Housing for all but not rural Clare
GOVERNMENT housing policy is turning rural Clare into somewhere people “come to take a photograph and go away and no one lives there”, a meeting has heard.
Joe Garrihy
New vision for Lisdoonvarna in €4.3m plan
Pictured to mark the official launch of the Lisdoonvarna Heritage Plan and Design Guide were (left to right): Ailish Drake, Drake Hourigan Architects; Cllr Joe Garrihy, Clare County Council; Helen Quinn, Acting Senior Planner, Clare County Council; Congella McGuire, Heritage Officer, Clare County Council; and John Hehir, Lisdoonvarna Historical Society. Photo: Eamon Ward. LISDOONVARNA’S future …
Government policy “biggest hindrance” to rural development, CEO says
*Pat Dowling. NATIONAL POLICY is the “biggest hindrance” to building vibrant rural communities in Clare, a meeting has heard.
‘I don’t know what jinx I have on Irish Water’ – Talty grows frustrated
*Cllr Shane Talty. Photograph: Eamon Ward A LAHINCH REPRESENTATIVE has expressed frustration with the substance of replies issued by Irish Water.
Bid to ban large buses from Kilfenora rat run rejected
A NORTH CLARE cross is forcing drivers to take their life into their own hands, an elected representative has warned while an appeal to ban large buses from certain roads has failed.
Pyrite homeowners ‘living in purgatory
*Photograph: Joe Buckley PEOPLE IN HOMES damaged by pyrite “are living in purgatory,” a Kilrush councillor has claimed.
Creating landmark experience at Lemenagh Castle ‘can also slow down drivers’
CREATION OF A LANDMARK EXPERIENCE can also slow down drivers in North Clare.
70% of road network getting gritted with salt in current cold snap
*Photograph: John Mangan 1,400 TONNES OF SALT has been used in gritting roads across Co Clare in the past week as part of efforts to minimise the risk to road users during the current cold snap.
Elderly ‘isolated’ by ‘big social deficit’ in Ennis
“A BIG SOCIAL DEFICIT” exists in the town of Ennis for the elderly putting them “in isolation”.
‘Out of touch’ to not extend lifeguard cover
*Lifeguards in Lahinch. RENEWED CALLS have been made to extend the lifeguard cover in Co Clare.