Traffic warden proposed for East Clare amid growing parking pressures
A DEDICATED traffic warden for the Killaloe Municipal District is to be considered by Clare County Council as parking pressures continue to grow across East Clare.
Pat Burke
“Crazy” regulations preventing crucial hedge cutting on rural roads
ENABLING landowners to cut roadside hedges and ditches is of the highest importance to improve visibility and road safety in rural areas, multiple Clare cllrs have claimed. In what was the last motion of the July meeting of Clare County Council, cllr Conor Ryan (FF) called on the local authority to “enable landowners to maintain …
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July Council meeting adjourned for one day following the passing of former Cathaoirleach and TD James Breen
JULY’s meeting of Clare County Council was adjourned for one day as a mark of respect following the recent passing of former Clare TD and Mayor of Clare, James Breen (IND).
A new Cathaoirleach is elected in Killaloe
CLLR TONY O’Brien (FF) was elected Cathaoirleach of Killaloe MD at the group’s AGM on Wednesday. Outgoing Mayor of the district cllr Pat Burke (FG) handed over the ceremonial chain at a meeting held in the Killaloe-Ballina Family Resource Centre in the East Clare capital. The meeting was attended by the above as well as …
‘More chance of a bullock getting a holiday than Broadford’s sewerage scheme being built’
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon. A BULLOCK is closer to a holiday than Broadford is to getting a sewerage scheme, a county councillor has remarked.
Fine Gael councillors admit to near-misses & potential ‘political murder’ in calls to make hi-vis jackets mandatory
*Cllr Pat Burke, Tánaiste Simon Harris, Joe Cooney TD and Cllr Conor Ryan. PEDESTRIANS and cyclists should be made wear hi-vis jackets or vests “in the interest of public safety,” according to a former Leas Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council.
‘Take it outside if ye want to go at it’ – heated exchange sees Burke & Guilfoyle clash over fuel crisis in Council chamber
*Cllr Pat Burke (FG) and Cllr Tommy Guilfoyle (SF). “TAKE IT outside if ye want to go at it,” the Mayor of Clare told two elected members of the County Council during a heated exchange over the fuel protests.
‘Most outrageous plan in the world’ – councillors formally object to proposal to pipe water to Dublin
*A formal objection has been lodged by councillors. EAST CLARE councillors have formally objected to plans to extract water from the River Shannon to pipe Dublin’s leaking water network and have received the backing of fellow councillors from across the county for their stance.
By-laws drafted for Inis Cealtra after not so Holy behaviour on island
ENFORCEMENT is essential for bye-laws on camping and overnight parking in East Clare.
‘They have everything else inside the Pale they don’t need the River Shannon’
*The Parteen Basin where water will be piped to Dublin. CO CLARE will get no benefit from supplying water to Dublin and surrounding counties as part of a multi-billion proposal, councillors have claimed.