*Some of the dead fish in Ballymacraven. REFERENCE has been made to “an alleged discharge” for the first time from a North Clare water treatment plant which resulted in a “catastrophic” fish kill in the locality.
FREE ACCESS to the county’s main central waste management system will not be given to members of community employment schemes.
*Cathedral Court. DRINK AND DRUG activity has made people “fearful” to travel by Cathedral Court in Ennis, a county councillor has claimed.
The 11th overseas member guest tournament at Lahinch got underway on Thursday with overseas members and their guests competing for the Ronald J Kent Cup.
*Anti-dumping initiative funds saw green waste removed from Rossbracken this year. Photograph: Joe Buckley GREEN waste is being dumped illegally throughout Shannon with members of the public ignorant to the fact that they are breaking the law, elected representatives have flagged.
*Photograph: John Mangan An Ennis councillor has suggested rewards be issued for “civic-minded members of the public” that report incidences of illegal dumping.
Primary school children have been identified as the potential saviours to curb the rates of illegal dumping and littering within Shannon.
Absence of waste recycling facilities “on the southern side of Ennis” have led to calls for the installation of a bottle bank to cater for residents in this part of town.
Strong representations are to be made at senior levels within Clare County Council to plead the case of enhancing the Shannon Recycling Centre.
Mixed views were voiced on the prospect of skips being placed around Shannon Town as pay as you go rubbish bins in an attempt to tackle illegal dumping.
