‘Potholes’ of Ennis 2040 will be overcome says Council Chief Dowling
*Pat Dowling. Photograph: Paul Corey CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling has the “potholes” encountered so far with the Ennis 2040 strategy will be overcome.
Noeleen Fitzgerald
Council & Clare GAA enter commercial arrangement to lease Cloister car park
*Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling and Clare GAA Chairman, Kieran Keating. Photograph: Brian Arthur CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL have agreed to lease the Cloister Car Park from Clare GAA which is to result in the delivery of 200 car parking spaces in Ennis town centre.
‘Frightening’ legal fees of Council questioned
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL’s Head of Finance has said an article by The Ditch website “wasn’t accurate” regarding their legal fees.
Council’s Budget with expenditure of €184m approved
*Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling. Photograph: Eamon Ward WITH AN increase in expenditure of €34m, there was unanimous agreement among Clare councillors to pass the County Council’s annual budget for 2024.
Changes at the top in Clare County Council
*Leonard Cleary, Noeleen Fitzgerald, Pat Dowling, Anne Haugh, Carmel Kirby and Jason Murphy. SUBSTANTIAL changes to the management of Clare County Council are to be made as part of a vast reshuffle.
Council urged to pay €1.5k per annum to be corporate member of Hidden Disabilities Sunflower
FINANCE OFFICIALS in Clare County Council are to examine a request that the local authority become a corporate member of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower at a cost of €1,500 per annum.
Protestors call for councillors to resign from Board of Ennis 2040 DAC
*Cllr Mary Howard (FG) and Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF). PROTESTORS AGAINST THE PLANNED demolition of the Francis Street cottages have said Ennis councillors sitting on the Board of the Ennis 2040 DAC have a “conflict of interest” and should resign from their voluntary posts.
Council’s 2023 Budget of €151.8m adopted with commercial rates unaffected but community grants cut
*A special meeting was held on Friday to adapt the Budget. A €151.8M BUDGET has been adopted by Clare County Council
‘We’re spending more on consultants than doing the job’ – Council’s spiralling consultancy fees questioned
€514,000 was the cost of consultancy advice for the Inis Cealtra project in 2021. “SPIRALLING COSTS” spent on consultancy fees by Clare County Council need to be addressed, a Shannon representative has stressed.
‘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.