End in sight for Shannon Heritage transfer
Photograph: Paschal Brooks AN END IS IN SIGHT for the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites to Clare County Council.
Michael McNamara
‘Inordinate delay’ in building Clare’s second NCT centre criticised
“COMMERCIAL SENSITIVITY” of negotiations has been cited by the National Car Testing Service (NCTS) for their inability to comment on the delay in opening a second NCT centre for the county.
‘A folk hero in North Clare who worked tirelessly for the common man’ – tributes paid to late Martin Lafferty
FORMER COUNTY COUNCILLOR, Martin Lafferty has been remembered as an individual who put humanity, empathy and what he believed in at the centre of his life.
Pilot plan to bring Ennis town properties back into residential use proposed
*Photograph: John Mangan A PILOT PLAN to increase the amount of families living in Ennis town centre has been proposed.
‘Don’t get on with demolition of Francis Street cottages’ says Tánaiste
*Photograph: Brian Arthur PLANS TO DEMOLISH SIX Ennis houses are at odds with the Housing for All Strategy, the Tánaiste has said.
Planning application to be lodged in June for Ballyvaughan wastewater treatment plant
A PLANNING APPLICATION for a new wastewater treatment plant in Ballyvaughan is to be submitted by the end of June.
Taoiseach’s intervention sought into potential impasse on East Clare Greenway
*Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (FG). Photograph: Brian Arthur AN INTERVENTION FROM THE Taoiseach into “an ongoing impasse” at a section of an identified route for the Lough Derg Greenway project has been sought.
Waiting list for cataract treatment doubles in Clare
ALMOST DOUBLE the amount of Clare people are awaiting treatment for cataracts since 2021.
Lack of Dáil speaking time does not hinder me in role as TD – Deputy Wynne
A SHORTAGE OF speaking rights has not hindered Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) from carrying out her duties as a Clare TD, she maintained.
McNamara responds to claims Independents have ‘easiest gig in Dáil’ & reveals openness to help form future Govt
*Michael McNamara. CLARE TD, Michael McNamara (IND) has said fellow TD Cathal Crowe’s (FF) comments that Independents have the “easiest gig in town” in the current Dáil is wide of the mark and revealed he is not opposed to going into Government with any party if successful at the next General Election.