Frances Street focus in discussions between Kilrush Chamber & West Clare MD
*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
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‘Majority of buses are speeding in Shannon’ claims Mulcahy
*Photograph: Joe Buckley BUSES in Shannon are repeatedly breaking speed limits, a local councillor has claimed.
‘A hot potato which is getting cold’ – North & West Clare councillors annoyed over public lighting
*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.
Proposals afoot to bring in cul-de-sac to Hermitage
*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.
Armada’s €1.5m plans for water pipeline splits opinion in Spanish Point & Quilty
*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.
Save Kilkee Cliff Walk campaign to go before High Court with reports of Harris family donations
*Kilkee. OVER €77,000 has been raised to fund the legal challenge against a proposed wastewater treatment plant in Kilkee.
‘Having ambulance units at fire stations can save lives in Clare’
*The matter was discussed at the April meeting of Clare County Council. ELECTED members of Clare County Council were told to “be cautious” with a proposal to base ambulance units at fire stations in Ennis, Kilrush and Shannon.
Trump Doonbeg unable to restore conditions for tiny snail
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. OPERATORS of the five-star Trump Doonbeg resort in Doonbeg have stated it is beyond their control to restore the favourable conservation status of the tiny EU protected snail, Vertigo Angustior on site.
Start of Ennis town bus service pushed back again
Sean Abeyta from GLAS Civil Engineering with Mayor of Ennis Cllr Mary Howard and Senior Engineer Ennis Municipal District Hugh McGrath at the site of one of the new bus stops currently being installed across Ennis. Photograph: Eamon Ward. ENNIS’ new town bus service has been delayed yet again but a finish line is in …
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Dinny calls for Garda who allegedly pepper sprayed boy (14) to be ‘reprimanded’
*Cllr Dinny Gould (IND). Photograph: John Mangan A WEST Clare councillor has called for a member of An Garda Síochána to be “reprimanded” for allegedly using pepper spray on a fourteen year old during the recent fuel protests.