Extra toilets for Fanore & Kilkee in ‘staycation season’
Extra toilets are to be provided in Fanore and Kilkee as high numbers of visitors continue to choose Clare as their county of choice for domestic holidays.
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‘Time to bring bulldozers to Blake’s Corner’ says Clare’s newly elected first citizen PJ Ryan
*Cllr PJ Ryan. Photograph: Martin Connolly Clare councillors have elected Cllr PJ Ryan (IND) as the county’s first citizen.
Socially engaged art performed apart – Ennistymon School of Art unveil exhibition
Ennistymon School of Art have unveiled their end of year exhibition at the Courthouse Gallery, rounding off what one tutor described as “a year of socially engaged art performed apart”.
Date set for Blake’s Corner oral hearing
*An archive photo of Blake’s Corner in Ennistymon. A virtual oral hearing for Blake’s Corner will be held next month.
Local businesses & housing a priority of approved Council Budget
An expenditure of €131m is included in Clare County Council’s revenue budget which puts a priority on local SMEs, housing, town enhancement plans and rural regeneration while future capital projects such as the West Clare Greenway, Blake’s Corner and the Killaloe Bypass are identified for progression.
Getting there – progress being made with Blake’s Corner CPO due for publication
A compulsory purchase order for Blake’s Corner is to be published in the very near future.
County’s land & sea brought to Clare Museum
Clare Museum is now hosting an exhibition ‘Of Land and Sea’ featuring the work of three local artists.
‘If a dog sat still for 5 minutes he would have been painted’ – Council go all out for Irish Open
*Photograph: Martin Connolly Paul McGinley made the statement on Tuesday “if a dog sat down for five minutes he would have got painted”, though County Dog Warden, Frankie Coote may not like to hear it, there is truth in what McGinley said such was the amount of work undertaken by Clare County Council in preparation …
Location of Ennistymon bus-stop “is insane”
Locating a bus stop in very close proximity to Blake’s Corner has been labelled “insane” by Green Party councillor, Roisin Garvey.
Miltown Malbay ‘written off the map’
An absence of signs directing motorists to Miltown Malbay has been done deliberately to ‘write the West Clare town off the map’.