On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, Michael McNamara of Corbally, Quin, and formerly of Ballyogan, Barefield, and Clare County Council, passed away away peacefully at the Galway Clinic. By Michael O’Connor: “Safe Pair of hands and very much the go to guy” can in many ways sum up the life of the late Michael McNamara who …
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*Ennis 2040. COMMUNICATION on public realm projects alongside an update for the Ennis 2040 Strategy in an official Clare County Council document is “misleading” while a county councillor has said elected members sitting on the DAC continues to be “a conflict of interest”.
*The Francis St site is expected to be the home of the county’s first affordable housing scheme. THIRD PARTIES need to be left out of plans to develop affordable housing schemes in Clare while senior officials in the Council have promised “a top class” scheme will be delivered in Ennis.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON TOWN’s flood defences scheme is currently at the environmental and design stage.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley APPROVAL for an affordable housing scheme in Shannon has been granted to Clare County Council.
*Protesters go past the Francis Street site in a demonstration organised by the Francis Street Alliance in April. Photograph: John Mangan A RESIDENTIAL development which is to be led by the Ennis 2040 DAC could commence construction by the middle of February while a second application for a proposed affordable housing scheme in Ennis is …
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*Mick O’Dea. CELEBRATED ENNIS artist Mick O’Dea’s highly anticipated exhibition, ‘Divided Loyalties’ continues to run in glór until the middle of January.
Rita McInerney reads the 1916 proclamation watched by Fianna Fáil leader, Micheal Martin TD. Photograph: Natasha Barton. RITA MCINERNEY is determined to maximise her new role as a county councillor over the next six months in advance of the 2024 local elections.
Pictured launching the Healthy Clare Calendar 2024 is the Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Cllr Joe Cooney, with (left to right) Bernadette Haugh, Senior Executive Officer, Rural and Community Development, Clare County Council, and Dena McGrath, Healthy Clare Coordinator, Clare County Council. Photo: Paul Corey. A NATIONAL scale-up of the Regional Healthy Age Friendly homes …
*FILE PHOTOGRAPH THREE QUARTERS of participants in the public consultation of the Clare Climate Action Plan feel that Clare County Council has a significant role to play in climate change.