Council approve Clare GAA’s €5m Caherlohan plans
*Caherlohan. CLARE County Council has granted planning permission to €5m plans by Clare GAA to expand and redevelop the county’s GAA Centre of Excellence.
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33 new social homes provided in €11.2m Scariff & Sixmilebridge developments
Baile Uí Loideáin, Sixmilebridge. Photograph: Rocket Media TWO SOCIAL housing developments with a total approved budget of €11.2m were opened in Scariff and Sixmilebridge.
‘Chaos & heartache’ with rash nature of relocating refugees
*Photograph: John Mangan REFUGEES leaving war-torn countries have are being moved “without any consideration,” Clare councillors have said while once again slamming the lack of consultation from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
656 vacant social homes brought back into use over past decade for €13.2m
*Photograph: Joe Buckley 656 vacant social homes were brought back into active use in Co Clare between 2014 and 2023 under the Voids Programme figures released by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage show.
Council receive Dept approval for ten affordable homes in Shannon scheme
*Photograph: Joe Buckley APPROVAL for an affordable housing scheme in Shannon has been granted to Clare County Council.
Council make submission to Housing Department for Ennis & Shannon’s inclusion in affordable housing scheme
*Photograph: Eamon Ward A DETAILED SUBMISSION has been made by Clare County Council to the Department of Housing seeking inclusion of Ennis and Shannon in the affordable housing schemes.
Population projections for Clare ‘in a different galaxy’ to Census findings
*Cllr Cillian Murphy. Photograph: Eamon Ward PRELIMINARY CENSUS findings for Clare are “so far away from population projections for the county that we’re in a different galaxy,” a West Clare councillor has remarked.
Anger reaching boiling point as Clare’s inclusion in pyrite redress scheme under threat
CLARE’s inclusion in a pyrite redress scheme is coming under threat with the Department of Housing accused of delaying tactics.
Dept of Housing ‘playing jiggery pokery’ as Clare homes continue to crumble
*Senator Timmy Dooley engages with the crowd. Photograph: Natasha Barton Officials within the Department of Housing have been accused of “jiggery pokery” on the pyrite problem that is causing hundreds of homes to crumble across Co Clare.
Over 300 waiting on social housing in West & North Clare
*Ennistymon. Photograph: Martin Connolly Demand for social housing is exceeding supply in North and West Clare.
