Greens announce scientist Bridget Ginnity as new Ennis rep
BRIDGET GINNITY has been selected as the Green Party representative for the Ennis electoral area.
Barry O’Donovan
Clare FF Chair calls for Taoiseach to resign & ex councillor urges Varadkar to consider his position
Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) should step down from his position the Chairman of Fianna Fáil’s Clare Comhairle Dáil Cheantair has said while an ex Fine Gael councillor in the county believes Leo Varadkar (FG) should also be considering his position.
Garvey one of three Green Senators proposing no confidence motion in Lord Mayor of Dublin
*Roisin Garvey and Eamon Ryan in Ennis. Photograph: John Mangan A Clare Senator is among three Green Party representatives that have tabled a motion of no confidence in the party’s Chairperson.
‘Politics in Clare has not seen the last of Beckha Doyle’
This Wednesday saw the Killaloe Municipal District hold their first meeting since the local elections, Beckha Doyle was frustrated and disappointed there wasn’t a new face among them but she’s adamant her time in politics will come.
‘We’re in a time of climate chaos’ – O’Donovan
*Barry O’Donovan. Photograph: Martin Connolly As the Green Party secured their first seat on Clare County Council since the 2009 election of Brian Meaney, one of their two candidates in the county maintained the elected councillors need to stand up and address ‘climate chaos’.
O’Callaghan delighted to prevail in ‘election dogfight’
*Alan O’Callaghan. Photograph: Eamon Ward Securing 326 extra first preference votes in the space of five years was ‘critical’ for Alan O’Callaghan in retaining his seat on the County Council.
Election wasn’t due to Green Wave or my father it was me and my team – Garvey
*Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Martin Connolly Twenty years ago Roisin Garvey made a promise to her then unborn son that some day she would run for election, that day came and resulted in her winning a seat on Clare County Council on Saturday.
Clare elects its 28 councillors
*Mark Nestor is raised aloft. Photograph: Martin Connolly Clare County Council’s newest 28 elected representatives have been confirmed following the conclusion of the two day count at Treacys West County Hotel in Ennis.
Head to head battles to determine outcome in Killaloe Municipal District
Five seats are on offer in the Killaloe Municipal District with five sitting councillors competing with five other candidates, four of which are contesting an election for the first time.
Clare Bus delegation travel to the Dáil
Pressure is mounting on the National Transport Authority to reverse it’s decision to award the TCU contract for Clare Bus to Limerick Local Link as opposed to Clare Accessible Transport.
