69 refugees to take up residence at Magowna House
*Magowna House. A TWELVE MONTH CONTRACT is to be provided to the owners of Magowna House with the three star hotel in Inch set to take in 69 asylum seekers.
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Guilfoyle yet to decide if he’ll come off the ditch and run in local elections
*Tommy Guilfoyle. Photograph: John Mangan CLARECASTLE’S Tommy Guilfoyle has said he is undecided on whether he will be putting his name forward to contest the 2024 local elections.
Council expected to back Shannon Heritage transfer deal with plan for county’s tourism offering outlined
*Monday will see a special meeting of Clare County Council held. A FORMAL MEETING of Clare County Council will be held this Monday where it is expected the local authority will announce its intention to accept the deal offered by Government to transfer the Shannon Heritage sites.
‘We’ll keep pushing & fighting until they change the decision’ – over 100 protest at plans to demolish Francis St cottages
*Photograph: John Mangan OVER 100 people marched to the offices of Clare County Council as the Save Francis Street Alliance took their first steps in protesting against the planned demolition of six properties in the county town in order to build a temporary car park at a fee planned to exceed €1m.
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.
‘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.
