Clare’s derelict sites team working on bringing 250 derelict properties back into use
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon “CREATIVE MEANS” must be explored at a local level to bring derelict properties back into use as houses.
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‘Dog SWAT team’ needed to clamp down on disgusting behaviour on Clare beaches
*Photograph: John Mangan ONE FINE has been issued in Lahinch beach over the last three years for dog fouling with local politicians insisting members of the public need to be fined in North-West Clare to change behaviour over the “disgusting” amount of dog poo left along beaches and public areas.
Acres Scheme has let down farmers in North Clare
*Members of Burren IFA have met with the Minister for Agriculture. NORTH CLARE farmers have been let down by the Acres Scheme, a local representative has claimed.
Tourism accommodation shortage in Clare ‘is dire’
*The Auburn Lodge is among the hotels full to capacity with refugees. FÁILTE IRELAND’s accommodation audit for Co Clare has highlighted “a real problem area” in the scarcity of options for visitors to the county.
Appeal to grit road from Doolin to Lahinch & Liscannor snowed under
*Doonagore Castle, Doolin. Photograph: Brian Morrison DOOLIN’s main access point from the direction of Lahinch and Liscannor needs to be included in the winter maintenance routes plan, a North Clare representative has argued.
‘All I want for Christmas is for Israel to stop killing children’ – Clare reps agree on call for ceasefire
Áras Contae an Chláir CALLS for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza have been agreed by elected members of Clare County Council.
‘A small start but a significant one’ – inclusion of Broadford & Cooraclare in pilot wastewater scheme lauded
INCLUSION of Broadford and Cooraclare in the €50 million rural wastewater collection and treatment scheme could be “a game-changer” for other communities in the county according to the Mayor of Clare.
HSE CEO turns down councillors request to hold meeting without the media
*Bernard Gloster. HSE CEO, Bernard Gloster has turned down a request by councillors in Clare to attend a behind closed doors meeting.
Civic reception bestowed on All-Ireland winning Clare minor hurling & junior camogie sides
Brian O’Connell, Cllr Joe Cooney and Eoghan Gunning. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE’S All-Ireland winning minor hurling and junior camogie panels and managements were honoured with a civic reception by Clare County Council on Monday.
Periodic speed limits outside schools in West & North Clare pushed
*Cllr Liam Grant. Photograph: Myriam Riand. A STANDARD speed limit of 30km outside all schools in West and North Clare has been sought.
