Moneypoint ceases burning coal after 40 years
MONEYPOINT has ceased the burning of coal at its plant after forty years.
Darragh O’Brien
Minister makes two appointments to the Shannon Airport Group board
*Emily Ross. TWO APPOINTMENTS have been made to the board of the Shannon Airport Group.
Financial woes of UL put planned University Town in Clare on pause
*UL aerial. UL’s involvement in progressing Europe’s first university town in collaboration with Clare County Council is under review putting the viability of the venture in jeopardy.
Sod turned on Clifden social housing scheme
Pictured at the turning of the sod on a new 30-unit social housing development at Clifden, County Galway (left to right) Cllr. Ollie Turner, Leas-Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council, Cllr. Eileen Mannion, and Cllr. Gerry King, Leas-Cathaoirleach of Connemara Municipal District. Photo Sean Mannion. SOD has been turned on a new social housing development in …
Concern brewing in Broadford as blame game erupts
*Cllr Joe Cooney. Photograph: John O’Neill CONCERN is brewing in Broadford at the lack of progress made since its inclusion in a €50m pilot wastewater scheme was announced nine months ago.
350 free water fountains to be installed nationwide
*Senator Roisin Garvey (GP) at the water fill station in Ennistymon. Photograph: Eamon Ward. A CLARE SENATOR has said her research was central to the launch of a new scheme which will see 350 water fountains installed across the country.
Frustration building with no sight of shovels in the ground in Broadford & Cooraclare
*Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien (FF). Photograph: Tom Micks ANXIETY and frustration is building with the ongoing wait for works to commence in both Broadford and Cooraclare following their inclusion in a national pilot wastewater treatment scheme.
Providers of short-term lets ‘not responsible for the housing crisis’
*Short-term lets sparked a debate at this month’s Council sitting. PROVIDERS of short-term lets should not be made “scapegoats” for the housing crisis in Ireland, Clare’s housing policy chairperson has said.
‘Calling it affordable housing is wrong because it is not affordable’
*Photograph: Joe Buckley NAMING the affordable housing scheme as such is misleading county councillors in Shannon have argued given the stringent eligibility criteria surrounding it.
Minister puts pressure on Clare County Council to speed up submission of affordable housing schemes
*The Francis St site will become the county’s first affordable housing scheme. Photograph: John Mangan AFFORDABLE housing schemes will be approved for Clare if further applications are submitted by the County Council according to the Minister for Housing.
