Legal action is being taken by the Lissycasey Post Office Action Group over the closure of the village’s post office this week. According to the group, misleading information was published by An Post. Talty’s Mace Store in Lissycasey were willing to take on the post office service but the local action group were unsuccessful in…
FIANNA Fáil general election candidate Cllr Cathal Crowe has called for all Clare County Council meetings to be live video streamed. Cllr Crowe has written to Pat Dowling, Chief Executive of Clare County Council asking that his proposal be actioned on. “It’s time that Clare County Council follow the lead taken by other Councils and…
THERE really is never a dull moment in politics in Clare. Monday evening saw the announcement by Fianna Fáil that Cllr Cathal Crowe and Constituency Executive Secretary, Rita McInerney have been added to the General Election ticket, bringing their number of Clare candidates to three following the withdrawal of John Hillery. Having originally stated that…
FIANNA Fáil General Election candidate for Clare, Dr. John Hillery has said that it is inconceivable that some people in the county are being forced to wait longer than 12 months for a diagnostic procedure at University Hospital Limerick or University Hospital Galway. Dr. Hillery was commenting after new figures obtained by Fianna Fáil reveal…
By Eoin Neylon IN THE past fortnight thousands of young political activists have been attending annual conferences of political youth wings across the country. This youth conference season kicked off a fortnight ago in Athlone with Ógra Fianna Fáil and the weekend just gone saw Young Fine Gael meet at Limerick Junction and Sinn Féin…
By Eoin Neylon With Fine Gael and Sinn Féin relatively set in Clare for the next General Election, it’s now the time for the Fianna Fáil faithful in the county to go about selecting their candidates for the upcoming election. Fine Gael are likely to add one of either Mary Howard or Martin Conway to…
In the first in a two-part preview of 2018, Eoin Neylon looks to the year ahead and what the main parties will look to achieve “NEW Year, New Me”. I’m sure we’ve all heard this said once or twice in the past fortnight. As people make resolutions and wishes for the year ahead, politicians and…
