Illegal encampment removed from Sixmilebridge train station
*Photograph: Joe Buckley AN ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENT has been removed from Sixmilebridge Train Station after two years and five months.
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Hayes tops poll as Fianna Fáil select sitting councillors to fight to retain seats in East Clare
*Cllr Alan O’Callaghan, Cllr Pat Hayes & Cllr Tony O’Brien. FIANNA FÁIL members in East Clare have voted to select their three sitting councillors as the party’s representatives on the ballot paper in the Killaloe Municipal District for the 2024 local elections.
Tensions beginning to bubble in Fianna Fáil’s East Clare Comhairle Ceanntair
*Scariff Bay presenter Paul Bugler with Cllr Pat Hayes, Cllr Alan O’Callaghan and Cllr Tony O’Brien. TENSIONS ARE BEGINNING to simmer among the Fianna Fáil faithful in East Clare.
Married bliss on the pitch for Podge Collins
*Podge Collins on the attack for Clare. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill HE SACRIFICED his honeymoon to line out with Clare’s senior footballers as they booked their passage to the Munster final and All-Ireland SFC and Podge Collins said it was worth it to qualify for a first provincial decider with the county’s footballers.
Fianna Fáil councillor & ex publican pays out €500 for COVID-19 breach
*Cllr Alan O’Callaghan. Photograph: Eamon Ward GARDAÍ DETECTED over 50 people after 1am in a rural pub then operated by a Fianna Fail member of Clare County Council during Covid-19 restrictions, a court has heard.
Gardaí ‘tied up at courts amid scarcity of resources’ bemoans East Clare rep
“SCARCE” Garda resources have not been aided by the amount of officers “tied up at the courts all day,” a South-East Clare elected representative has said.
Encampment at Sixmilebridge train station holding authorities ‘to ransom’ – claims Cllr
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A CLARE COUNCILLOR has said his ‘blood is boiling’ with the continued presence of an illegal encampment at the train station in Sixmilebridge while accusing the families of holding the local authority “to ransom” to try secure a house.
Broadford’s Moroney nominated as challenger to O’Brien, O’Callaghan & Hayes as Fianna Fáil begin election prep
*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.
‘We’re a hurling county’ – caution advised on calls to remove all ash trees
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE’S STANDING as a hurling county underlines the need for caution following calls to remove all ash trees.
Land & plant ownership in Kilmurry may hinder future housing developments
*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.