INTO President Carmel Browne opens the Annual Congress of Irish National Teachers’ Organisation in the Galmont Hotel, Galway. Nearly 1,000 primary and special education teachers have gathered in Galway this week for the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation’s (INTO) Annual Congress.
*Photograph: John O’Neill THERE is a better chance of spotting a leprechaun than a Garda on the beat in Co Clare, a Shannon public representative has remarked.
*Justice Minister, Helen McEntee walks the streets of Dublin flanked by Gardaí. MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, Helen McEntee (FG) has survived a confidence vote with two of the three Clare TDs present supporting the Government.
*Independent Clare TD, Michael McNamara with Joe Saunders. Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE TD, Michael McNamara (IND) has confirmed he will be voting no confidence in the Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee (FG).
*Violet-Anne Wynne. Photograph: John Mangan DREW HARRIS’ position as Garda Commissioner is “untenable” according to a Clare TD.
**Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) walks towards Gardaí in Sixmilebridge. Photograph: John Mangan ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENTS and speeding are two of the biggest issues facing the Superintendent now responsible for East Clare, according to the county’s first citizen.
*Photograph: John Mangan MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC do not have a veto on who lives next to them, Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris (FG) has said.
*Violet-Anne Wynne holding her baby Collins. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE TD, Violet Anne Wynne (IND) has confirmed she will be dissolving her voting pair with the Minister for Justice in order to vote against the Government’s proposal to scrap the evictions ban.
A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER of calls were made to Gardaí in Clare relating to domestic abuse but the county has the lowest amount of domestic violence criminal cases.
OPENING HOURS of pubs in Clare are to be extended while the county has not been included in a new initiative to support the development of a vibrant and diverse night-time economy across the country.
