New facilities get go-ahead for Loop Head Lighthouse
PLANNING APPROVAL has been granted to Clare County Council by An Bord Pleanála for the development of new visitor experience facilities at Loop Head Lighthouse Visitor Experience.
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‘Forgotten people of Rural Clare not so forgotten’ after extra injection for LIS
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Martin Connolly CLARE is to receive €2,079,722 as part of a nationwide extra allocation of €40m for repairs and improvement works on non-public rural roads and laneways under the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS).
Vikings to take over Craggaunowen
*Photograph: Eamon Ward NORSE WARRIORS will descend on Craggaunowen this May Bank Holiday Weekend (4-5th May) when the Clare visitor attraction is transformed into a Viking village.
Ongoing communication key to keeping landowners aboard West Clare Greenway
ONGOING talk with landowners is essential regarding the development of the €80m West Clare Railway Greenway, a county councillor for the area has stressed.
‘Stressed, sleepless & in a state of trauma’ Clare councillors hit out at ‘the ethnic minority’ over new illegal encampment
*Clancy Park is now home of an illegal encampment. ENNIS RESIDENTS are “stressed and sleepless in a state of trauma” following the emergence of a new illegal encampment.
€2.5m in extra funding secured for Clare’s road network
*Photograph: John Mangan AN ADDITIONAL €2.5M funding boost has been secured for Clare’s roads.
‘Whip-round’ for Sinn Féin councillor in Shannon Town Centre criticised
*Cllr Donna McGettigan. Photograph: Eamon Ward SINN FÉIN’ may be the wealthiest political party on the island of Ireland but one of its local election candidates in Clare still had to conduct a collection over the weekend.
Replacement signs now displaying Lahinch’s correct spelling
*Cllr Liam Grant (GP) admires the correct spelling of the sign in Lahinch. LAHINCH’s incorrect spelling on road signage has been remedied on a minor scale.
Dinny Gould enters the election race in West Clare
*Dinny Gould. Photograph: Páraic McMahon CREE’s Dinny Gould (IND) is set to shake up the election race in West Clare after officially confirming his candidacy.
‘I always said I’d give it ten years’ – Ann Norton calls time on political career
*Cllr Ann Norton (IND). Photograph: John O’Neill CLLR Ann Norton (IND) has said her decision not to seek re-election to Clare County Council is influenced by the health of her family members and a desire to devote more energy to the Clare Crusaders Clinic.