‘This can make the town’ – refreshed plans submitted for Cloister building
*Photograph: Tom Micks REVISED plans have been submitted by Clare County Council for future development of The Cloister.
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Drug drops happening at bridges under M18 claims Cllr
*Balymacahill. DRUGS are being dropped off by drivers along the M18 to an underneath bridge in Ballymacahill according to a county councillor.
Review of parking by-laws in Ennis to focus on workers taking up prime spots
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon. PARKING by-laws for Ennis town centre are to be reviewed over the summer months.
‘Time to rediscover Ennis’ – Cllrs call for free parking to boost footfall in town
*Crowds on O’Connell Street in Ennis for St Patrick’s Day. Photograph: John O’Neill. A PROMOTIONAL marketing video for Ennis is to be released by Fáilte Ireland while the old Boys NS site may be reopened for parking in efforts to boost business in the county town.
€10m cost to develop up to 260 homes along Road to Nowhere
*Photograph: John O’Neill DEVELOPMENT OF up to 260 homes could be built in Ennis by getting ‘The Road to Nowhere’ on the map.
Pedestrian crossing plans for Clareabbey ‘not safe for cyclists, pedestrians or motorists’
*An artist’s impression of the pedestrian crossing at Clareabbey Roundabout. PLANS to install a pedestrian crossing at Clareabbey Roundabout “will not be safe for pedestrians or cyclists”.
‘There will be uproar’ – farmers fume over preferred route for Limerick to Scariff Greenway
*Photograph: Tom Micks “THERE WILL BE UPROAR” in South-East Clare over the proposed route for the 43km Scariff to Limerick greenway, the former Chairman of Clare IFA has said.
Councillors take seven months to make Tourism DAC appointments & seek more time to sort Kilrush Amenity Trust
*Cllr Shane Talty (FF) right had raised concerns with DAC representations as far back as April of this year. Photograph: Eamon Ward. IT HAS taken Clare’s councillors seven months to reach agreement over proposed appointments to the Clare Tourism Development DAC while further time has been sought to finalise who sits on the Kilrush Amenity …
Disruption over Tulla Rd Active Travel scheme has left locals & businesses ‘very unhappy’
*Cllr Tommy Guilfoyle (SF) flagged the matter. DISRUPTION caused by the Active Travel scheme on the Tulla Rd in Ennis has left local residents and businesses “very unhappy” according to elected representatives.
Concern brewing in Ballyea over ‘unsafe 1km stretch’
*Kilmorane on the N68 Kilrush Rd between Edenvale and Ballyea. DISCUSSION and concern is brewing in Ballyea over the vulnerability faced by road users.