*Ennistymon. 45 new car parking spaces are to be delivered in Ennistymon by the end of 2025 but concerns that traffic will be “choked” in the North Clare town prior to then have been voiced.
*Cllr Bill Slattery (FG) is elected. Photograph: Joe Buckley. WITH the fewest amount of seats of all the electoral areas, the Ennistymon LEA was always going to be competitive.
*Cllr Joe Killeen (FF) left and Denis Vaughan (second from left) analyse the tallies. Photograph: Joe Buckley FINE GAEL ran a “tribal campaign” in North Clare which “squeezed” challenging candidates according to one of Labour’s two unsuccessful candidates across the county.
*Cllr Liam Grant. NORTH CLARE is shaping up to be the big battle of Bill Slattery (FG) versus Cllr Liam Grant (GP) for the final seat in the Ennistymon local electoral area.
*Selected Fine Gael candidates, Cllr Joe Garrihy and Bill Slattery with Madeline Taylor-Quinn and Ciaran Cannon. FINE GAEL’s ‘grudge match’ in North Clare has been underlined as one of the “most interesting aspects” of the local elections in the county.
*Posters for Bill Slattery went up earlier than permitted across North Clare. ELECTION mode kicked off in North Clare with one candidate in the Ennistymon local electoral area breaching the Litter Pollution Act by erecting posters early.
*Seamus Ryan (LAB). CONTESTING a local election for the third time, Seamus Ryan (LAB) is hoping it is a case of third time lucky.
*Denis Vaughan. Photograph: John Mangan ENNISTYMON’s Denis Vaughan (LAB) has said he is up for the challenge as he prepares to battle four sitting councillors for a seat in the Ennistymon local electoral area.
*Gerry Reidy, Páraic McMahon, Ger Kennedy and Marie McMahon. NORTH CLARE is forecast to see a sitting councillor lose their seat for the second election in a row.
*Denis Vaughan. Photograph: John Mangan SANCTIONS against Uisce Éireann for a major fishkill in North Clare have been welcomed by local groups.
