Over €200k spent on Council’s legal fees to date for Ashline illegal encampment
*Photograph: The Clare Echo OVER €200,000 has been spent by Clare County Council as part of a legal battle with the occupants of an illegal encampment in Ennis.
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Council’s Budget with expenditure of €184m approved
*Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling. Photograph: Eamon Ward WITH AN increase in expenditure of €34m, there was unanimous agreement among Clare councillors to pass the County Council’s annual budget for 2024.
Civic reception bestowed on All-Ireland winning Clare minor hurling & junior camogie sides
Brian O’Connell, Cllr Joe Cooney and Eoghan Gunning. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE’S All-Ireland winning minor hurling and junior camogie panels and managements were honoured with a civic reception by Clare County Council on Monday.
Sitting councillors in Ennis push to have designated area only for election posters
*Photograph: John Mangan SITES have been identified in Ennis which may serve as a designated area for election posters.
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.
Speeding fears flagged as traffic calming sought in Clancy Park
“WE’RE KILLING OURSELVES with speeding,” Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) warned when seeking addition of traffic calming measures in Clancy Park.
‘Don’t assume we are not educated’ – strong opposition to Green Paper voiced by Clare Leader Forum
*Ann Marie Flanagan and Padraic Hayes. MEMBERS of the Clare Leader Forum are set to lodge “a strong submission” against proposals in the Green Paper on Disability Reform.
HSE CEO to be invited to behind closed doors meeting with Clare councillors
*Bernard Gloster. HSE CEO, Bernard Gloster is to be summoned to an ‘in-camera’ workshop with local elected representatives in Clare.
O’Gorman & Griffin voted as Fianna Fáil candidates in Shannon MD
*Cllr Pat O’Gorman and David Griffin. FIANNA FÁIL have selected Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF) and David Griffin (FF) as their candidates in the Shannon Municipal District for next June’s local elections.
‘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.