Locating GP services in the heart of villages ‘becoming more challenging’
NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS’ continued fight to get a GP service back to the village was referenced at Monday’s meeting of Clare County Council.
David Griffin
Shannon Airport must strike to capitalise on passenger cap at Dublin
*Shannon Airport. SHANNON AIRPORT needs to fight back against a potential lifting of the passenger cap at Dublin Airport, councillors in Clare have argued.
Councillors slam Bus Éireann & Department of Education for ‘scandalous’ manner in which school bus system was introduced
*Photograph: Joe Buckley BUS ÉIREANN have come under fire for the “scandalous” manner in which a new bus system for secondary schools in Shannon was introduced.
An Bord Pleanála delays on Newmarket-on-Fergus wastewater treatment plant ‘not acceptable’
*Photograph: John Mangan DELAYS from An Bord Pleanála in announcing the outcome of an appeal to the building of a wastewater treatment plant in Newmarket-on-Fergus is “not acceptable”.
Publication of HIQA review on potential of second ED in Mid-West needs to be fast-tracked
*Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly (FF). Photograph: Brian Arthur HIQA’s review into the potential for a second emergency department in the Mid-West region must be published before next summer, county councillors have stressed.
‘Serious issues with Hogweed in Shannonbanks’
*Councillors in the Shannon MD debated the matter. HOGWEED’s spread across South-East Clare needs to be got to grips with, elected representatives have stressed.
More visibility of Gardaí needed on the streets of Shannon
MORE VISIBILITY of Gardaí is needed on the streets of Shannon.
Parents fuming over school bus plans
*Sixmilebridge parents. PARENTS OF secondary school students in Shannon are fuming with Bus Éireann and the Department of Education at the dawn of a new school year.
Changes to school bus system for Shannon students prompt concern
*Bus Éireann. A CLARE TD has said the wrong part of the county has been chosen for inclusion in a pilot school bus transport scheme while the manner of communication from Bus Éireann has been slammed as “very poor”.
Road markings to be refreshed by St Senan’s NS
ALL EXISTING road markings in the vicinity of St Senan’s National School in Shannon are to be refreshed.
