Garvey predicts further energy cuts
*Senator Roisin Garvey and Green Party leader, Eamon Ryan. Photograph: John Mangan A NORTH CLARE Senator has predicted further energy cuts into the New Year.
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Pulling Active Travel from rural Clare ‘utterly discriminatory’
*The pedestrian crossing in Spanish Point was one of the final Active Travel projects in Clare. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES in West and North Clare have slammed the manner in which Active Travel has been pulled from rural areas as “utterly discriminatory”.
Ballyvaughan crash victim told wife ‘day will come’ when car driving on wrong side of the road would hit them
*Helga Himmelsbach lays flowers at the spot where her husband Jerry O’Connor was killed. Photograph: John Mangan. A LISDONVARNA woman who became a widow after a French tourist crashed into her beloved husband on his motorbike at the end of July has pledged to continue campaigning until road safety improvements are introduced in North Clare.
Shannon Estuary report targets 50,000 green jobs by 2050 & creation of green digital powerhouse
*Photograph: Brian Arthur. UP TO 50,000 ‘green jobs’ over the next thirty years are among the targets of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce report.
Five star display from Breckan’s yields championship glory
St Breckan’s celebrate winning the U15B football championship. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A five star display from St Breckan’s who bounced back superbly from last year’s final defeat to finally capture the Under 15 Division 2 Football title following a 5-8 to 0-11 victory over Kildysart/Coolmeen.
Emergency permission sought to remove dead ash trees affected by dieback
*Cllr Pat Burke pictured on his land where ash dieback has destroyed 17 hectares. CRITICISM has been hurled in the direction at the Junior Minister for Land Use and Biodiversity over the delays in removing dead ash trees from plantations.
‘West Clare sentenced to death & farming families will be the new homeless’ claims Lissycasey rep
*TII are appealing granted planning permissions to properties on the N68. WEST CLARE’s population has been “sentenced to death” due to current planning legislation, the county’s longest-serving politician has claimed.
‘Compelling case’ to reopen Crusheen railway station to be put before Iarnród Éireann
SENIOR OFFICIALS in the Department of Transport have repeatedly said there are no plans to reopen the railway station in Crusheen but North-East Clare elected representatives remain optimistic the return of stop may come to pass.
US fares at Shannon up to €1k more expensive than Dublin claims Cllr
FARES FOR US FLYERS have been up to €1000 more expensive at Shannon Airport than Dublin Airport, a Clare councillor has claimed.
Quotations received for long-awaited EV charging points in East Clare
APPROXIMATE COSTS of €100,000 and €30,000 have been calculated for the installation of electric vehicle charging points in East Clare.
