Bid to not have County Library named after Eamon de Valera defeated
*Photograph: John Mangan A VOTE WAS REQUIRED to defeat an amendment seeking the commencement of a public consultation process for the naming of the new County Library in Ennis.
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Cycling schemes advancing for Ennis roads
*Photograph: Gary Collins NEW CYCLING SCHEMES FOR the Tulla Rd, Limerick Rd, Lahinch Rd and Gort Rd, all in Ennis are advancing.
Graduate numbers reach new high at Community Training Centre
*Kaitlyn Ferns with her father James. Photograph: Paschal Brooks GRADUATE AWARDS at the Community Training Centre of the Clare Youth Service have reached a new high.
Clare hero Bernárd Lynch honoured with civic reception for endless dedication fighting for equal rights
*Cllr Tony O’Brien presents Bernárd Lynch with a civic reception presentation scroll. Photograph: Eamon Ward. ENNIS NATIVE, Bernárd Lynch has been bestowed with the highest honour that Clare County Council can bestow upon a citizen or group, a civic reception.
‘It will take a big disaster for things to change in fire service’
*Photograph: John Mangan A CLARE COUNCILLOR who works as a retained firefighter in Ennistymon has warned it will take “a disaster” before change is forthcoming in the pay and conditions of those working in the service.
Preferred routes identified for Ennis Town bus service
PREFERRED routes for the Ennis Town Bus Service have been identified with early 2025 the planned timeframe for its beginning.
Five in the frame for Fianna Fáil ticket in Ennis
*Fianna Fáil’s nominees. FIVE NOMINATIONS have been received within Fianna Fáil for the Ennis Municipal District to contest the 2024 local elections.
‘Deep concern’ with appointment of design team for Francis St development
*Councillors were not briefed before the Ennis 2040 DAC appointed the design team. PLANS FOR A TEMPORARY car park in Francis Street have been scrapped altogether with a design team appointed to develop a masterplan for a mixed-use development on the site.
Councillors vote to lift Ennis pedestrianisation but decision dismissed by Council Executive
*Signage advising motorists of the pedestrianisation measures in Ennis. ALTHOUGH the majority of elected members of the Ennis Municipal District voted in favour of reopening O’Connell Street to traffic on a full-time basis until road works commence, senior management of the District have refuted their call.
‘West Clare sentenced to death & farming families will be the new homeless’ claims Lissycasey rep
*TII are appealing granted planning permissions to properties on the N68. WEST CLARE’s population has been “sentenced to death” due to current planning legislation, the county’s longest-serving politician has claimed.