Ennis to have extra Gardaí on the beat for Christmas
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin EXTRA Gardaí are to be on the beat in Ennis town over the festive period.
Ennis Town Centre
77% of Ennis Town Centre businesses impacted negatively by public realm works
*Works continuing on O’Connell Street in Ennis. Photograph: John Mangan BUSINESSES IN Ennis Town Centre have been hit hard by the ongoing public realm works with a new poll revealing that 77 percent of businesses have been impacted negatively to date.
Council in talks with owner of private billboard to promote positive Ennis message
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon DISCUSSIONS are underway between the Ennis Municipal District and a private owner on exploring the use of a billboard in the heart of the town centre to advertise local businesses.
Contractors will be asked to work later to speed up Ennis public realm works
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon BUSINESSES in Ennis have experienced a drop in income of up to fifty percent due to ongoing roadworks in the county town.
Council & Clare GAA enter commercial arrangement to lease Cloister car park
*Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling and Clare GAA Chairman, Kieran Keating. Photograph: Brian Arthur CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL have agreed to lease the Cloister Car Park from Clare GAA which is to result in the delivery of 200 car parking spaces in Ennis town centre.
Roads in Ennis town centre to close for most of 2024
SEVERAL ROADS in Ennis town centre are to be closed for the majority of 2024.
‘Daylight drinking from small minority giving Ennis a bad name’
*Photograph: John Mangan ENNIS is “getting a bad name” according to elected representatives who have claimed that daylight drinking is increasing in the county town.
Clare loses true character with death of ‘Champ’ Gabriel Moylan
*Gabriel Moylan aka The Champ. Photograph: Chris Copley MEMORIES AND TALES have been told across the county of Clare since word broke on Friday morning of the death of a true character, Gabriel Moylan known to the masses as ‘Champ’.
Pilot plan to bring Ennis town properties back into residential use proposed
*Photograph: John Mangan A PILOT PLAN to increase the amount of families living in Ennis town centre has been proposed.
Ennis to welcome ‘smart parking’ technology
A SMART parking initiative is to be rolled out in Ennis which will see parking censors installed across the town, providing motorists with real-time information on available parking spaces.