Cabinet backs new model four hospital for Mid-West
HOPES of building a new hospital in Clare have been brought back to life with the Minister for Health confirming the Mid-West will have a new hospital built within the next ten to fifteen years.
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Inis Cealtra Visitor Experience records 5,784 admissions in opening season
Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Gordon Daly, Director of Tourism Development, Siobhán McNulty, Minister of State, Timmy Dooley (FF), Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr Paul Murphy (FG) and Cathaoirleach of the Killaloe Municipal District, Cllr Pat Burke (FG). Photograph: Brian Arthur SENIOR TOURISM officials have said they are not disappointed with the county’s …
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Up to 300 jobs to be created with Cahercon gas reserve
*An impression of the gas reserve. UP TO 300 jobs will be created in West Clare, a sixth of which will become full-time posts, with the building of a strategic gas emergency reserve in Cahercon.
Council loosen the leash with dog park to be trialled in Shannon next year
*A trial will be funded by elected members of the Shannon MD. SHANNON is to be trialled as the location for Clare’s first dog park next year.
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.
Host of suitable sites identified in Clare for construction of new hospital
*Cllr Rita McInerney outside the injury unit at Ennis Hospital. Photograph: Eugene McCafferty. A HOST of suitable sites have been put forward by Clare County Council to the HSE as potential locations for a new hospital in the county.
Online survey launched by Council to determine whether O’Connell St will be pedestrianised
*Photograph: Ennis MD FUTURE plans for O’Connell Street in Ennis and its potential pedestrianisation is the focus of a new survey launched by Clare County Council.
Shortage of parking costing Ennis retail sector €20m per annum claims councillor
*A full Harvey’s Quay car park in Ennis on Tuesday morning after 9am. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. ENNIS is short an estimated 240 spaces according to one councillor who said such a shortcoming is the equivalent of “€20m per annum lost for the local retail sector”.
Dromoland Castle lodge plans for speakeasy bar, new rooms and lakeside sauna cabins
*Dromoland Castle. FIVE STAR Dromoland Castle has unveiled plans for “significant upgrades to its hotel and grounds” including a cellar speakeasy bar, lakeside sauna cabins, new bedrooms, a restaurant and bar extension – and a new roost for the protected Lesser Horseshoe Bat.
East Clare reps feel ignored over long-standing requests to meet Uisce Éireann & Gardaí
*Parteen Basin. UISCE ÉIREANN have failed to honour a long-standing request to address elected members in East Clare to discuss funding shortfalls and plans to extract water from Lough Derg.