The Electoral Chair: A sitting councillor may fall in North Clare & Fine Gael factions
*Gerry Reidy, Páraic McMahon, Ger Kennedy and Marie McMahon. NORTH CLARE is forecast to see a sitting councillor lose their seat for the second election in a row.
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‘Remember you are there to serve the people’ – 125 years of democracy celebrated in Clare
*Photograph: Eamon Ward 125 years of local democracy in Clare was acknowledged on Monday.
Traffic management plan to be implemented for opening of new Ennistymon school
*An artist’s impression of Ennistymon Community School. STAFF resources “at strategic locations” will be provided by Clare County Council to assist with traffic management for the opening of Ennistymon Community School in what has been described as “one of the largest investments ever in North Clare”.
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.
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.
Post-office network going from ‘crisis to crisis’ warn Clare postmasters
*Cllr Tom O’Callaghan. IRELAND’s post office network is going from “crisis to crisis”, postmasters based in Co Clare have said.
North Clare lighting comes under the microscope
*Photograph: John Mangan PUBLIC LIGHTING in North Clare has been brought under the spotlight by an elected representative in the locality.
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.
Housing Minister in talks with Uisce Éireann to try rescue Ennistymon €7.7m development
*Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Tom Micks DESPITE over fifty towns and villages in Clare being prohibited from the construction of housing developments due to inadequate wastewater infrastructure, the Minister for Housing insists the climate is improving for young people to build homes.
Clare reps seek legislation to make it illegal to ‘conceal one’s face when planning to commit a crime’
INTRODUCTION of legislation to make it illegal to cover an individual’s face when preparing to commit an act of violence has been requested by a Clare councillor.