Clare to have record long ballot paper for General Election
*Photograph: John Mangan CLARE is to have its longest ever ballot paper for a General Election with a total of nineteen candidates already declared.
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The Electoral Chair: Fine Gael scramble is a shambles | Fianna Fáil’s trio | Mná vote
*Eugene Drennan, Geraldine Gregan and Páraic McMahon. FINE GAEL’s scramble to find a second General Election candidate in Clare continues as the field begins to firm up across the county.
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.
Revived Mars Cinema can be ‘excellent addition to West Clare’
OVER 150 people attended a public consultation event in Kilrush to discuss future uses of the former Mars Cinema in Kilrush.
Clare public need to be all aboard cause to reopen Crusheen railway station
*A photo montage of what the Crusheen Railway Station could look like. CLARE’S PUBLIC need to be all aboard plans to reopen Crusheen rail station if officials in the capital are to get behind it, Iarnród Éireann’s CEO has said.
Assessment of parking in all estates across Shannon Town committed to
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SCOPE for the addition of extra car parking spaces in Cluain Airne is to be examined.
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.
Laneways in Shannon becoming ‘trip hazards’
*Tradaree Court. Photograph: Joe Buckley LANEWAYS in Shannon have become “trip hazards” and impassable according to an elected representative from the town.
Aoife Johnston’s death ‘needs to be watershed moment’ for UHL
*University Hospital Limerick. AOIFE JOHNSTON’s death must be “a watershed moment” for University Hospital Limerick and health services in the Mid-West region.
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”.
