Flags at half-mast as tributes flood in for Bill Chambers
*Bill Chambers (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward FLAGS are flying at half mast while tributes from across the political divide have been paid to former councillor 38 years, Bill Chambers (FF).
Gerry Reidy
The Electoral Chair: Fianna Fáil fire home first two TDs in Clare | Sinn Féin solidify support base | Fine Gael at base camp
*Páraic McMahon, Mark Dunphy, Gerry Reidy and Joe Melody. AS THE DUST begins to settle on the General Election outcome in Clare, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin are in a strong position countywide while Fine Gael will need to reflect and find a new energy in Clare.
The Electoral Chair: Dyson Cooney to meet stiffest test in guise of the Carey machine
*Patricia McCarthy, Páraic McMahon and Gerry Reidy in Hotel Woodstock. INTER-PARTY rivalries are going to liven up the General Election campaign in Clare.
Ex Minister & former Clare GAA Chairman among names in the mix to challenge Enright as Fianna Fáil Chair in Clare
Tony O’Brien and Mike Enright. Photograph: Joe Buckley A FORMER Minister for Defence and an ex Chairman of Clare GAA are among the names in the mix to contest the sitting Chairman of Clare Fianna Fáil for Monday’s AGM.
‘It is down to party management that we lost a seat in West Clare’ – Murphy misses out on second term
*Cillian Murphy analyses the tally with Patrick Keane. Photograph: Joe Buckley FIANNA FÁIL’s chances to hold a majority on Clare County Council slipped through their fingers but they also managed to see one of their top-performing councillors in the guise of Cillian Murphy (FF) lose out on his bid for re-election.
The Electoral Chair: Election reflections in Co Clare following dramatic two day count
*Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) may be called upon by Fine Gael for a General Election bid. Photograph: Joe Buckley TO analyse the dust as it immediately settles following the local election in Clare, we’ve recorded a bite size episode of The Electoral Chair.
Fine Gael battle in North Clare one of the ‘most interesting aspects’ for local election
*Selected Fine Gael candidates, Cllr Joe Garrihy and Bill Slattery with Madeline Taylor-Quinn and Ciaran Cannon. FINE GAEL’s ‘grudge match’ in North Clare has been underlined as one of the “most interesting aspects” of the local elections in the county.
12 month contract for Drumcreehy House to accommodate 34 international protection applicants in Ballyvaughan
*Drumcreehy House. 34 international protection applicants are to be housed in Drumcreehy House in Ballyvaughan.
The Electoral Chair: A sitting councillor may fall in North Clare & Fine Gael factions
*Gerry Reidy, Páraic McMahon, Ger Kennedy and Marie McMahon. NORTH CLARE is forecast to see a sitting councillor lose their seat for the second election in a row.
Rita McInerney to be co-opted to Clare County Council for Chambers
*Rita McInerney. Photograph: John Mangan DOONBEG’s Rita McInerney has been selected as Fianna Fáil members to fill the Clare County Council seat vacated by Cllr Bill Chambers (FF).