*Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street car park). SENIOR OFFICIALS in Clare County Council and Ennis 2040 DAC are still intent on submitting applications for planning approval to build on Abbey Street and Parnell Street carparks despite a former Mayor of Clare brandishing the plans as “criminal”.
URGENT CHANGES to bus stops in Shannon Banks have been sought.
*Connolly village. CONNOLLY village could receive a major facelift if planning is granted for a new development.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley PLANNING PERMISSION has been lodged for a new Lidl store in Ennistymon.
ENNIS GP and women’s health advocate Dr Máire Finn and uilleann piper Blackie O’Connell have been unveiled as the grand marshals for the 2025 St Patrick’s Day parade in Ennis.
*Abbey St car park is among the most contentious items of the Ennis 2040 strategy. ELECTED MEMBERS of Clare County Council have said there is a vacuum of information when it comes to Ennis 2040 while attempts by a Fine Gael councillor to block debate on the subject was overruled by Fianna Fáil councillors.
Tristan Casson-Rennie Chief Executive Officer FASD Ireland. Photograph: Natasha Barton. ONE OF Clare’s newest councillors is leading the campaign to have Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD) officially recognised by the HSE.
NEW streetlights have been sought on the road from Quilty village to Seafield.
A SIX FIGURE sum was spent on hedge cutting in West Clare, last year according to a senior engineer in Clare County Council.
FLOODING of homes in Liscannor has become an issue following excessive rainfall in recent times.
