Inch locals to remove blockades on approach to Magowna House
*Photograph: John Mangan LOCALS IN INCH have confirmed they are to remove the three blockades on the approach to Magowna House.
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Minister O’Gorman open to meeting Inch residents but says Magowna House contract for asylum seekers will remain
*Asylum seekers on site at Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan MINISTER FOR Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman (GP) has said Magowna House will continue to be used to accommodate male asylum seekers despite strong local opposition.
Conway appointed Chair of Seanad select committee
*Senator Martin Conway. SENATOR Martin Conway (FG) has been appointed as Chairperson of the newly established Seanad Select Committee on Scrutiny of EU-related Statutory Instruments.
Fine Gael hungry to win back Breen’s seat in Clare
*Fine Gael are to begin plotting their campaign for the next General Election. FINE GAEL will strongly target winning back the Dáil seat it lost in the Clare constituency three years ago, sitting TD Joe Carey (FG) has said.
Government agree €6m funding for transfer of Shannon Heritage sites to Council
*Bunratty Castle & Folk Park is among the sites now set to come under the Council’s control. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN reached to transfer the ownership of the four Shannon Heritage sites in the county to Clare County Council.
‘Compelling case’ to reopen Crusheen railway station to be put before Iarnród Éireann
SENIOR OFFICIALS in the Department of Transport have repeatedly said there are no plans to reopen the railway station in Crusheen but North-East Clare elected representatives remain optimistic the return of stop may come to pass.
Dooley confident Broadford & Cooraclare fit the bill for wastewater pilot as ongoing wait slammed locally
CONFIDENCE has been voiced by a Government representative that both Broadford and Cooraclare fit the criteria to be included in a €20m pilot wastewater scheme.
TDs told tell Government that a place called West Clare exists
*Frances Street in Kilrush. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S OIREACHTAS members have been warned they will get “roasted” by the public when they go canvassing for the next General Election.
Reopening of Crusheen rail stop not in Dept’s plans but still under review
*Crusheen’s rail stop was on the agenda in the Seanad. NO PLANS exist to reopen the railway station in Crusheen, senior officials in the Department of Transport have said.
Hospital apologies from UHL management have come too late – health activists
*Noeleen Moran. Photograph: Martin Molloy AMENDMENTS have been sought to a Fine Gael motion which is due to be debated in the Seanad.