‘Nothing short of a disgrace’ – councillors slam protest which ‘shut down Shannon Airport’
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A RETIRING Clare county councillor has criticised an “illegal blockade” which impacted on passengers using Shannon Airport.
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The Electoral Chair: Shannon Municipal District election debate
*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.
Council Chief Exec apologises for comments of Ennis 2040 COO at tense briefing
*A CGI of the proposed Abbey Street development. COMMON GROUND needs to be found to stop “the siege of Ennis”, a tempestuous Council briefing was urged which saw an apology issued following comments by Ennis 2040’s senior official and a call for the designative activity company to be dissolved.
Frustration in Sinn Féin over lack of consultation on selection of candidates
*Finbarr MacGabhann and Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF). SINN FÉIN’s members are feeling aggrieved with the lack of consultation on the selection of candidates for the local elections.
The Electoral Chair: A new poll-topper will land in the Shannon Municipal District
*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.
‘Whip-round’ for Sinn Féin councillor in Shannon Town Centre criticised
*Cllr Donna McGettigan. Photograph: Eamon Ward SINN FÉIN’ may be the wealthiest political party on the island of Ireland but one of its local election candidates in Clare still had to conduct a collection over the weekend.
Efforts to improve public lighting ‘too slow’ in Shannon
*Bóthar Mór. EXISTING PUBLIC lighting from Ballycasey Roundabout to Bóthar na Loiste is to be examined following calls for additional lights.
‘Remember you are there to serve the people’ – 125 years of democracy celebrated in Clare
*Photograph: Eamon Ward 125 years of local democracy in Clare was acknowledged on Monday.
Further discussion needed on naming Drumgeely benches in honour of former shopkeepers
*Cllr Donna McGettigan. Photograph: Eamon Ward SUGGESTIONS to honour shopkeepers in the Drumgeely area of Shannon are to be considered by the memorial committee of Clare County Council.
191 submissions made to An Bord Pleanála over Oatfield wind farm
*Signs opposing the development in Broadford. 191 valid submissions have been made to An Bord Pleanála regarding Ørsted’s plans to construct 11 wind turbines in Oatfield.