*Conor Whelan, John Conlon and Shane O’Donnell claim their awards. Photo by Tom Micks All-Star Hurlers John Conlon, Shane O’Donnell, and Conor Whelan were honoured at Loughgraney Community Hall on Saturday ahead of the Launch of Killanena GAA’s Field Development.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward Six of Clare’s twenty eight councillors attended all Municipal District meetings over the last five years.
Five seats are on offer in the Killaloe Municipal District with five sitting councillors competing with five other candidates, four of which are contesting an election for the first time.
*Photograph: Tulla Tidy Towns Plans to build 22 social houses in Tulla will not be able to proceed if capacity issues exist regarding water supply.
Challenges facing Shannon Airport must be considered in the upcoming tourism strategy to be produced by Clare County Council.
*Photograph: Eoin O’Hagan Necessary road works and the delay to complete them has caused “a lot of inconvenience” for the businesses and residents of Scariff.
*A path on the Cliffs of Moher looking over the Aran Islands. Photograph: Julie Tillett ‘A badly needed’ tourism strategy for Co Clare is expected to be ready by the autumn while coach providers visiting the Cliffs of Moher have said a lack of accommodation is preventing them from offering bed nights in the county.
Pressure is mounting on the National Transport Authority to reverse it’s decision to award the TCU contract for Clare Bus to Limerick Local Link as opposed to Clare Accessible Transport.
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”.
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross has accepted an invitation from Dr. Michael Harty to visit Bunratty.
