West Clare’s Active Travel projects not dependent on Greenway
PROJECTS APPROVED for Active Travel in West Clare are not dependent on route selection for the Greenway, senior engineers in Clare County Council has confirmed.
Ian Lynch
‘Money allowed flow away’ – councillors frustrated over parking by-laws
FRUSTRATION HAS been voiced by elected representatives with the pace at which the update of the parking by-laws is progressing in the county.
Talks progressing on CCTV ownership in Kilrush Town
TALKS ARE progressing between An Garda Síochána and staff in the West Clare Municipal District on the Gardaí taking ownership and operation of CCTV infrastructure in Kilrush Town.
Co Clare ‘failed by ragged ambulance service’
A TOTAL RETHINK is needed regarding the operation of the National Ambulance Service, a Kilrush representative has stated.
Doolin & Lisdoonvarna must be getting ready now for future wastewater funding
*Photograph: John Mangan WITH BROADFORD set to be the area in Clare to benefit from a new €50m nationwide sewerage scheme, action is needed to get other parts of the county required for subsequent rounds of funding local representatives have stressed.
Aligning tourism strategies with Town Centre first policy ‘a massive exponential win’ – Garrihy
SCOPE for “a massive exponential win” exists by aligning upcoming strategies and plans within Clare with the Government’s ‘Town Centre First, a Policy Approach for Irish Towns’, a North Clare representative has outlined.
Town Centre first policy ‘a potential game-changer’ for rural Clare
FORMATION of Town Teams across Clare can allow the county to “steal a march” following the recent launch of the ‘Town Centre First’ policy by the Department of Housing.
Uncertainty hangs over €1.8m allocation for Cahercon awarded in 2018
Cahercon House. Photograph: Ann Marie Hanrahan CONFUSION surrounds the spending of an allocation of €1.8m for the Clare Maritime Economic Zone (MEZ) project in Cahercon.
Creation of slow roads can multiply success of Greenway in West Clare
DEVELOPMENT of community centric ‘slow roads’ has the potential to make West Clare a leading cycling destination in tandem with the construction of a Greenway.
‘Somebody drove around our roads with their eyes closed’ – speed limits in Kilrush & North Clare criticised
Officials in Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have been scorned for creating “ridiculous hazards” across Kilrush and North Clare through the existing speed limits.