*Pictured: Celebrating recent fossil discoveries in the Burren National Park Interpretation Centre (L-R): Carol Gleeson, UNESCO Burren Geopark Project Manager, Clare County Council; Flan Davoran, Eamonn Twomey, Michael Killeen, Michele Taylor, Sean Forde, Megan Lee, Helen Carty, Phoebe Larkin and Niall O’Reilly, NPWS Staff; Catriona Ryan, Director of the NPWS and Dr Eamon Doyle, Geologist, …
FURTHER INFORMATION has been requested by Clare County Council to plans by The Armada Hotel to construct a 4.3km water pipeline and two wastewater pumping stations.
*St Flannan’s College. THE Health Service Executive (HSE) is set to re-ignite a planning controversy by re-applying for planning permission for a €25m community hospital for Catholic Church-owned green space at St Flannan’s College in Ennis.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL has begun the compulsory acquisition of twenty derelict properties.
*Frances Street. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PLANS to improve Frances Street in Kilrush are in the offing while the Kilrush town centre first plan is at draft stage
*Photograph: Joe Buckley BUSES in Shannon are repeatedly breaking speed limits, a local councillor has claimed.
*Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) has called for an increase in the budget allocation for public lighting in West Clare. Photograph: John Mangan. PUBLIC LIGHTING in North and West Clare has been described as a hot potato election item which has since gone cold.
*Hermitage. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. PARTS of Hermitage are to be turned into a cul-de-sac with a redesigned roadway to provide parking for residents and local businesses.
*The Armada Hotel. A DECISION is to be made next week on plans by The Armada Hotel to build a 4.3km water pipeline stretching from Spanish Point to Quilty.
*Kilkee. OVER €77,000 has been raised to fund the legal challenge against a proposed wastewater treatment plant in Kilkee.