*Abbey Street car park. Photograph: John Mangan MARCHES AND PROTESTS are commonplace in the county town but one with a new twist will quietly make its way across Ennis on Tuesday.
*Harvey’s Quay. A SECOND ‘big dig’ is to commence in the county town as part of excavation works for the Ennis 2040 strategy.
*Ground investigation works continue in Abbey Street. Photograph: Ray Conway. A WAR OF words has erupted between the Ennis 2040 DAC and Save Ennis Town.
*Photograph: John Mangan A ROAD OPENING licence has been granted to a Dublin based archaeological and heritage company to conduct test excavations at the Abbey Street car park in Ennis.
*Cllr Tony O’Brien. Photograph: Eamon Ward SERVING AS MAYOR OF Clare has been “very fulfilling” and a “tremendous honour,” the outgoing Cathaoirleach has said while refuting claims the county’s first citizen tends to be shackled by senior management of Clare County Council.
*Senator Victor Boyhan and Cllr Gerry Flynn. CLARE COUNCILLORS need to step up and not relinquish control to the Ennis 2040 DAC, a Dublin Senator has said while pledging to raise matters relating to the 2040 Strategy with the Minister for Housing.
*Bridget Ginnity. A GROUP of local representatives who are against plans for the development of Abbey Street Car Park believe that no meaningful consultation has taken place with the public.
*Photograph: Mike Mulcaire. WITH over 25 years of experience developing large capital projects between the Middle East, the UK and Ireland, Ennis 2040 DAC Chief Operating Officer Kevin Corrigan believes it’s crucial that Ennis wastes no time in developing projects contained in the Ennis 2040 vision.
*Ennis 2040. OUTSIDE Tierney’s Cycles on Abbey Street in Ennis, a noticeboard erected on the footpath reads, “Save our beautiful town from the madness & dictatorship of Clare County Council & Ennis 2040 DAC team”.
*Councillors were not briefed before the Ennis 2040 DAC appointed the design team. PLANS FOR A TEMPORARY car park in Francis Street have been scrapped altogether with a design team appointed to develop a masterplan for a mixed-use development on the site.