Dooley defends voting record in the Seanad
*Senator Timmy Dooley. Photograph: Joe Buckley A CLARE SENATOR has defended his voting record in the Seanad despite it being one of the lowest among the sixty Senators.
Martin Conway
Bill breaches poster rules and faces prospect of €3000 fine
*Posters for Bill Slattery went up earlier than permitted across North Clare. ELECTION mode kicked off in North Clare with one candidate in the Ennistymon local electoral area breaching the Litter Pollution Act by erecting posters early.
Ennistymon, Killaloe, Querrin & Labasheeda projects to share €1.1m funding
FOUR CLARE projects have been allocated a combined €1.1m in funding under the 2023 Town and Village Renewal Scheme.
Varadkar resignation won’t cause earlier General Election says Clare TD & Senator
*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Brian Arthur LEO VARADKAR’s (FG) decision to step down as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael will not result in an early General Election according to two of Clare’s Oireachtas members.
Conway rows in behind Harris to replace Varadkar
*Senator Martin Conway pictured with Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar while campaigning in Dublin in 2021. CLARE SENATOR, Martin Conway (FG) has backed Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris (FG) to become the next Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael.
‘A patriot & person of utmost integrity’ – Clare politicians pay tribute to John Bruton
*John Bruton canvassing with Martin Conway in Ennistymon in 1999. POLITICIANS in Clare have been paying tribute to former Taoiseach, John Bruton (FG) following his death on Tuesday.
Fresh investigation ordered by HSE into death of Shannon teenager Aoife Johnston
A FRESH INVESTIGATION into the death of a Shannon teenager has been announced by the HSE.
‘Don’t assume we are not educated’ – strong opposition to Green Paper voiced by Clare Leader Forum
*Ann Marie Flanagan and Padraic Hayes. MEMBERS of the Clare Leader Forum are set to lodge “a strong submission” against proposals in the Green Paper on Disability Reform.
‘I will pay for the speed ramps myself’ – inaction in North Clare criticised by widow
*Helga Himmelsbach leads a remembrance walk for her beloved late husband Jerry O’Connor. Photograph: John Mangan A NORTH CLARE widow has pledged to pay for speed ramps herself if improvements to the area’s road network are not introduced.
Door not closed to fixing the ‘O’Donnell Directive’ insist Clare’s Oireachtas members
*Limerick TD, Kieran O’Donnell (FG). CLARE TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) has told a special meeting of Clare County Council that the “door is not shut” on overturning a directive issued by a Junior Minister to dezone lands in the county.