Supermacs say €10m plaza in Doora will create 120 jobs
Planning permission has been granted for a €10m Supermacs plaza outside Ennis off the M18.
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A Latoon fairy bush that got international attention
For so long, employees in Shannon and Limerick wished for a bypass through Newmarket-on-Fergus, little did they or anyone think that the construction of the M18 would secure international attention.
TV documentary traces lives of ordinary Clare folk during construction of M18
Jill Beardsworth and Keith Walsh’s 2018 documentary When All is Ruin Once Again had its TV premiere in September.
Motorway has not lessened traffic on Newmarket-on-Fergus to Shannon ‘rat run’ say councillors
Continued use of Newmarket-on-Fergus back roads by heavy goods vehicles approaching the M18 is proving to be “a nightmare” for residents, Cllr Pat McMahon (FF) has claimed.
Vehicle catches fire on M18
Emergency services are attending to a vehicle which caught fire on the M18 shortly after 4:20pm.
Calls to connect Shannon & Ennis off-road to complement West Clare Greenway
An off-road greenway connecting Shannon Town and the Airport with Ennis has been mooted to add to the West Clare Greenway, plans of which continue to progress.
‘More creativity’ needed to boost Clare’s Wild Atlantic Way routes
*Photograph: Martin Connolly Alternative and more prominent advertising of Clare’s routes on the Wild Atlantic Way are needed on the M18 with talks underway to improve infrastructure for designated tourist attractions.
Newmarket-on-Fergus ‘still as busy as ever’ despite being bypassed
Despite being bypassed, Newmarket-on-Fergus is unusually “as busy as ever” in the eyes of its local representative on Clare County Council.
Undercover Garda operation ongoing in Newmarket, Sixmilebridge & Cratloe
*Pat Halpin addressing the community forum in Newmarket-on-Fergus. Photograph: Joe Buckley An undercover Garda operation is ongoing in Newmarket-on-Fergus, Sixmilebridge and Cratloe while the policing organisation is unaware of claims that youths have been dropping rocks onto the M18 approaching the Carrigoran exit.
Laws for illegal encampments too lenient say Clare councillors
*The illegal encampment at Skehanagh Roundabout earlier this summer. Photograph: Cllr Paul Murphy Prosecutions for illegal encampments within the county are not working, elected representatives in Clare have claimed.