Ennis blooms with international success
ENNIS HAS ACHIEVED international success in the 2023 Communities in Bloom (CiB) awards ceremony held at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada over the weekend.
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Local music icons Fean, Costelloe & O’Donoghue remembered in Shannon for Culture Night
*Ray Fean. Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON had a night to remember while honouring three musicians for Culture Night.
Pulling Active Travel from rural Clare ‘utterly discriminatory’
*The pedestrian crossing in Spanish Point was one of the final Active Travel projects in Clare. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES in West and North Clare have slammed the manner in which Active Travel has been pulled from rural areas as “utterly discriminatory”.
Traffic woes in North Clare gone beyond ‘saturation point’
*A demonstration held in memory of Jerry O’Connor. Photograph: John Mangan ABUNDANCE OF TRAFFIC and recent accidents in North Clare has gone “passed saturation point” with frustration voiced with the ongoing wait for a transport and mobility strategy.
O’Briensbridge & Bridgetown still under boil water notice
*Photograph: John Mangan O’BRIENSBRIDGE, Bridgetown and Montpelier remain under a boil water notice, which was first issued over a month ago.
Blunder on Bunratty Bandstand sees Council pay up to €40k before pausing works
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL has been forced to pause works on the construction of a band stand in Bunratty after realising it did not own the lands on which the structure was to be built.
‘Lights out’ in several Clare housing estates prompting Council to voice ‘dissatisfaction with ESB’
*Ballycannon Heights in Meelick is among the locations impacted. Photograph: Natasha Barton LIGHTS are out in a number of housing estates across the county as a result of new compliance measures between ESB and Safe Electric when it comes to undertaking upgrades.
‘Red tape & grant regulations on septic tanks stopping more houses coming back into use’
GRANT REGULATIONS and red tape surrounding septic tanks have been blamed with building barriers stopping vacant houses from coming back into use across Clare.
One piece of dog poo can see a beach breach its health standards
*Photograph: John Mangan JUST ONE piece of dog faeces is enough to fail a beach in its efforts to retain its Blue Flag.
Herbicide & weedkiller policies ‘driving the county backwards’ claims Burke
*Cllr Pat Burke. Photograph: Gary Collins ADHERING to biodiversity is pushing the promotion of the county “backwards” in certain areas, an elected representative has said.