*Cllr Pat Hayes (FF) and Cllr Pat Burke (FG). WITHIN his own parish of Mountshannon, Cllr Pat Burke (FG) became Cathaoirleach of the Killaloe Municipal District for the third time.
KILLALOE’s new bridge is to be named after Brian Ború.
*Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG), Cllr Shane Talty (FF), Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) and Cllr Joe Killeen (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. COUNTY COUNCILLORS have said they are finding it difficult to look North Clare constituents in the eye following the Council’s €8m land acquisition adjacent to the Cliffs of Moher.
*Cllr Pat Burke (FG). Photograph: Martin Connolly “SOMETIMES I wonder do we have anything else to talk about,” remarked Cllr Pat Burke (FG) at the latest sitting of the Killaloe Municipal District.
*Mountshannon. PLANS have been lodged with Clare County Council that could see Mountshannon Community Hall demolished and replaced with a new facility.
*Photograph: Noreen Finn ONGOING investment in Killaloe has underlined the opportunity to market the East Clare town as “the gateway to Co Clare”.
*Contracts for the design of the 42km Limerick to Scariff Greenway were signed in June 2021. AN EAST CLARE greenway is “well behind schedule” with elected members worried about how quiet the project has gone.
*The new bridge between Killaloe and Ballina lit up for the first time. COMPLETION targets for one of the biggest infrastructural projects in East Clare are on track to be met.
*A special meeting of Clare County Council convened to discuss the matter. CLARE COUNCILLORS have called on An Bord Pleanála to defer any approval of the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm project until meaningful consultation with local communities has taken place.
*The site of the proposed car park. PLANS to construct a new car park in Bodyke are to be lodged by Clare County Council.
