Ex Mayor Ryan elected Chair of Clare LCSP
*PJ Ryan. Photograph: Natasha Barton FORMER MAYOR OF Clare, PJ Ryan has been elected as the Chairperson of the new Clare Local Community Safety Partnership (LCSP).
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‘Awful void’ left in Newmarket-on-Fergus with ‘unfathomable’ loss of GP practice
*The Green in Newmarket-on-Fergus where the GP practice of Dr Colum Hackett was located. REMOVING GP services from the county’s fifth largest settlement is “unfathomable”, Newmarket-on-Fergus’ sole elected member of Clare County Council has said.
Host of suitable sites identified in Clare for construction of new hospital
*Cllr Rita McInerney outside the injury unit at Ennis Hospital. Photograph: Eugene McCafferty. A HOST of suitable sites have been put forward by Clare County Council to the HSE as potential locations for a new hospital in the county.
Spike in motorway crashes in Clare prompts TII review
*The M18. 25 road collisions have occurred on the M18 and N18 over the past two months.
Fiery Fianna Fáil AGM could be on the cards as members left ‘hurt’ over Presidential election
*Photograph: Joe Buckley DISCONTENT within Fianna Fáil is expected to come to the surface in Co Clare this week for the AGM of the party’s branch.
Fianna Fáil Cllrs say party HQ has lost connection with grassroots
*Junior Minister, Timmy Dooley (FF) and Cllr David Griffin (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley PROBLEMS were evident from the very beginning of the Presidential Election campaign for Fianna Fáil with county councillors in Clare claiming the party has lost its connection with the grassroots.
‘Calamity’ for Fianna Fáil & Clare Cllrs mixed on future of Taoiseach Martin
*Cllr Pat Daly (FF) with Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF). Photograph: Natasha Barton. FIANNA FÁIL’s Presidential election campaign was “a calamity from start to finish” but the majority of Clare councillors believe a knee-jerk reaction should be avoided and that Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) should remain as party leader.
‘Crazy’ to have CCTV in Shannon Town Park switched off
*Shannon Town Park. CCTV cameras are in place at Shannon Town Park but are not activated which has been labelled as “crazy” by one county councillor.
Fianna Fáil members ‘shocked’ over Jim Gavin withdrawal but Crowe backs Micheál Martin’s leadership
*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.
Wait for flood relief scheme is stifling housing development in Shannon
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON’s ongoing wait to have a flood relief scheme in place continues to leave homeowners unable to insure their properties.