Clare photographers snap up PPAI awards
*Eamon Ward. TWO CLARE PHOTOGRAPHERS scooped awards in Dublin at the weekend.
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How Clare’s TDs voted as Varadkar is elected Taoiseach for second time
*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Paul Corey CLARE’S TDs were split when it came to the voting in favour or against the Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar (FG) becoming Taoiseach.
Council left out in the cold with no contact made by Govt or Shannon Airport Group to change their mind on Heritage sites transfer
*Shannon Heritage workers protesting outside Bunratty Castle. Photograph: Natasha Barton NO CONTACT HAS BEEN made to Clare County Council by any Government Department or Shannon Airport Group since it announced its withdrawal from the planned transfer of Shannon Heritage absence in the absence of State funding.
Tweet in the tale as rivalry between Dooley & Crowe simmers away
*Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) flanked by Senator Timmy Dooley (FF) and TD Cathal Crowe (FF). Photograph: Natasha Barton TENSIONS between Fianna Fáil’s two Oireachtas representatives have gone up a notch after a critical tweet.
‘Delays in transfer of Shannon Heritage sites will cause long-term damage to tourism sector’ – representative body warns
*Photograph: Paschal Brooks THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY for Clare’s tourism sector has warned of the infliction of “long-term damage” to the industry amid ongoing delays to the proposed transfer of assets operated by Shannon Heritage to Clare County Council.
‘We don’t need people from the outside to remind us’ – Coveney insists Government prioritising housing
*Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney speaking to The Clare Echo’s Páraic McMahon. HOUSING IS “THE BIGGEST PRIORITY” within the Government yet an insufficient number of houses are being built, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has acknowledged.
Ó Cúiv guest of honour for annual de Valera commemoration
LONG-SERVING TD, Éamon Ó Cúiv will be the guest of honour at the annual commemoration of his grand-father Eamon de Valera in Ennis this weekend.
‘Bureaucratic Departmental pass-the-potato’ delaying transfer of Shannon Heritage sites as liaison manager sought
*Knappogue Castle. CORRESPONDENCE has been issued to the Taoiseach seeking the appointment of a liaison officer to accelerate the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites.
‘It’s not over’ says Taoiseach but Council set to walk away from talks to take over Shannon Heritage sites
*Bunratty Castle. GOVERNMENT FUNDING will not be provided to Clare County Council to take over Shannon Heritage sites in the county, a breakfast briefing of local councillors was informed on Wednesday morning even though the Taoiseach has said the matter is not over.
Conditions improving at UHL says Taoiseach
*An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin at Meira GTx’s Shannon facility. Photograph: Brian Arthur IMPROVEMENTS ARE becoming visible at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), the Taoiseach has claimed.