Proposals afoot to bring in cul-de-sac to Hermitage
*Hermitage. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. PARTS of Hermitage are to be turned into a cul-de-sac with a redesigned roadway to provide parking for residents and local businesses.
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Drug drops happening at bridges under M18 claims Cllr
*Balymacahill. DRUGS are being dropped off by drivers along the M18 to an underneath bridge in Ballymacahill according to a county councillor.
Permanent partial pedestrianisation for O’Connell Street comes into effect on Monday
PERMANENT partial pedestrianisation of O’Connell Street in Ennis will come into effect from Monday (March 2nd).
Traffic lights emerge under consideration for road with ‘long history of accidents’
*Finnangh Junction. REPORTS of incidents and near misses have been common place for decades at Finnangh Junction linking Ennis to the Quin Rd but an increase in vehicular traffic has also been reported since the opening of the nearby Banner Plaza.
Ennis to have extra Gardaí on the beat for Christmas
*Photograph: Ruth Griffin EXTRA Gardaí are to be on the beat in Ennis town over the festive period.
Online survey launched by Council to determine whether O’Connell St will be pedestrianised
*Photograph: Ennis MD FUTURE plans for O’Connell Street in Ennis and its potential pedestrianisation is the focus of a new survey launched by Clare County Council.
‘Unique opportunity to launch pedestrian friendly town centre’ for Christmas trading in Ennis
Ennis Municipal District together with Ennis Chamber of Commerce and the Holman Lee Agency launched the Ennis Street Fashion Show which takes on O’Connell Street next Saturday, December 13th. ENNIS is “a revitalised, attractive and pedestrian friendly town” to shop in this Christmas, county councillors have stressed.
Journey of Traveller children to school along Quin Rd ‘an accident waiting to happen’
*Ballaghboy. ENNIS politicians have said they are “duty-bound” to highlight the dangers for ‘unsupervised Traveller children’ who are at risk of an accident due to the absence of a footpath from the Quin Rd to the Ballaghboy site with principals describing it as “an accident waiting to happen”.
Proposal for one-way system on Mill Rd scrapped & Gort Rd roundabout alterations removed from Ennis transport plan
*The proposal to make the Mill Rd has been scrapped. PLANS to introduce a one-way traffic system to the Mill Road and to alter the Gort Rd roundabout by Ennis Hospital, McDonald’s and Lynch’s Centra have been scrapped.
One third of Ennis off limits for housing & commercial development
An aerial shot of The Market, Carmody St and Kilrush Rd. ONE THIRD of Ennis is hindered from future housing and commercial development due to capacity issues at the Clareabbey wastewater treatment plant.