Clare must ‘appropriately zone lands for camper van parking’
LAND IN CLARE needs to be “zoned appropriately” to cater for campervan parking, a senior member of management in Clare County Council has said.
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Hotel Doolin get green light for extension
HOTEL DOOLIN has been granted the green light to an extension to its first and second floor resulting in the addition of 27 bedrooms.
Clampdown needed on bus operators using rat runs to get to Cliffs of Moher
*Buses en route to the Cliffs of Moher. BUS OPERATORS who did not use allocated routes to the Cliffs of Moher should not be allowed to part at the visitor centre, a North Clare councillor has argued.
‘We don’t want Éire Óg A vs Éire Óg B to be our future county finals’ – developer led wastewater infrastructure can halt rural depopulation
*Darren O’Brien and Conor O’Halloran embrace at the final whistle of the 2021 Clare SFC final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ADDITION OF PRIVATE DEVELOPER LED wastewater infrastructure is key to haling the decline of 51 towns and villages in Clare who face the risk of depopulation in its absence.
Clare needs to be ‘more strategic’ in securing community gain from offshore renewables
*Equnior and Shell have exited the Irish market. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL have been urged to deliver added income in development levies from renewable energy companies.
‘There has been certain delays but also extreme delays’ – false dawns broadband rollout voiced
*Criticism of the pace of the NBP’s delivery in Clare was voiced by county councillors. DELAYS with the roll-out of broadband as part of the €2.9bn National Broadband Plan have been criticised by Clare councillors with NBI officials admitting they are eleven months off where they had intended to be at the start of the …
Delays with Blake’s Corner decision ‘a bad example of capital infrastructure delivery’
*Photograph: Bob Singer FRUSTRATION IS BREWING among elected and non-elected members of Clare County Council over the two year wait for a decision on whether works at Blake’s Corner can progress.
‘Struggle to share combined resources left Kilrush in the long grass’
*Some of the long grass left in Kilrush this summer. ANNOYANCE HAS been expressed by a Kilrush councillor over the struggle to share “combined resources” between Ennis and parts of West Clare in the promotion of biodiversity and enhancement of areas’ visual appearance.
Failed promises for Carrigaholt water infrastructure ‘part of programme of planned obsolescence’ of West Clare
*Carrigaholt was the subject of debate at this month’s meeting of the West Clare MD. EFFORTS to get toilet facilities in Carrigaholt are proving to be no quick flush.
Nestor made his Mark in local politics – councillors predict Cloughleigh man will become an Archbishop
*Mark Nestor celebrating his election to Clare County Council in 2019. Photograph: Martin Connolly A STANDING OVATION was extended to Cllr Mark Nestor (FF) as he attended his final Council meeting on Monday with his colleagues predicting he will one day become an Archbishop.