*Corofin village. OBSTACLES delaying the installation of electric vehicle charging points “in the middle of a climate crisis” has been slammed by councillors in North Clare.
*Clare County Council passed its Budget for 2026 this week. BUSINESSES across Clare are agitated with elected members and the Executive of Clare County Council following their decision to increase commercial rates by 8%.
Abbey Street in Ennis. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. AN EIGHT percent increase in commercial rates is to be proposed by Clare County Council.
*The N85 in Kilnamona. A GATEWAY to North Clare is “an embarrassing piece of road” with top officials in Clare County Council failing to follow up on intent from six years ago, one councillor has said.
*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” a North Clare road which is at risk of collapse.
*The Strand Line in Kilkee. INCREASED signage on the roads of West Clare is needed to counteract satellite navigation systems sending visitors to the county astray according to local councillors.
*File pic: Mary Crawford with Billy Kelleher MEP and Gerry Reidy. INAGH’s Mary Crawford has been elected as the first female Chair of Fianna Fáil’s Clare branch with the party’s AGM hearing if any apologies have been sent by Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) to the county following the Presidential election.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley DISCONTENT within Fianna Fáil is expected to come to the surface in Co Clare this week for the AGM of the party’s branch.
*Junior Minister, Timmy Dooley (FF) and Cllr David Griffin (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley PROBLEMS were evident from the very beginning of the Presidential Election campaign for Fianna Fáil with county councillors in Clare claiming the party has lost its connection with the grassroots.