Clare claims almost 20% of €14.8m rural water programme funds
TWENTY TWO GROUP WATER schemes in Clare not connected to Uisce Éireann’s public network have been allocated €14.7m.
Joe Cooney
Irish Seed Savers contributed €115k to local economy in 2024
Joe Cooney TD with Minister of State Jerry Buttimer and Orlaigh Thompson. AN INJECTION of €115,000 to the local economy was given by the Irish Seed Savers Association in 2024.
Frustration building as Govt failed to put full steam behind rail works in Ballycar & Crusheen
FRUSTRATION has been voiced by a Clare TD on the lack of focus placed on progressing flood relief works at Ballycar and on reopening Crusheen railway station, both of which are situated on the Ennis to Limerick rail line.
Hen harrier helps to ground plans for three turbine windfarm in West Clare
*A 65 page planner’s report was produced in the case. THE Hen Harrier has helped put paid to contentious plans for a three turbine wind farm reaching almost 500 ft in height 1km south of the West Clare village of Moyasta.
‘We are the envy of the county’ – Hayes says Killaloe MD Cllrs have best working relationship
*Councillors in the Killaloe MD. Photograph: Eamon Ward PROVIDING suitable and viable housing “for the next generation” must continue to be a focus of all elected members in Clare, the outgoing Cathaoirleach of the Killaloe Municipal District has said.
Three social workers assigned to 43 children in care in Clare
TUSLA are to double the number of social workers in Clare this summer but service gaps are leading to children from the county being sent for placement in Donegal and Cork.
Ex Housing Commission members back Cooney’s calls for extra funding under Vacant Property grant
*Joe Cooney TD (FG). Members of the Former Housing Commission have backed calls by Clare TD Joe Cooney (FG) for increased funding under the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant scheme to address the impact of rising construction costs on the programme’s effectiveness.
History will not remember Clare’s Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael TDs well for stance on Israeli War Bonds – McGettigan
*Donna McGettigan TD (SF). Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE’s sole opposition TD has said the county’s other elected members of Dáil Éireann are on the wrong side of history in their refusal to support Sinn Féin’s Israeli War Bonds legislation.
Regina House to reopen by end of this year
REGINA HOUSE in Kilrush is to reopen by the end of the year, the HSE have confirmed.
18 Gardaí attached to Clare/Tipp drugs unit
SUPPLY and consumption of drugs is rife but just 18 Gardaí are assigned to the Clare/Tipperary Divisional Drugs Unit.