OVER 150 clubs and community groups across Clare are to benefit from new grants under the Local Enhancement Programme (LEP). A total of €181,061.31 has been allocated to projects in County Clare. The funding is designed to help local communities by supporting them in carrying out repairs and improvements to facilities. The grants will also contribute …
RESPONSIBILITY is needed for an old cemetery wall falling on loved ones’ graves. The boundary wall of O’Briensbridge cemetery collapsed at the end of May and has since become a major obstacle for visitors to the graveyard, with stonework falling onto inhabitants of the burial ground. “People couldn’t tend to their graves or go and …
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*Leonard Cleary, Noeleen Fitzgerald, Pat Dowling, Anne Haugh, Carmel Kirby and Jason Murphy. SUBSTANTIAL changes to the management of Clare County Council are to be made as part of a vast reshuffle.
*A flock of ducks walking past patrol cars in Ennis Garda Station. ENNIS COUNCILLORS have once again clashed on calls to establish a sub-committee of the Clare Joint Policing Committee (JPC) to focus specifically on the county town.
ENNIS HAS ACHIEVED international success in the 2023 Communities in Bloom (CiB) awards ceremony held at Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada over the weekend.
*O’Connell Square. EXPERIENCE ENNIS, a company formed in the last two years aimed at promoting the county town is to cease trading.
*Judges Berta Briggs and Dr. Andrea Bocsi. ENNIS’ sustainability stood out to international adjudicators as the county town underwent an inspection this week by Communities in Bloom judges.
APPROVAL has been granted to Clare County Council by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to proceed with a €11.5m public realm regeneration of Ennis town centre.
*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.