Youth needs a voice on the Council says Keenan
*Ruairí Keenan. Photograph: Tom Micks ENNIS’ Ruairí Keenan is the youngest candidate declared in Clare for the local elections.
Ennis 2040
‘This isn’t over yet’ – Save Ennis Town warn ‘we’re not going anywhere’
*Joan Duggan. Photograph: John Mangan “WE’RE NOT GOING anywhere,” members of Save Ennis Town insisted as they continued to fight to stop the planned developments on riverside civic amenities in the heart of the county town.
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.
McNamara slams derision directed towards persons who have questioned Ennis 2040 plans
*Clare TD, Michael McNamara. Photograph: John Mangan A CLARE TD has hit out at plans to construct a mixed-use development on Abbey Street car park as part of the Ennis 2040 strategy and labelled it “an illegal transfer of publicly owned property”.
Save Ennis Town issue rallying call to protect the town’s future
*John O’Connor addresses the crowd in Ennis. Photograph: John Mangan “TOGETHER WE can Save Ennis Town” was the rallying call issued at a demonstration in the heart of the county town on Saturday afternoon.
Save Ennis Town supporters ‘are bananas’ claims sitting Cllr Colleran Molloy
Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy. Photograph: Joe Buckley A SITTING COUNCILLOR has described candidates associated with Save Ennis Town as “bananas”.
Councillors claim cancelling of Ennis 2040 briefing was illegal & accuse Chief Exec of ‘chasing Ministers’
*Carmel Kirby, Kevin Corrigan & Pat Dowling. ENNIS 2040 DAC’s Chief Operating Officer will be questioned by county councillors next week but elected members had to battle to secure such a briefing with the Council Chief Executive accused of “chasing Ministers” and one elected member storming out of the Chamber in protest.
The Electoral Chair: Ennis Municipal District election debate
*Candidates in the Ennis Municipal District who attended The Electoral Chair election debate. POLLING DAY is less than a month away and as part of The Clare Echo’s build-up to the local elections, The Electoral Chair has kicked off election debates in all of the electoral areas.
Cancelling briefing of Ennis 2040 COO to elected members ‘ignoring democracy’
*Ennis 2040. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER of Ennis 2040 DAC, Kevin Corrigan’s scheduled briefing before the May meeting of Clare County Council has been cancelled.
Election hopefuls criticise public consultation process & plans for Post Office Field
*An artist’s impression of the Post Office Field. TWO ELECTION hopefuls in the Ennis Municipal District have criticised the manner in which the public consultation was handled for the proposed Post Office Field with one insisting they would try to disband Ennis 2040 DAC if elected.