Council Budget proposes 8% hike in commercial rates
Abbey Street in Ennis. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. AN EIGHT percent increase in commercial rates is to be proposed by Clare County Council.
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Council carry out temporary upgrade to Cloister car park as slow pace of development with Clare GAA criticised
*The Cloister car park. IMPROVEMENTS were carried out to the Cloister car park over a two-day period last week by Clare County Council with officials in Clare GAA saying it will next year before the tender stage for the overall development is completed.
Bog Road in Clooney ‘quite poor’ Council acknowledge
SENIOR ENGINEERS in Clare County Council have acknowledged that ‘The Bog Road’ in Clooney “is quite poor” and in need of repairs.
Frustration reaches fever pitch for ex Mayor O’Brien on failure to provide safe facilities on Clare roads
*Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. A FORMER MAYOR of Clare has said he won’t sit back any longer and accept unsafe conditions on the roads of East Clare.
Lovely entrance to O’Callaghans Mills at risk of removal
*The entrance to O’Callaghans Mills. REMOVING a tree lined landscape on “a lovely entrance” to O’Callaghans Mills “would be a shame”, a senior engineer in Clare County Council has said.
Limerick to Scariff Greenway ‘has gone off the agenda’
*Ogonnelloe is among the expected connection points. A 43km greenway planned for East Clare “has gone off the agenda,” a former Mayor of Clare has lamented.
‘I had to Google knotweed, I thought of PJ Kelly & that it was something you would smoke’ – very limited levels of funding for invasive species in East Clare
GROWTH OF invasive species is occurring at “huge levels” in East Clare while funding for its removal and treatment is “very limited”.
‘There’s a pothole in the Mills too’ – East Clare Cllrs told ‘put on the helmets’
TWO EAST CLARE councillors were advised to ‘put on their helmets’ after digs were fired over the presence of potholes in respective parishes.
‘He’s brought millions into East Clare’ – tributes paid to departing top Council official
*Brian McCarthy. Photograph: Eamon Ward. ONE OF Clare County Council’s top officials who has been credited with “bringing millions into East Clare” is leaving the local authority to become a Director of Service with Limerick City and County Council.
Future of Limerick to Scariff Greenway left ‘in no man’s land’
*Contracts for designing the Greenway were signed in June 2021. FUTURE of the Limerick to Scariff Greenway is “in no man’s land”, frustrated elected representatives in East Clare have said.