Spike in motorway crashes in Clare prompts TII review
*The M18. 25 road collisions have occurred on the M18 and N18 over the past two months.
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Last-minute decision to cancel oral hearing for South-East Clare wind farm slammed
AN ORAL hearing into a planned 50MW wind-farm in South-East Clare has been cancelled at the eleventh hour.
€108k allocated to develop walking trail at The Bridges of Ross
A WALKING trail at the Bridges of Ross has moved a step closer to getting extended following the allocation of €108,000 in funding.
Mid-West Oireachtas members take united stance following HIQA review
*Mid-West Oireachtas members at a meeting in Leinster House. A UNITED front has been mounted by politicians in the Mid-West in views expressed to the Minister for Health on future emergency healthcare services in the region.
Inagh’s Mary Crawford elected first female chair of Fianna Fáil’s Clare branch
*File pic: Mary Crawford with Billy Kelleher MEP and Gerry Reidy. INAGH’s Mary Crawford has been elected as the first female Chair of Fianna Fáil’s Clare branch with the party’s AGM hearing if any apologies have been sent by Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) to the county following the Presidential election.
Mountshannon lion was actually a ‘friendly mouse’
KILLALOE GARDAÍ have solved the mystery of a reported ‘lion-like’ animal in the woods of East Clare.
Mid-West Oireachtas members back three-tier hospital expansion plan for region
OIREACHTAS members from Clare and Limerick have given their backing to a three-tier plan to expand hospital capacity in the Mid-West, following publication of HIQA’s review of urgent and emergency care services in the region.
Fianna Fáil members ‘shocked’ over Jim Gavin withdrawal but Crowe backs Micheál Martin’s leadership
*Canvassers for Jim Gavin outside Cusack Park on Sunday. FIANNA FÁIL members in Clare have been left “shocked and disappointment” following Jim Gavin’s (FF) withdrawal from the Presidential election.
Clare TD says relocating Ukrainian students could be key to saving Furglan NS
*Furglan NS. ENROLLING UKRAINIAN students will be explored as a mechanism to save Furglan NS, a Clare TD has said.
Budgetary headaches eased for Council with no match funding required for €7m Cloister project
*The Cloister. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. THERE WILL BE no budgetary headaches for the finance department of Clare County Council following the allocation of close to €7m to redevelop the Cloister in Ennis.