There is left-wing voice missing from elected representatives of Clare County Council and Chris Kirwan believes he can be that voice while also speaking up and standing out for the youngest generation of voters. A final year law student at NUIG, Chris is running in the Ennis Municipal District for The Social Democrats as the …
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Ennis has gone from being Ireland’s cleanest town to the twenty second cleanest town in the space of one year. According to the final litter survey of 2018 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL), Ennis is ‘Clean’ but has slipped to 22nd spot in the ranking of 40 town and cities. While almost all …
*Clare Technology Park. Photograph: PJColeman.com A lack of “ideal vacant property” and lower rental yields is hindering foreign direct investment in Clare’s county town. Such views were expressed at the final 2018 meeting of Clare County Council’s Economic Development SPC. Jennifer Collins who in July was appointed as the local authority’s Atlantic Economic Corridor (AEC) …
FDI in Ennis hindered by rent yields & lack of ideal property Read More »
*Photograph by Gary Collins If successful in his attempt to be re-elected, Cllr Pat Daly will celebrate twenty years on Clare County Council in May, parking, health and housing are top of his agenda as he prepares to commence his latest campaign. Daly was selected alongside Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy to contest the local elections …
Parking site needed specifically for Ennis workers – Daly Read More »
Traffic wardens are not policing all parts of Ennis resulting in illegal and dangerous parking on double yellow lines in certain areas. Cllr Ann Norton at the December meeting of the Ennis Municipal District asked that funding be put into Simms Lane, Cornmarket St and Considines Terrace “on health and safety grounds”. A response from …
Traffic wardens not policing ‘old parts of Ennis’ Read More »
*Photograph by Gary Collins Lives are being put at risk by motorists attempting to exit Corrovorrin while business owners in Turnpike will need to sit down with members of the Ennis Municipal District, a recent meeting has heard. Standing orders were suspended at the final Ennis Municipal District meeting of 2018 as councillors requested an …
Drivers ‘putting their lives at risk’ trying to leave Corrovorrin Read More »
*Photograph by Eamon Ward Clare is a “treasure chest of culture” but glór is heavily reliant on Council funding and questions need to be asked on whether enough money could still be dispensed to support the proposed Venue in Shannon. In 2017, glór eliminated their accumulated deficit while recording a small surplus, the multi-disciplinary arts …
Without funding ‘glór would not survive or exist’ Read More »
*Photograph by Eamon Ward A self-described “newbie” when elected to the Council four years ago, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy is counting on her increased profile and track record to ensure she retains her seat. She has been selected to run in the Ennis Municipal District alongside Cllr Pat Daly for May’s local elections. At the …
Colleran Molloy ‘no longer a newbie’ in Clare politics Read More »
“A disparity between GeoDirectory and CSO figures” has significantly overstated the amount of vacant dwellings in the county. At the December meeting of the Social Development SPC, Mairead Corbett an Administrative Officer with Clare County Council gave members an update surrounding action on vacant homes. Their initial work on vacant homes started in December 2017 …
‘Awful lot of confusion’ around vacant homes in Clare Read More »
Shannon’s long-term security from flood risk is to be aided following the granting of multi-million euro funding. An upgrade of the Shannon estuary flood defences, and the construction of new defences for Shannon town will ensure the protection of homes, businesses and the airport from one in 200 year tidal flood events. The process of …
Multi-million euro funding to safeguard future of Shannon Read More »