*Leonard Cleary. Photograph: Eamon Ward. ‘OUTSIDE THE BOX’ thinking is needed to assist the tourism industry overcome the accommodation challenges facing the sector in Co Clare.
*Short-term lets sparked a debate at this month’s Council sitting. PROVIDERS of short-term lets should not be made “scapegoats” for the housing crisis in Ireland, Clare’s housing policy chairperson has said.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon “CREATIVE MEANS” must be explored at a local level to bring derelict properties back into use as houses.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley APPOINTING one tree contractor for the entire Shannon Municipal District is insufficient, a county councillor has claimed.
*Shannon Estuary. ENGAGEMENT is ongoing between Clare County Council and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to identify green skills opportunities and react to Clare’s housing need based on the scale of development envisaged from the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley HOUSES in Finian Park are “continuously being pelted” with rocks and stones, a Shannon representative has highlighted with criticism growing over the lack of Garda presence in the town.
*Photograph: John Mangan RAIL SERVICES will be suspended from Ennis to Limerick as of Monday due to flooding in Ballycar.
*The green area at Waterpark House which will be removed. AN ENNIS councillor who has actively criticised the dearth of parking spaces in the county town has lodged a formal objection to plans to build a car park with 136 spaces.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon A CLARE TD has said Clare County Council are behaving like “the dodgiest of dodgy developers”.
*Photograph: John O’Neill ABBEY STREET’s importance as a civic space in the heart of Ennis will be highlighted this weekend for the St Patrick’s Day parade.