191 submissions made to An Bord Pleanála over Oatfield wind farm
*Signs opposing the development in Broadford. 191 valid submissions have been made to An Bord Pleanála regarding Ørsted’s plans to construct 11 wind turbines in Oatfield.
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Friends of Ennis Hospital make ‘compelling case’ to HSE Exec for restoring services in Clare
*Ennis Hospital. ACTIVIST group, Friends of Ennis Hospital have said the newly appointed HSE Regional Executive Officer has acknowledged the ‘compelling case’ for the restoration of services in Co Clare.
UHL CEO Cowan returns from leave period
*Colette Cowan. CEO of UL Hospitals Group, Colette Cowan has made a surprise return from leave to resume her duties.
Varadkar resignation won’t cause earlier General Election says Clare TD & Senator
*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Brian Arthur LEO VARADKAR’s (FG) decision to step down as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael will not result in an early General Election according to two of Clare’s Oireachtas members.
Resounding Referendum defeats won’t shorten life of the Government – Crowe
*Hotel Woodstock was the Clare count centre. A RESOUNDING defeat for the Government in the Family and Care Referendums does not mean the stability of coalition is under threat, a Clare TD has said.
Crowe pushes for new Clare secondary school to be built in Sixmilebridge
*Photograph: Joe Buckley WITH SHANNON school as maximum capacity, there is a need for a new secondary school in Sixmilebridge, a Clare TD has said.
Housing Minister in talks with Uisce Éireann to try rescue Ennistymon €7.7m development
*Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Tom Micks DESPITE over fifty towns and villages in Clare being prohibited from the construction of housing developments due to inadequate wastewater infrastructure, the Minister for Housing insists the climate is improving for young people to build homes.
18 social homes officially opened by Housing Minister in Ennis
*Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien (FF) cuts the ribbon to mark the official opening of An Cosán Gheal. Photograph: Tom Micks MINISTER FOR HOUSING, Darragh O’Brien (FF) was on hand to officially open Inis Housing Association’s latest development, An Cosán Gheal, in Ennis.
‘Necklace of wind farms tearing families apart’ from Meelick to Bodyke
*Members of the public who were in the gallery for Monday’s Clare County Council meeting. ELECTED representatives of Clare County Council have hit out at plans from energy companies to erect wind turbines from Meelick to Bodyke in six different developments.
‘We’re more likely to spot a leprechaun than a Garda on the beat in Clare’
*Photograph: John O’Neill THERE is a better chance of spotting a leprechaun than a Garda on the beat in Co Clare, a Shannon public representative has remarked.
