O’Callaghan to become next Mayor of Clare as roles agreed for next term
*Cllr Alan O’Callaghan. Photograph: Joe Buckley ON Friday, Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF) will be elected as the county’s first citizen.
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‘I don’t mind a dogfight’ – Rita romps to victory in remarkable campaign
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) is hoisted in the air. Photograph: Joe Buckley A REMARKABLE first preference vote from Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) saw her secure a strong mandate from the people of West Clare to represent them over the next five years.
‘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.
Access road to Seafield Pier to be repaired
REPAIRS are due to be completed to the access road leading to Seafield Pier in advance of the bathing season.
Stance of Kilrush LEA candidates on the West Clare Greenway
*A section of the West Clare Greenway CONSTRUCTION on the €80m West Clare Railway Greenway is anticipated to start during the course of the next Council term and will be one of the biggest projects for West Clare.
‘West Clare impossible to predict but Gould on course to gain at Fianna Fáil’s expense’
*Some of the Kilrush LEA candidates at The Electoral Chair election debate. Photograph: John Mangan FIRST-TIME candidate Dinny Gould is on course to take one of the five seats at the expense of Fianna Fáil in the Kilrush local electoral area according to a retiring councillor in West Clare.
The Electoral Chair: Kilrush local electoral area election debate
Dinny Gould, Susan Griffin, Kevin Hassett, Cllr Ian Lynch, Cllr Rita McInerney, Cllr Cillian Murphy, Michael Shannon, Alan Troy and Joseph Woulfe. WEST CLARE is certainly awake so far as political debates are concerned.
Tributes to Corofin’s Cleary as he bids farewell to Council
*Outgoing Director of Services at Clare County Council and newly appointed Chief Executive of Galway City Council, Leonard Cleary receiving a presentation from John O’Malley, SEO of West Clare MD, and staff of West Clare MD, Clare Tourism and the Rural Development Directorate at Vandeleur Walled Garden & Visitor Centre in Kilrush. Photograph: Eamon Ward …
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Tour of wastewater treatment plants in North Clare sought
*Uisce Éireann’s Ennistymon plant. Photograph: John Mangan A SCHOOL-TOUR like trip for elected members of the West Clare Municipal District to wastewater treatment plants in North Clare is on the cards.
16 beach operatives for North & West Clare this summer
*Photograph: John Mangan SIXTEEN beach operatives will be employed by Clare County Council in North and West Clare during the 2024 summer season.
