*The matter was debated before the July meeting of Clare County Council. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE have said they are “hamstrung” and left in “no man’s land” due to “outdated” guidelines relating to wind farm developments.
CO CLARE is “falling through the cracks” when it comes to tackling homelessness, one of the county’s four TDs has said.
*Dr Martina Cleary. REGULATIONS that will lead to the approval of redress for pyrite-impacted homeowners in Clare have been signed off on by the Minister for Housing while the companies responsible for selling defective concrete blocks must now be pursued according to activists and politicians.
*Mary Hanley shows Minister O’Brien the cracks along their home in Drumline caused by pyrite. Photograph: Joe Buckley REGULATIONS that will lead to the approval of redress for pyrite-impacted homeowners in Clare have been signed off on by the Minister for Housing.
*Photograph: John Mangan A CLARE COUNCILLOR who works as a retained firefighter in Ennistymon has warned it will take “a disaster” before change is forthcoming in the pay and conditions of those working in the service.
*Brian Rudd, Mark Hayes, David Coote, Mitch Nevin. Photograph: John Mangan. CLARE’S FIRE SERVICE is facing a potential shutdown as retained firefighters threaten an all-out strike from Tuesday.
*Senator Victor Boyhan and Cllr Gerry Flynn. CLARE COUNCILLORS need to step up and not relinquish control to the Ennis 2040 DAC, a Dublin Senator has said while pledging to raise matters relating to the 2040 Strategy with the Minister for Housing.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley APPROVAL has been granted for both Ennis and Shannon to be included in the Affordable Housing Scheme.
*Minister Darragh O’Brien flanked by Cathal Crowe TD and Senator Timmy Dooley. Photograph: Joe Buckley Junior Minister Kieran O’Donnell (FG) has rapped Clare County Council for excessive zoning of lands for housing in its new Clare County Development Plan.
CONFIDENCE has been voiced by a Government representative that both Broadford and Cooraclare fit the criteria to be included in a €20m pilot wastewater scheme.
