Growing population base strengthens calls for additional playgrounds in Ennis
*Photograph: John Mangan ADDITIONAL playgrounds are needed across Ennis and surrounding areas, elected representatives have said
Antoinette Baker Bashua
Publication of HIQA review on potential of second ED in Mid-West needs to be fast-tracked
*Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly (FF). Photograph: Brian Arthur HIQA’s review into the potential for a second emergency department in the Mid-West region must be published before next summer, county councillors have stressed.
‘Inevitable that HIQA will recommend opening of a second ED in the Mid-West’
*Ennis Hospital. HEALTH activists and politicians in Clare have said it is “inevitable” that a HIQA review will recommend the creation of a second emergency department in the Mid-West region.
Ennis family ‘have gone through hell’ because of illegal encampment
*Photograph: Natasha Barton AN ENNIS family “have gone through hell” due to the presence of an illegal encampment, a Clare councillor has claimed.
‘Chaos & heartache’ with rash nature of relocating refugees
*Photograph: John Mangan REFUGEES leaving war-torn countries have are being moved “without any consideration,” Clare councillors have said while once again slamming the lack of consultation from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
Council engineer to ‘bring hard hat’ when meeting Hermitage residents over surfacing complaints
*Photograph: John Mangan A COMMITMENT has been issued by the senior executive engineer in the Ennis Municipal District to meet with residents in Hermitage to discuss their frustrations over resurfacing works.
‘We are not afraid of the monster under the bed or shadowy figures, we’re afraid of Cathal Crotty’
*Cathal Crotty. ARDNACRUSHA’s Cathal Crotty has been discharged from the Defence Forces and will be officially dismissed today (Thursday).
No building will commence for at least three years on Ennis car parks for 2040 plans as need for consensus stressed
*Works in Abbey Street for ‘the big dig’. Photograph: Ray Conway. A “heartening change” has emerged within Clare County Council with a greater appetite to listen to the views of others surrounding plans for Ennis 2040.
Colleran Molloy ‘incredibly privileged’ to become first person to serve as Mayor of Ennis MD for third time
*Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) with her husband Tony. Photograph: Eamon Ward ELECTED as Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District for the third time, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) was ‘incredibly privileged’ and emotional as she took ownership of the mayoral chains for the next twelve months.
Baker Bashua says strong candidates will try change minds of Ennis 2040 supporters
*Cllr David Griffin & Cllr Antoinette Baker Bashua. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEWLY elected Cllr Antoinette Baker Bashua (FF) says the success of “really strong candidates” in the Ennis Municipal District could lead to alterations of the contentious Ennis 2040 strategy.
