*Spot flooding on the Tulla Rd in Ennis. FILE PIC A co-ordinated approach to the management of surface water on Clare roads would limit the impact of spot flooding on the public and save valuable money, local councillors have outlined.
*Cllr PJ Kelly, Cllr Pat McMahon & Cllr PJ Ryan in UL. Photograph: Alan Place Planning rules and regulations have resulted in rural Clare being “sentenced to death” according to one of the most experienced elected representatives on the County Council.
Shannon’s grass-cutting contract for 2020 has been overhauled.
Despite being bypassed, Newmarket-on-Fergus is unusually “as busy as ever” in the eyes of its local representative on Clare County Council.
Road signs that have turned green are to be cleaned following requests from elected representatives.
Meelick has been “victimised” when it comes to local Government support while it and neighbouring parishes have been “on the hind tit” of the Shannon Municipal District, one county councillor has claimed.
*The derelict Mushroom Factory in Tubber. Photograph Deirdre O’Mahony, Abandoned Clare, publication produced by Gregory Mc Cartney for Abridged magazine 2011 Buildings owned by NAMA in Co Clare are “falling into disrepair” and are contributing to a lack of life in towns and villages across the county. Properties that came into NAMA’s ownership in 2009 …
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Calls for a controlled plastic waste collection systems at “key waterways and strategic locations” in the county are not in the “immediate plans” of the local authority.
*Sixmilebridge Railway Station. Photograph: Joe Buckley Buses travelling from the Shannon direction are unable to gain access to Sixmilebridge railway station.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley Infrastructure which is serving Shannon is “not fit for purpose” leading to instances of spot flooding throughout the town, an elected representative has warned.
