*An artist’s impression of the store in Ennistymon. LIDL have lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála after they were refused planning permission for a store in Ennistymon.
*The Shanaway Rd junction. PROPOSALS for a new design of the Shanaway Road junction on the N85 are to be prepared in tandem with a cycle lane scheme planned for the Lahinch Rd in Ennis.
*Photograph: Gary Collins NEW CYCLING SCHEMES FOR the Tulla Rd, Limerick Rd, Lahinch Rd and Gort Rd, all in Ennis are advancing.
PREFERRED routes for the Ennis Town Bus Service have been identified with early 2025 the planned timeframe for its beginning.
*Drehidnagower Bridge in Ennis. CONSULTANTS have been appointed in what is hoped will be the first step in resolving long running safety issues at a bridge in Ennis described as “lethal” for pedestrians and cyclists.
*Elected representatives in the Ennis MD have long debated the busy junction. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IRELAND (TII) should be brought in before the Ennis Municipal District “kicking and screaming” over the reluctance to install a solution to traffic issues at the Shanaway Rd and Lahinch Rd junction.
Plans have been lodged for the single largest ever private housing scheme for Ennis.
PARENTS ARE FORCED to play “Russian roulette” on the school run due to the dangers posed by a busy Ennis junction.
Additional bus stops in Barefield will help in encouraging more people to avail of public transport, county councillors have claimed.
*Philomena Coughlan on the couch of her daughter’s home where she has been living temporarily. Photograph: Natasha Barton An Ennis grandmother on Clare County Council’s housing list since 2005 has said the wait for accommodation is having “an awful impact on my mental health”.
