Fresh hope for Broadford with Minister to announce €50m nationwide sewerage scheme
A €50M NATIONWIDE SCHEME is to be launched on Thursday morning to provide sewage mains in rural villages.
Darragh O’Brien
Holy Island & Burren UNESCO World Heritage application delayed
A DECISION on the inclusion of Holy Island and the cultural landscape of the Burren Uplands on a new Tentative List of potential World Heritage Properties for Ireland has been pushed back until June.
SDZ designation for Clare side of UL campus can generate €1.7bn annually to Irish economy
A DECISION regarding the potential creation of Europe’s first university town is expected to be made this year.
200 protesters take to the streets as Clare Pyrite Action Group lead defiant call for justice
BETWEEN 200 TO 300 Clare people protested along the streets of Ennis on Saturday as efforts to gain access to a defective blocks scheme intensifies for affected homeowners.
Pyrite homeowners to take to the streets
*Joe O’Donnell questions Minister Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Joe Buckley HOMEOWNERS in Clare are to protest through the town of Ennis this Saturday.
‘Definite and undeniable discrimination’ – Clare’s continued absence from pyrite redress slammed
CONTINUED inclusion of Clare from a remediation scheme for pyrite and mica affected homeowners equates to a “a definite, perpetuated and undeniable form of discrimination”.
Housing for All policy destined for failure warns Shannon councillor
*Cllr Gerry Flynn pictured at the Shannon Loop. Photograph: Eamon Ward A SHANNON councillor has warned that the Housing for All Government policy is destined for failure and will not support individuals and families trying to rent or purchase affordable homes in the county.
Investigation sought to determine how defective blocks were sold in Clare
*Cracks running along the walls of a home impacted by pyrite in Clare. Photograph: Joe Buckley ENNIS based, Cllr Mary Howard (FG) has become the first Clare politician to call on the Minister for Housing to carry out an investigation to ascertain how defective concrete blocks containing pyrite and mica were used to construct homes …
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Dept officials took a month to put concerns on Clare pyrite in writing
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING officials took over a month to put concerns in writing regarding Clare’s application to be included in a defective concrete block redress scheme.
‘Political footballing with pyrite must end’ – Wynne
“POLITICAL FOOTBALLING” must end when it comes to the defective concrete block grant scheme, a Clare TD has said.