Riverwalk walkways in Ennis to be assessed for upgrades
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon. PUBLIC walkways in Ennis will be assessed to see if they require upgrades and accessibility improvements.
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Abbey Street, Harvey’s Quay & Post Office Field projects removed from Ennis 2040 strategy
*Save Ennis Town protesting against Ennis 2040 plans for Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay. CONTROVERSIAL PLANS to develop on public car parks in Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street) have been officially scrapped from the Ennis 2040 Strategy along with a mooted boardwalk along The Post Office Field.
Barriers raised as new parking incentives rolled out in Ennis to boost festive trading
Cllr. Mary Howard, Mayor of Ennis, Allen Flynn, Chair of Holy Family Junior Primary School Board of Management, Jillian Bridge, Principal Holy Family Senior Primary School, Marina Mulqueen, Deputy Principal Holy Family Junior Primary School and Margaret O’Brien, CEO, Ennis Chamber. Photograph: Mike Mulcaire. INCREASED and extra incentives on parking have been introduced in Ennis …
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Reference to paused Ennis 2040 projects to be removed from transport plan
*Harvey’s Quay. REFERENCES to paused contentious aspects of the Ennis 2040 strategy will be removed from the final version of the Ennis local transport plan.
Unease emerges over inclusion of paused Ennis 2040 projects in draft transport plan
*An artist’s impression of the original Abbey St Car Park plans which were paused in March. UNEASE has been expressed at the inclusion of the paused controversial Ennis 2040 developments for Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street) in the draft Ennis local transport plan.
Ennis 2040 ‘has role to play’ in tackling housing shortage with potential for 500 plus homes in Claureen
*Photograph: John Mangan ENNIS 2040 DAC has “a role to play” in tackling the shortage of private housing developments in the county town.
Moving taxi rank from Harvey’s Quay can free up prime parking spaces in Ennis
*The taxi rank in Harvey’s Quay. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. MOVING THE location of the taxi rank in Ennis can free up parking spaces, a long-serving county councillor has argued.
Council external audit raises red flag & shows €1.6m spend on three Ennis 2040 projects
*€1.6m was the expenditure on Ennis 2040 in 2023, primarily on three projects, two of which have been paused. A POLICY to maintain proper controls, governance and procedures in Clare County Council as recommended by an external audit has not been implemented and has missed its timeline for completion.
Ennis 2040 developments for Abbey Street & Harvey’s Quay paused with Post Office Field plans to be reviewed
PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS on car parks in Abbey Street and Harvey’s Quay as part of the Ennis 2040 strategy have been paused.
Ennis 2040 plans brandished ‘criminal’ as Council keen to push on with car park developments in Abbey St & Parnell St
*Harvey’s Quay (Parnell Street car park). SENIOR OFFICIALS in Clare County Council and Ennis 2040 DAC are still intent on submitting applications for planning approval to build on Abbey Street and Parnell Street carparks despite a former Mayor of Clare brandishing the plans as “criminal”.