Clare students deprived of ‘right to education’
Students in Clare are being deprived of their “right to education” as more than three dozen children in the county are without a second level place for September.
Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy
15 candidates fighting for 7 seats in Ennis Municipal District
Ennis will be electing at least one new councillor following tomorrow’s local elections.
Vagrants giving Ennis ‘a bad image’
Elected representatives in the Ennis Municipal District have appealed to the public not to give cash to members of the homeless community and instead hand they food or liquids should they wish to assist them.
Clare Haven & Rape Crisis Midwest ‘need more certainty’
Certainty is needed for organisations such as Clare Haven Services and Rape Crisis Midwest which can be provided from the Local Property Tax, Seamus Ryan has claimed.
Breen questions traveller’s ‘automatic right to Council houses’
*Cllr James Breen. Photograph: Martin Connolly “Disgusting” boarded up houses at Watery Rd, Ennis have been described as “a long standing embarrassment” for Clare County Council.
Ennis eyesore removed from Rocky Rd
A burnt out caravan has been removed from the Rocky Rd in Ennis.
Proper commemoration needed for ‘national hero’ Laura Brennan
A suitable commemoration in honour of the late Laura Brennan is fully deserved, members of the Ennis Municipal District have said.
Male domestic abusers “should be whipped”
Men who physically abuse women “should be whipped”, Monday’s meeting of the Clare Joint Policing Committee heard.
Change to Clare Bus contract “a grave act of injustice”
A decision from the National Transport Authority (NTA) to take the contract for the county’s rural transport co-ordination unit (TCU) from Clare Accessible Transport (CAT) and award it to Limerick Local Link has been met with widespread hostility and labelled “a grave act of injustice”.
Climate change protesters demand action to protect their future
Five Clare students this week addressed elected representatives of the local authority demanding action on climate change.
