*Domestic Water Butt, Credit: Uisce Eireann || Inset: Cllr Mary HowardDomestic Water Butt, Credit: Uisce Eireann || Inset: Cllr Mary Howard CLARE County Council is to examine the feasibility of a reduced-cost water butt scheme for households and community groups.
*Finnangh, Cllr Paul Murphy (Inset Credit: Eamon Ward) SAFETY works at Lynch’s Cross are set to include resurfacing and new road markings, with Clare County Council also considering rumble strips at the junction.
*Cllr Ian Lynch (IND) said while some destinations such as the Cliffs of Moher were performing well more needed to be done to develop other areas. CLARE has a “significant opportunity” to grow its staycation market as more people look for alternatives to traditional overseas holidays, according to a Clare councillor.
*Cllr Mary Howard was one of the first councillors to recieve the disturbing phone calls female councillors were subject to during the summer CLARE councillors have called for elected representatives’ precise home addresses to be removed from publicly available electoral documents amid concerns over harassment, intimidation and the safety of people in public life.
*Cllr Pat Daly (inset) has called for a new site to be zoned for a future Model 3 or 4 hospital in Clare || Pictured: Ennis Hospital A CALL has been made for a site on the motorway outside Ennis to be identified and zoned for a future Model 3 or 4 hospital serving Clare.
*Parnell Street, Inset: Mayor of Ennis Cllr Tommy Guilfoyle A CALL has been made for new seating to be installed at the top of Parnell Street in Ennis following the success of the town’s pedestrianisation.
A LONG-RUNNING campaign for road safety improvements in Darragh has received a boost after Clare County Council proposed reducing the speed limit on a section of the N68. The reduction, which applies to the N68 (Ennis to Kilrush Road) at Darragh, would see the speed limit lowered from 100km/h to 80km/h as part of Clare …
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*Cllr Mary Howard (FG). Photograph: John O’Neill. FINE GAEL female elected representatives including Cllr Mary Howard (FG) have reported harassment to An Garda Síochána after receiving “disturbing” phone calls this week.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley PROFITS generated from the Banner Plaza need to be reinvested into enhancing pedestrian safety measures in Doora, Cllr Mary Howard (FG) has argued.
FORMER Mayor of Ennis cllr. Mary Howard (FG) has called for “an urgent reform of Ireland’s family laws”. The county town cllr stated that Ireland’s legal framework has deeply failed victims of domestic violence at the June meeting of Clare County Council. In a motion put before the local authority, Howard asked “for urgent reform …