*Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward BURGLARIES AND THEFTS are rising across Co Clare with the public aiding this level of criminality by keeping doors and windows opened, the Chief Superintendent has said.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE’S STANDING as a hurling county underlines the need for caution following calls to remove all ash trees.
*The Ballymulcashel estate in Kilmurry. DEVELOPERS ARE INTERESTED in new housing schemes in Kilmurry but the area’s only wastewater treatment plant is in private ownership risking a dezoning of lands in the upcoming County Development Plan.
FOOTPATH WORKS in Killaloe are scheduled to be completed by the middle of January.
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE CONFIDENT that the business case for reopening the Crusheen stop on the Western Rail Corridor is stronger than ever.
*Photograph: Natasha Barton WORKS ARE ONGOING for the remaining section of footpath improvements in Tulla.
Antoinette Considine congratulates Tom O’Callaghan. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE’S NEWEST COUNCILLOR has expressed his hope that his experience in businesses and working with communities will stand to him.
REMEDIAL WORKS ARE TARGETED to be completed by the end of this year for houses at Derg View, Scariff.
*Photograph: John Mangan A “PROPER PLAN” is needed for the growing village of Quin with repeated calls to improve the infrastructure in the area.
*Marie O’Callaghan, Tom O’Callaghan and Darragh O’Callaghan. Photograph: Joe Buckley TOM O’CALLAGHAN is to become the newest Clare councillor after he received the majority backing from Fianna Fáil members in Ennis to fill the seat vacated by Mark Nestor.