Clare County Council named local authority of the year & winner of two Arts awards
CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL scooped three awards at the Chambers Ireland Excellence Awards.
Alan O’Callaghan
East Clare landowners need to ‘roll up their sleeves & cut their hedges’
*”A major culture change is needed,” Cllr Pat Burke (FG) believed. Photograph: Ruth Griffin AN APPROXIMATE BUDGET of €53,000 has been allocated to the Killaloe Municipal District for hedge cutting this year.
Killaloe rat run to come under the microscope of speed survey
A KILLALOE “rat run” is to be subject to a speed survey to determine if it fits the bill for low cost safety improvement funding.
Holy Island visitor centre go ahead gives East Clare its time to shine
*Holy Island (Inis Cealtra). EAST CLARE TOURISM is set to be put on the map following the allocation of funding to create a visitor centre at Holy Island (Inis Cealtra).
‘Safety is paramount whether it’s a rural or city area’ – East Clare reps ramp up efforts to tackle Kilkishen speeding
SPEEDING outside the national school and playground in Kilkishen remains “an issue the whole time,” an elected representative has lamented while leading the call for speed ramps in the East Clare village.
Council insist €4.5m of €5.9m Active Travel allocation will be spent by end of 2022
*Safe Routes to Schools are among the eligible criteria for Active Travel funding. €4.5M OF A €5.9M of an allocation for Active Travel will be spent in Clare by the end of this year, local authority officials have insisted.
‘There has been certain delays but also extreme delays’ – false dawns broadband rollout voiced
*Criticism of the pace of the NBP’s delivery in Clare was voiced by county councillors. DELAYS with the roll-out of broadband as part of the €2.9bn National Broadband Plan have been criticised by Clare councillors with NBI officials admitting they are eleven months off where they had intended to be at the start of the …
Cnoc na Gaoithe preserving the culture of Tulla & East Clare
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin REDEVELOPMENT of an old convent and primary school building in Tulla into a cultural hub has been described by one Minister as “a gamechanger” for the locality.
Location of signs not deterring speeding in Clooney argues Hayes
VISIBILITY of speed signs in Clooney have come under the microscope.
Speed ramps unlikely for residential part of O’Briensbridge
SPEED RAMPS are unlikely to be included in proposed road resurfacing in O’Briensbridge.