Mayor O’Brien gives Shannon Airport strong push during US TV debut
*Cllr Tony O’Brien speaking with Kim Murphy SHANNON AIRPORT received a big push when Clare’s first citizen made his debut appearance on US television.
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Newmarket-on-Fergus masterplan must have community backing to get off ground
*Photograph: Joe Buckley COMMUNITY INPUT is key to make a mooted masterplan for Newmarket-on-Fergus a success.
€481k CLÁR boost for Clare communities
*The People’s Park in Kilmihil. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill €481,486 has been awarded to ten projects in the county under the latest round of allocations from the CLÁR programme to help develop local facilities and amenities in rural areas.
‘Huge dog fouling problems’ in Newmarket-on-Fergus & voice activation system causing sleepless nights in Drumgeely
“HUGE PROBLEMS” associated with dog fouling have been ongoing in Newmarket-on-Fergus for “at least twenty years,” a local representative has claimed while a voice activation system to remind owners to remove the faeces belonging to their canines is leaving Shannon residents sleepless.
Hastings Farmhouse at the centre of Shannon’s Heritage Week
*Hastings Farmhouse. Photograph: John O’Brien A HISTORIC farmhouse in Shannon will be among the locations showcased for Heritage Week.
Population projections for Clare ‘in a different galaxy’ to Census findings
*Cllr Cillian Murphy. Photograph: Eamon Ward PRELIMINARY CENSUS findings for Clare are “so far away from population projections for the county that we’re in a different galaxy,” a West Clare councillor has remarked.
Council plan to target enhance worst affected roads in Clare under hedge cutting scheme
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW being accepted for this year’s community hedge cutting grant scheme.
‘There hasn’t been a bungalow built in Shannon since 1970’ – planning granted for 55 homes
PLANNING PERMISSION has been granted for the construction of 55 houses and a childcare facility in Smithstown, Shannon.
Environmentalists to appeal Data Centre decision & Cllr warns we don’t want a repeat of Athenry
*Senator Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Natasha Barton APPEALS TO AN BORD PLEÁNALA are to be launched following the granting of planning permission for a €1.2bn data centre on the outskirts of Ennis.
Swimmers must be on alert with dangerous rip current at Spanish Point causing near-miss
*Photograph: Ann O’Connell. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC are being advised to take extreme caution by the Clare coast over the coming days following ‘a near miss’ on Monday night.