Chemifloc’s Shannon expansion plans hit stumbling block
*Chemifloc. CHEMIFLOC have had plans for a major expansion in their Shannon facility stalled by Clare County Council.
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Moving taxi rank from Harvey’s Quay can free up prime parking spaces in Ennis
*The taxi rank in Harvey’s Quay. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. MOVING THE location of the taxi rank in Ennis can free up parking spaces, a long-serving county councillor has argued.
‘Money won’t be an issue’ – Keating confident of Strand Line improvements in Kilkee
The Carrigaholt Roundabout in Kilkee. “MONEY won’t be an issue” to get the Strand Line in Kilkee a tarmac overlay according to a West Clare councillor.
Tulla GAA lodge plans for astro-turf, all weather pitch & indoor hurling wall
*Dr Daly Park, Tulla. TULLA GAA are proceeding with plans for an indoor hurling wall and astroturf as well as a new all weather pitch.
Corofin developers lodge plans for 60 houses in Lisdoonvarna
*The site at St Brendan’s Road in Lisdoonvarna. PLANS FOR SIXTY HOUSES in Lisdoonvarna have been lodged with Clare County Council.
Clare ‘always suffering on health front’ – Cllrs seek Dáil committee to examine emergency response times
*Greater funding of the National Ambulance Service has been sought in Clare. CO CLARE is ‘always suffering on the health front’ prompting councillors to seek the establishment of a Dáil committee to fully review emergency first response care for Clare residents.
‘Embarrassing’ state of footpaths, kerbs & parking slammed in Liscannor
*Photograph: John Sheridan LISCANNOR’s public parking, footpath and kerbing is in an “embarrassing condition”, a North Clare councillor has blasted.
‘Moneypoint’s potential would be maxmised if it was in Kerry’
WEST CLARE is at risk of being “short-changed” when it comes to offshore wind projects while Kerry would take better “advantage” of Moneypoint if it was in their county, according to elected members of the Council.
Councillors ‘still in shock’ over €8m spend by Council on land by Cliffs of Moher
*Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG). Photograph: John Mangan. A SENSE of betrayal has been felt by elected members of Clare County Council after the local authority paid €8m for two plots of land adjacent to the Cliffs of Moher without consulting county councillors.
Council external audit raises red flag & shows €1.6m spend on three Ennis 2040 projects
*€1.6m was the expenditure on Ennis 2040 in 2023, primarily on three projects, two of which have been paused. A POLICY to maintain proper controls, governance and procedures in Clare County Council as recommended by an external audit has not been implemented and has missed its timeline for completion.
