Clare County Council are to undertake a remedial works to a derelict building in Tulla if the owner does not carry out works as instructed by the local authority.
*Cllr Joe Cooney. Photograph: Ruth Griffin Further progress on two big projects in East Clare have been earmarked as key goals of the new Cathaoirleach of the Killaloe Municipal District.
A crisis exists regarding the provision of permanent residencies in coastal parts of Clare, a county councillor has flagged while the amount of households in social housing need has increased.
*Cllr Pat Burke. Photograph: Eamon Ward An informal agreement has been reached on the progression of a new social housing scheme for Scariff.
*Westbrook House. Photograph: Gary Collins Westbrook House will continue to be used as a homeless facility.
*Cllr Gerry Flynn, Director of Service with Clare County Council Anne Haugh, Mayor of Clare Cllr Mary Howard, Co Librarian Helen Walsh & CEO of Shannon Chamber Helen Downes. Photograph: Eamon Ward Clare County Library has been awarded the ‘Best Library Service’ award for its project, ‘Connections: Stories by Syrian Families in County Clare’.
A Kilrush councillor has called on the Taoiseach to bring forward emergency legislation to allow local authorities remove a tenant’s name from a Council owned property to protect victims of domestic violence.
*Photograph: Martin Connolly A revised application for the development of 18 social housing units in Scariff is to be submitted to the Department of Housing.
*Mountshannon House. Photograph: John Mangan An East Clare property acquired nineteen years ago to provide social housing has been let run “into disrepair”, no tenant has occupied the building in almost two decades.
Clare councillors are keen to have a greater involvement when it comes to the allocation of social housing within the county.