A LONG-RUNNING campaign for road safety improvements in Darragh has received a boost after Clare County Council proposed reducing the speed limit on a section of the N68. The reduction, which applies to the N68 (Ennis to Kilrush Road) at Darragh, would see the speed limit lowered from 100km/h to 80km/h as part of Clare …
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INTERIM and long-term projects to increase capacity at Clareabbey wastewater treatment plant are progressing.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon A CONTRACTOR is to be appointed in 2027 for wastewater schemes in Broadford and Cooraclare, four years after their inclusion in a €50m pilot.
*Minister Norma Foley (FF) officially opening Enable Ireland’s Hazeldine facility in Barefield last November. Photograph: Natasha Barton ADDITIONAL respite services are to be provided in Barefield, Kilrush, Miltown Malbay and Shannon.
PARTS of Co Clare are to be reinvigorated following the publication of new guidelines for rural planning.
TWO MAJOR ENNIS housing projects have been approved under the Government’s new €1bn Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund (HIFF).
SHANNON is set to receive a major jobs boost later this summer.
CLLRS Michael Shannon (FF) and Tom O’Callaghan (FF) gave their support to joining a working group to implement the Local Economic and Community Plan 2024-2030 in a recent council meeting. The Fianna Fáil duo were seconded to the position by Lahinch native cllr Bill Slattery (FG). In a meeting at Clare County Council headquarters in …
Over €4m spent on school prefabs & rental of land since 2020. MORE than €4.1 million has been spent on the rental of land and prefabs in County Clare since 2020. Figures supplied by the Department of Education show that €4,120,753 was spent on the rental of prefabs and land in the county between 2020 …
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*Clare TD, Joe Cooney (FG) with Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG). CLARE’s chances of having a new acute hospital built remain slim following the Minister for Health’s first official visit to the county.