Ballot Beats: Cosying up in the Women’s Shed in Feakle & not daring to take on the teachers
CAMPAIGNS are in full flow across the county with such a short run-in till the November 29th General Election.
CAMPAIGNS are in full flow across the county with such a short run-in till the November 29th General Election.
*Michael Leahy. Photograph: John Mangan MICHAEL LEAHY (IFP), Kevin Hassett (IND) and Catriona Ni Catháin (SOC) have confirmed their candidacy in Clare for the General Elections.
Tony Killeen and Mike Taylor with Páraic McMahon. IT’S GAME on so far as the General Election is concerned with a record number of nineteen candidates in the field.
*Photograph: John Mangan CLARE is to have its longest ever ballot paper for a General Election with a total of nineteen candidates already declared.
WEST CLARE hotelier Donald Trump is set for a return to the White House after his victory in the US Presidential election.
*Ballymacraven River. AN BORD PLEANÁLA has refused planning permission to an Ennistymon farmer in a planning row between two North Clare farm households.
*Conor O’Leary speaking at the meeting. Photograph: Tom Micks. FARMERS in Clare are under extreme pressure due to regulations being imposed on them by European officials and the Irish Government, a meeting has heard.
CRATLOE’s Eddie Punch (II) who had previously declared as an Independent candidate for the European elections in Ireland South will now fly under the banner of Independent Ireland.
*Michael McNamara TD (IND) CLARE TD, Michael McNamara (IND) has confirmed he is putting his name forward to contest the European elections.
*Michael McNamara TD. Photograph: Eamon Ward. CLARE TD, Michael McNamara (IND) is weighing up throwing his name into the ring for the European elections.