Craggaunowen to undergo €1m redevelopment this year
CRAGGAUNOWEN is to undergo a €1m upgrade this year.
Clare county council
Minister puts pressure on Clare County Council to speed up submission of affordable housing schemes
*The Francis St site will become the county’s first affordable housing scheme. Photograph: John Mangan AFFORDABLE housing schemes will be approved for Clare if further applications are submitted by the County Council according to the Minister for Housing.
Housing Minister in talks with Uisce Éireann to try rescue Ennistymon €7.7m development
*Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Tom Micks DESPITE over fifty towns and villages in Clare being prohibited from the construction of housing developments due to inadequate wastewater infrastructure, the Minister for Housing insists the climate is improving for young people to build homes.
‘Impact of lack of housing in Shannon is too big to ignore’ – Chamber President lays it on the line for Housing Minister
*Shannon Chamber President, Eoin Gavin. Photograph: Eamon Ward INVESTMENT in Shannon and the wider Mid-West region remains under threat due to the shortage of housing, the President of Shannon Chamber has flagged.
Lease arrangement with Council for Cloister car park offers ‘financial assurance & certainty’ for Clare GAA
*Eamon O’Dea, Pat Dowling, Kieran Keating, Kieran Keating, Deirdre Murphy, Brian Fitzpatrick. Photograph: Brian Arthur AGREEMENT of a commercial arrangement with Clare County Council for the Cloister Car Park offers some assurance to Clare GAA.
Abandoned boats, swan signage & illegal dumping flagged at Mountshannon Harbour
*Photograph: John Mangan THREE issues need to be dealt with at Mountshannon Harbour according to local representative, Cllr Pat Burke (FG).
18 social homes officially opened by Housing Minister in Ennis
*Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien (FF) cuts the ribbon to mark the official opening of An Cosán Gheal. Photograph: Tom Micks MINISTER FOR HOUSING, Darragh O’Brien (FF) was on hand to officially open Inis Housing Association’s latest development, An Cosán Gheal, in Ennis.
Council & Clare GAA enter commercial arrangement to lease Cloister car park
*Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling and Clare GAA Chairman, Kieran Keating. Photograph: Brian Arthur CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL have agreed to lease the Cloister Car Park from Clare GAA which is to result in the delivery of 200 car parking spaces in Ennis town centre.
Clare reps seek legislation to make it illegal to ‘conceal one’s face when planning to commit a crime’
INTRODUCTION of legislation to make it illegal to cover an individual’s face when preparing to commit an act of violence has been requested by a Clare councillor.
Uisce Éireann fined €5,000 after treatment plant caused ‘ecological tragedy’
*Photograph: John Mangan AN IRON SLUDGE discharge from a ’no longer fit for purpose’ water treatment plant operated by Uisce Éireann was the cause of an ‘ecological tragedy’ that wiped out all fish life over a 2.6km river, a court has heard.