*Canvassers for Jim Gavin outside Cusack Park on Sunday. FIANNA FÁIL members in Clare have been left “shocked and disappointment” following Jim Gavin’s (FF) withdrawal from the Presidential election.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON’s ongoing wait to have a flood relief scheme in place continues to leave homeowners unable to insure their properties.
*Councillors in the Shannon MD. Photograph: Eamon Ward. PLANS by Transport Minister, Darragh O’Brien (FF) to lift the passenger cap at Dublin Airport is “very bad news” and “very damaging” for Shannon Airport and Cork Airport, the Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District has said.
FUTURE OF the post office networks in Shannon and Carrigaholt are under threat.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley DIFFICULTIES in navigating footpaths in a Shannon estate for a wheelchair resident have been flagged by local councillors.
*Cllr David Griffin (FF) brought the matter before the Council. CLARE COUNCILLORS are seeking the introduction of a domestic violence register.
*Photograph: John Mangan A MOTION calling for the creation of a League of Ireland team in Clare has been passed by Clare County Council.
DOONBEG’s Murt McInerney was remembered at the July meeting of Clare County Council with a fifteen minute adjournment proposed in his memory.
*Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward AN “exceptional” term as Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District has been completed by Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF) according to senior officials in the local authority.
*Newly elected Cathaoirleach of the Shannon MD Cllr John Crowe (FG) with his predecessor Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF). Photograph: Páraic McMahon. CLLR JOHN Crowe (FG) has been elected as the Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District for the third time.