SENIOR OFFICIALS in the Department of Transport have repeatedly said there are no plans to reopen the railway station in Crusheen but North-East Clare elected representatives remain optimistic the return of stop may come to pass.
*Cllr Pat Burke. Photograph: Martin Connolly REPAIR WORKS are to be considered for the “well-known landmark” in East Clare called ‘Mickey Two Tailors’ bridge.
*Road signage in Tulla. CONDITIONS OF signage along the roads of East Clare are not supplementing the ‘heavy investment’ in tourism in the region.
APPROXIMATE COSTS of €100,000 and €30,000 have been calculated for the installation of electric vehicle charging points in East Clare.
*Fianna Fáil’s sitting councillors in East Clare, Tony O’Brien, Alan O’Callaghan and Pat Hayes. NOMINATIONS have closed for prospective candidates within Fianna Fáil’s East Clare Comhairle Ceanntair to contest next year’s local elections.
*The River Graney. €204k “is pittance” for drainage works across East Clare, a county councillor has claimed.
SPEED LIMIT SIGNS are “causing confusion” in East Clare according to a Whitegate representative.
*Photograph: John Mangan AN APPEAL has been made to repair sections of footpath in Mountshannon as the area is currently “inappropriate” for wheelchair users.
*Photograph: PL Chadwick ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES are preventing students from walking or cycling to school in Bridgetown.
*The Ballymulcashel estate in Kilmurry. DEVELOPERS ARE INTERESTED in new housing schemes in Kilmurry but the area’s only wastewater treatment plant is in private ownership risking a dezoning of lands in the upcoming County Development Plan.