*The vote was held on Monday in the Council Chamber. A VOTE TO REDUCE the local property tax rate in Clare was resoundingly defeated on Monday and instead councillors opted to keep the highest rate for the next two years.
*Cllr Johnny Flynn. Photograph: Eamon Ward ENNIS COUNCILLOR, Johnny Flynn has resigned from the Board of Ennis 2040 DAC.
LAHINCH was glistening in the sunshine on Monday last with the official opening of a €6m revamp of Lahinch Leisure Centre.
*Zoom was used for SPC meetings whereas full Council & MD meetings utilise Microsoft Teams. ONGOING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES at local authority sittings has prompted a Kilkee representative to call for action.
*Clare’s current female elected representatives (l-r) Cllr Ann Norton, Mayor of Ennis Municipal District; Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy; Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne TD; Cllr Mary Howard; Senator Róisín Garvey; and Cllr Donna McGettigan; pictured with Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (centre), County Clare’s first-ever female TD. Photograph: Eamon Ward Increased female representation at decision-making level will ensure more balanced …
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ABILITY TO adapt and pivot during the pandemic has opened the possibility of Clare County Council introducing a four-day working week for its staff.
ACTION to promote take-up of apprenticeships can begin at a local level by an expansion of the roles offered by Clare County Council, a West Clare representative has maintained.
GREATER investment in remote working can help women access leadership roles across multiple organisations, an Ennis county councillor has said.
Tanáiste Leo Varadkar (FG) is to launch the Ennis 2040 Strategy this Friday.
Better quality roads are needed in Clare for hard-working taxpayers, West Clare representatives have said.