Sudden Ennis injury unit closures easily preventable with contingency plan & proper staffing levels
ADEQUATE STAFFING LEVELS must exist at the Ennis Injury Unit to prevent sudden closures.
Donna McGettigan
‘Tighter oversight needed for private companies offering IVF treatment’
PUBLICLY FUNDED access to IVF treatment is to be rolled out from next September while representatives in Clare have shared their concern with the lack of regulation for private clinics in the area.
Public have lost confidence in An Bord Pleanála as replacement authority sought
*An Bord Pleanála have come under the spotlight in recent months. CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN lost in An Bord Pleanála, Clare councillors have stated while calling for it to be replaced by “a competent authority”.
‘We’re spending more on consultants than doing the job’ – Council’s spiralling consultancy fees questioned
€514,000 was the cost of consultancy advice for the Inis Cealtra project in 2021. “SPIRALLING COSTS” spent on consultancy fees by Clare County Council need to be addressed, a Shannon representative has stressed.
Budget intervention to ease cost of living pressures to resemble COVID response says Taoiseach during Shannon visit
A COMMITMENT has been issued by the Taoiseach that this year’s Budget will recognise the “significant cost of living pressures” faced across the country.
Councillors vote to retain highest rate of local property tax in Clare
*The vote was held on Monday in the Council Chamber. A VOTE TO REDUCE the local property tax rate in Clare was resoundingly defeated on Monday and instead councillors opted to keep the highest rate for the next two years.
Nestor made his Mark in local politics – councillors predict Cloughleigh man will become an Archbishop
*Mark Nestor celebrating his election to Clare County Council in 2019. Photograph: Martin Connolly A STANDING OVATION was extended to Cllr Mark Nestor (FF) as he attended his final Council meeting on Monday with his colleagues predicting he will one day become an Archbishop.
Link for River Walk & Drumgeely ‘a small thing but big for the area’
*The Drumgeely Flats were among the first buildings constructed during the creation of Shannon Town. Photograph: Joe Buckley OFFERING a link with the River Walk and Drumgeely would be “a big thing” for one of the oldest areas of Shannon.
Shannon’s ‘obliterated road markings’ up for renewal
*Corrib Drive. Photograph: Joe Buckley ROAD MARKINGS in Corrib Drive which were “obliterated during resurfacing” are to be renewed.
‘Michelangelo needed to do some paintwork in Shannon’
*Cllr Gerry Flynn. Photograph: Eamon Ward MICHELANGELO’s services would be warranted in Shannon given the amount of paintwork required to signs in the town, a local representative has quipped.