*Major upgrade works are to begin at Kilrush Sports Complex. WORKS worth €241,000 are planned for the Kilrush Sports Complex, including the refurbishment of dressing rooms and new lighting for the cross-country and walking track.
*Cllr Mary Howard was one of the first councillors to recieve the disturbing phone calls female councillors were subject to during the summer CLARE councillors have called for elected representatives’ precise home addresses to be removed from publicly available electoral documents amid concerns over harassment, intimidation and the safety of people in public life.
Kilrush Town Hall || Inset: Cllr Ian Lynch YOUNG people in Kilrush could be given a greater say in shaping the future of their town under a new proposal supported by Clare County Council.
WEST Clare councillors have called for Municipal District meetings to be brought into local communities as part of efforts to make local government more accessible.
*Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG). ELECTED members and senior management of Clare County Council are to receive training to become more aware of misinformation.
*Frances Street. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PLANS to improve Frances Street in Kilrush are in the offing while the Kilrush town centre first plan is at draft stage
*Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) has called for an increase in the budget allocation for public lighting in West Clare. Photograph: John Mangan. PUBLIC LIGHTING in North and West Clare has been described as a hot potato election item which has since gone cold.
*The matter was discussed at the April meeting of Clare County Council. ELECTED members of Clare County Council were told to “be cautious” with a proposal to base ambulance units at fire stations in Ennis, Kilrush and Shannon.
*Incidents of anti-social behaviour from Kilrush went viral. PARTS of Kilrush have become “a red zone” due to the levels of criminal activity according to a county councillor who said the local authority will have to consider stopping the delivery of social housing until it can manage its present stock.
*Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) with protestors on the M18. ROAD BLOCKS need to be removed from the M18 “as a matter of critical urgency,” a Clare TD has said following his meeting with protestors.