‘Some of Drumline road lost to the verge’ – O’Callaghan flags in call for improvements
ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE will be carried out on stretches of the road in Drumline but it has been omitted from this year’s works programme.
Alan O’Callaghan
€575k footpath improvements for Tulla omits O’Reilly Park
FUNDING TO THE TUNE OF €575,000 will see major footpath upgrades across Tulla but efforts to include O’Reilly Park in the works have been rejected.
Shannon Heritage sites to open for summer but long-term ownership reliant on funding approval
Photograph: Paschal Brooks SHANNON HERITAGE operated sites are likely to be open for the coming summer season but their long-term transfer to Clare County Council will be reliant on the local authority securing adequate funding.
‘Until people pay for water they won’t respect it’
PEOPLE OF CLARE do not understand or respect water as a resource, a conservation expert has stated.
‘Successful outcomes for Civil Defence are priceless’ – councillors back calls to invest in €30k drone
USE OF a drone to help find a missing person in Ennis in October has strengthened calls for increased investment in technology for emergency services in the county.
‘Ash Dieback a virus nearly worse than COVID’ says Whitegate councillor
*Cllr Pat Burke. Photograph: Gary Collins A WHITEGATE councillor has said the Ash Dieback disease “is a virus nearly worse than COVID-19”.
Special bins for dog poo to be considered in Killaloe
POTENTIAL of installing special bins in Killaloe for dog excrement is to be explored.
No budget to improve O’Callaghans Mills estate
*Cllr Joe Cooney. Photograph: Ruth Griffin REPAIRS to an O’Callaghans Mills housing estate will have to wait due to a lack of budgetary resources.
Deduction to farm payment suggested for landowners failing to comply with hedge cutting obligations
FARMING groups such as the IFA have “a greater role to play” to encourage landowners to meet their obligations when it comes to hedge cutting on roads across Co Clare.
Six roads upgraded in East Clare under separate schemes this year
SIX roads in East Clare were upgraded this year under two different improvement schemes.