*An Taoiseach Simon Harris (FG) is welcomed to Ennis by Cllr Mary Howard (FG) and Pat Breen (FG). Photograph: John Mangan AN TAOISEACH, Simon Harris (FG) hopped into town as the benefits of choosing to “Talk to Joe” were referenced by the Chief Executive of Clare County Council.
*Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling, An Taoiseach Simon Harris (FG) and Mayor of the Ennis MD, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. CLARE’S new state of the art county library was officially opened by An Taoiseach Simon Harris (FG) on Friday.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A BIG ELECTION announcement is in the offing in what could be a memorable occasion during the campaign.
CLARE’s first shots of the election campaign have taken flight with Leonora Carey (FG) shooting an indirect dig towards outgoing TD, Cathal Crowe (FF).
*Kevin Hassett (IND). Photograph: John Mangan ON THE fourth full day of the General Election campaign, RTÉ cameras rolled into town while a former General Election candidate has rowed in behind two of the Independents in the field.
*Cllr Tom O’Callaghan (FF) shows his election wounds. A SLIP of the tongue can be very damaging for a politician when it comes to an election campaign but so too can a sliding ladder as one political figure discovered in Co Clare recently.
CAMPAIGNS are in full flow across the county with such a short run-in till the November 29th General Election.
*Photograph: John Mangan CLARE is to have its longest ever ballot paper for a General Election with a total of nineteen candidates already declared.
*Mary Fehily. CLARE TD Cathal Crowe’s (FF) mother in law died while purchasing a lotto ticket in Charleville.
*Caherlohan. Photograph: John Mangan €3.2m in funding has been granted to Clare GAA from the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund to develop Caherlohan.
