Driver feedback sign for main Newmarket-on-Fergus road by April
A driver feedback sign is to be erected on the main road in Newmarket-on-Fergus by the end of April.
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60% of drivers violating speed limit by Ballymacahill Cross
A relocation of the pedestrian crossing at Ballymacahill Cross has been requested by the Mayor of Clare with 60 percent of drivers violating the speed limit on the road.
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.
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.