Record €200m Council budget passed with 8% hike in commercial rates
Áras Contae an Chláir AN EIGHT percent increase in commercial rates has been approved by elected members of Clare County Council.
Joe Garrihy
Clare councillors send congratulations to President Connolly & Áras’ new resident McEnery of Ennis
*President Catherine Connolly with her husband Brian McEnery alongside past Presidents Mary McAleese, Michael D. Higgins, Mary Robinson and their respective spouses Martin, Sabina and Nicholas. ENNIS native Brian McEnery has taken up new residence at Áras an Uachtaráin alongside his wife, Catherine Connolly (IND) on Tuesday was inaugurated as the tenth President of Ireland.
Contractors ‘won’t go near’ collapsing road in Fahanlunaghtamore
CONTRACTORS “won’t go near” a North Clare road which is at risk of collapse.
No Harris Heave in Clare but Fine Gael needs to return to centre-right say members
*Tánaiste Simon Harris (FG) is welcomed to Ennis by ex TD Pat Breen (FG) and Cllr Mary Howard (FG). FINE GAEL is forgetting its roots and needs to remember its place as a centre-right party according to local members.
Pilot Burren/Cliffs Explorer review ongoing with addition of Ennistymon stop ‘a no brainer’
*Photograph: Eamon Ward. REVIEWS on the pilot season of the Burren and Cliffs Explorer must realise that the inclusion of an Ennistymon spur for 2026 is “a no brainer,” one county councillor has stressed while another has said there was a “positive pile-on” for the shuttle service.
‘Regulation gone mad’ – no urgency to solve removal of North & West Clare schools from hot meals scheme
*Photograph: John Mangan RURAL SCHOOLS in North and West Clare were specifically hit with their removal from the State’s Hot School Meals scheme “because of logistics and costs,” elected representatives have claimed.
‘Haphazard’ use of space in Kilfenora
*Kilfenora. KILFENORA is lacking a plan for parking in the village with the current system described as “haphazard”.
West Clare can become ‘world-leader for green energy’
*Moneypoint. STRATEGIC THINKING needs to come into force to ensure Moneypoint is supported for future generations and that West Clare can become “a world-leader for green energy”.
Council ‘actively reviewing sites in its ownership’ to provide motorhome camping facilities
A report on motorhome carping was previously completed by consultants for the Council in December 2023. DEFICITS of motorhome camping facilities in Clare can be tackled to extend the tourism season in the county, county councillors have said.
Age friendly uber scheme could tackle social isolation in Kilrush
AN AGE FRIENDLY UBER scheme for Kilrush is to be explored by the local authority with social isolation rising for the elderly in West Clare’s biggest town.