Púca may yet come to Clare
Ennistymon and Co Clare may yet be home to the infamous Púca sculpture.
Clare county council
‘Unacceptable behaviour’ at Cloughleigh playground keeping residents awake at night
“Unacceptable behaviour” is occurring at an Ennis playground leading to residents being awoken “at all hours of night”.
O’Reilly Park residents ‘treated like dirt’ as construction of Doonaun development in Tulla continues
*Joe Floyd at O’Reilly Park in Tulla with the Doonaun development in the background. Photograph: Gary Collins A lifelong Tulla resident has hit out at the manner in which plans for a social housing development in the East Clare town have been put in place.
Special meeting of Council to be held as Cllr O’Brien tells Aer Lingus to hang their heads in shame
A special meeting of Clare County Council is to be convened to discuss Aer Lingus’ decision to close its base at Shannon Airport.
Emergency legislation sought to remove name of domestic abuse perpetrator from Council tenancies
A Kilrush councillor has called on the Taoiseach to bring forward emergency legislation to allow local authorities remove a tenant’s name from a Council owned property to protect victims of domestic violence.
Extra resources for Clare’s coastal amenities to cost €10-€15k per week
Between €10,000 to €15,000 per week is projected to be spent by Clare County Council in providing additional resources to coastal amenities to cope with a forecasted staycation surge.
Time to use Clare as HQ of Dept of Rural Affairs & Community Development
Locating the headquarters of the Department of Rural Affairs and Community Development in Co Clare can signal the Government’s commitment to rural Ireland, local elected representatives have declared.
Electronic submission for planning applications to go live next year
An electronic system for the submission of planning applications is to Clare County Council is to go live via an online portal by the middle of 2022.
Sub-station removed from derelict sites register
*Knockaderry Grove’s sub-station before improvements were carried out. Photograph: Gary Collins An ESB sub-station has been removed from Clare County Council’s derelict site register.
GPDR a barrier to taking car registration of takeaway & drive-thru customers to clamp down on dumping
An appeal to have car registrations of consumers using drive-thrus and takeaways in a bid to clamp down on illegal dumping has met a stumbling block in the form of GDPR.
