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.
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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.
Two one hour public consultation sessions taking place before Burren & Cliffs Explorer returns
TWO PUBLIC consultation sessions take place in North and West Clare this week ahead of the return of the Burren & Cliffs Explorer.
Be a tourist in Co Clare this weekend
FOR THE fourth year running ‘Be a tourist in your own county’ returns to Co Clare.
Parts of Kilrush ‘becoming a red zone’ with spike in crime
*Incidents of anti-social behaviour from Kilrush went viral. PARTS of Kilrush have become “a red zone” due to the levels of criminal activity according to a county councillor who said the local authority will have to consider stopping the delivery of social housing until it can manage its present stock.
‘Take it outside if ye want to go at it’ – heated exchange sees Burke & Guilfoyle clash over fuel crisis in Council chamber
*Cllr Pat Burke (FG) and Cllr Tommy Guilfoyle (SF). “TAKE IT outside if ye want to go at it,” the Mayor of Clare told two elected members of the County Council during a heated exchange over the fuel protests.