Promises & delays on opening of Ennis dialysis unit labelled ‘shocking’
REPEATED DELAYS to the construction of a dialysis unit in Ennis have been criticised by elected representatives in Clare.
Clare county council
O’Brien leads calls to defer Killaloe Bridge pedestrianisation trial
*Senior planner, Brian McCarthy and Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward KILLALOE’s sole elected member of Clare County Council has called on the local authority to defer its trial pedestrianisation of Killaloe Bridge.
Councillors shoot down plans for fighter jets at Shannon Airport
CLARE COUNCILLORS have criticised plans to base fighter jets at Shannon Airport.
Lidl win appeal for €20m development in Ennis
*The Clare Rd Junction where the Lidl store will be located. Photograph: Páraic McMahon LIDL has won an appeal to An Bord Pleanála to enable a €20m development in Ennis to proceed.
Council beef up security in response to Waterpark House encampment
*Security at the entrance to Áras Contae An Chláir on Wednesday morning. Photograph: Tom Micks CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL ARE forking out a reported €400 daily to a security firm after it beefed up its operations Áras Contae An Chláir in the past week.
Further information sought for Custy’s plans to build 55 houses in Ballymaley
*Custy Construction had applied for planning permission for the housing development. PLANS FOR 55 HOUSES to be built at Ballymaley have been halted by Clare County Council.
‘He was never afraid to fight for what was right’ – Clare councillors remember Bishop Willie Walsh
*The grave of Bishop Willie Walsh. Photograph: John O’Neill A TRAIL-BLAZER, loyal friend and a man who brought the church forward “hundreds of years” in Clare is how county councillors have remembered Bishop Willie Walsh.
GAA pricing structures ‘have gone outrageous’ says Clare councillor
*Patrons attending Clare’s meeting with Kildare in the Allianz National Football League. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill PRICING structures in the GAA have “gone outrageous,” a Clare councillor has commented while stressing the importance of the home of the All-Ireland champions “taking a lead” on tackling the introduction of a €5 charge for U16s.
Appeal lodged over rejection of 61 houses in Kilkishen
*Kilkishen village. AN APPEAL has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against the decision to deny planning for 61 houses in Kilkishen.
Reset of Ennis 2040 strategy ‘a step in the right direction’
*Photograph: John Mangan A RESET of the Ennis 2040 strategy is the prevailing of common sense according to elected members of the Ennis Municipal District.