*Bill Slattery and Donogh O’Loughlin. Photograph: John Mangan BUSINESSES IN LAHINCH will struggle if proposed parking fees are enforced in the coastal town but one long-standing retailer has vowed that the local authority will not shut down his enterprise.
*Parking fees are now proposed for the Miltown Malbay Rd car park in Lahinch. Photograph: John Mangan PROPOSED PARKING CHARGES for Lahinch are meeting a backlash from local residents and business owners.
*Cllr Joe Garrihy, Bill Slattery, Madeline Taylor-Quinn and Ciaran Cannon TD. FINE GAEL have opted to keep the same ticket in North Clare for the local elections which saw them lose a sitting councillor and elect a first-time candidate in 2019.
*Bill Slattery meets Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys in Lahinch. Photograph: Eamon Ward BILL SLATTERY IS BIDDING to launch a political comeback with the Lahinch man nominated for Fine Gael’s upcoming selection convention for the Ennistymon local electoral area.
*University of Limerick. BOTH CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL and the University of Limerick must assure Department officials that the South Clare/UL Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) will not contradict development plans.
FARMERS IN EAST CLARE are going to sleep with shotguns “loaded under the bed at night” ready to take the law into their own hands with one representative fearing a repeat of the Padraig Nally case while an Ennis superintendent has voiced his opposition to arming Gardaí.
*Monday’s meeting of the Clare JPC heard queries on ways to be more responsible online. MORAL RESPONSIBILITY of persons behind the camera that allowed a X-rated video from Lisdoonvarna has been questioned
HEN PARTIES remain welcome in Lahinch, local publicans have stressed.
AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE is needed to protect Ukrainian refugees in Lisdoonvarna amid growing road safety concerns.
PUBS in Lahinch have began to turn away stag and hen parties.
