*Veronica Griffin looks on proudly as her son David Griffin is lifted in the air by Tommy and Eddie Griffin. Photograph: Joe Buckley. FIRST-TIME candidate, Cllr David Griffin (FF) delivered one of the performances of the election to top the poll in the Shannon Municipal District. Elected on the first count with a vote of …
*Cllr Pat McMahon (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward ONE of the longest serving politicians in Clare has admitted he was left ‘very hurt’ after he was told by Fianna Fáil members in his locality that he no longer had their support which influenced his decision to retire from politics.
*Candidates in the Shannon MD with The Clare Echo’s Páraic McMahon. SHANNON MUNICIPAL DISTRICT will see new faces form part of its makeup following the local elections and the campaign to fill the seven seats in this part of the county has well and truly taken flight.
*Páraic McMahon, Tony McMahon, Geraldine Lambert and Joe Melody at The Shannon Springs Hotel. THERE will be a new poll-topper in the Shannon Municipal District for the first time since 2009.
*Photograph: John Mangan AN BORD PLEANÁLA’s decision on additional wastewater treatment in the village of Newmarket-on-Fergus will not be announced until June.
*David Griffin. Photograph: Joe Buckley ONE of the challengers for a seat on Clare County Council has said he is inundated with complaints on the conditions of footpaths and road networks in the Shannon Municipal District.
*Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien (FF) with local election candidate David Griffin (FF). OBJECTIONS to the upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant in Newmarket-on-Fergus has been criticised by the Minister for Housing.
Local Fianna Fáil Election candidate for the Shannon MD David Griffin has written to the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Older Persons, Mary Butler TD on behalf of affected pyrite homeowners to seek clarity on their access the fair deal scheme.
A LOCAL Fianna Fáil local election candidate has called for clarity on media speculation in relation to the Bellsfort Inn.
*Rachel Hartigan. FIANNA FÁIL have announced the addition of Ardnacrusha’s Rachel Hartigan as a candidate in the Shannon Municipal District for the local elections in June.
