€2.2m spent on Ennis 2040 strategy to date
*Leo Varadkar launching the Ennis 2040 Strategy. Photograph: Paul Corey €2.2m has been spent to date on the Ennis 2040 economic and spatial strategy.
Carmel Kirby
Street style shines in Ennis Fashion Show
*The Ennis Street fashion show models , Janice Hayes, Eve Donovan and Aine Dwan wearing Trisha’s Closet had to share the catwalk today as DPD delivery man Damian McCormack made his way to Patrick Bourkes Menswear as O’Connell Street turned into an outdoor runway for the Ennis Street Fashion Show celebrating the vibrancy of fashion …
Changes at the top in Clare County Council
*Leonard Cleary, Noeleen Fitzgerald, Pat Dowling, Anne Haugh, Carmel Kirby and Jason Murphy. SUBSTANTIAL changes to the management of Clare County Council are to be made as part of a vast reshuffle.
Confidence expressed that Ennis is ‘well protected from flooding’ in wake of Midleton devastation
*Floods at St Flannan’s College in 2009. FLOODING EVENTS which occurred in Midleton last month are “unlikely to occur” in Clare’s county town.
Dealing with business disruption programme set up to support Ennis businesses
Consumer-facing business in Ennis are being provided with expert retail, merchandising and marketing advice through a new support programme organised by Clare County Council.
‘It is like someone has cancelled Christmas’ – rising insurance costs blamed for scrapping of market and festive train
*Photograph: John O’Neill INSURANCE costs have been cited by Clare County Council for stopping the Ennis Christmas train and Abbey Street Christmas market from proceeding this year.
Francis St site will be location for Clare’s first affordable housing scheme
*Photograph: John Mangan A SITE THAT had been intended to become a €1m temporary car park in Ennis is now earmarked as the county’s first location for an affordable housing scheme.
Ennis blooms with international success
ENNIS HAS ACHIEVED international success in the 2023 Communities in Bloom (CiB) awards ceremony held at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada over the weekend.
‘It’s RIP for West Clare’ – intervention of Oireachtas members sought to overturn planning directive
*Lissycasey. WEST CLARE “will be wiped out” if a directive issued to Clare County Council over its County Development Plan proceeds, an elected representative has claimed.
Contract signed for €11.5m Ennis public realm regeneration project
An artist’s impression of Cathedral Place and O’Connell Street following the completion of the Ennis Public Realm Regeneration Project. A CONTRACT has been signed this week by Clare County Council with Sharelidge Ltd to deliver an €11.5m upgrade to the streetscape of High Street, Bank Place, O’Connell Square, O’Connell Street, Old Barrack Street and Barrack …
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