesday morning after 9am. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. ENNIS is short an estimated 240 spaces according to one councillor who said such a shortcoming is the equivalent of “€20m per annum lost for the local retail sector”.
Barriers raised as new parking incentives rolled out in Ennis to boost festive trading
Cllr. Mary Howard, Mayor of Ennis, Allen Flynn, Chair of Holy Family Junior Primary School Board of Management, Jillian Bridge, Principal Holy Family Senior Primary School, Marina Mulqueen, Deputy Principal Holy Family Junior Primary School and Margaret O’Brien, CEO, Ennis Chamber. Photograph: Mike Mulcaire. INCREASED and extra incentives on parking have been introduced in Ennis …
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Frustration reaches fever pitch for ex Mayor O’Brien on failure to provide safe facilities on Clare roads
*Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. A FORMER MAYOR of Clare has said he won’t sit back any longer and accept unsafe conditions on the roads of East Clare.
€6.9m allocated to transform Cloister into community space
*The Cloister Building is set for a major redevelopment. ALMOST €7M has been allocated to Clare County Council to transform The Cloister in Ennis to a multi-use community space.
Reference to paused Ennis 2040 projects to be removed from transport plan
*Harvey’s Quay. REFERENCES to paused contentious aspects of the Ennis 2040 strategy will be removed from the final version of the Ennis local transport plan.
Ennis’ draft transport plan proposes 116 new schemes
*An artist’s impression of the Mill Rd one-way system. ENNIS’ 118-page draft transport plan is causing division particularly aspects to have one-way traffic on the Mill Rd and to remove the roundabout outside Ennis Hospital.
Unease emerges over inclusion of paused Ennis 2040 projects in draft transport plan
*An artist’s impression of the original Abbey St Car Park plans which were paused in March. UNEASE has been expressed at the inclusion of the paused controversial Ennis 2040 developments for Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street) in the draft Ennis local transport plan.