‘Fabulous scenery’ of Lough Derg causing dangerous driving in Ogonnelloe
Lough Derg’s “fabulous scenery” is causing traffic concerns in Ogonnelloe.
Pat Burke
Mass-goers in Mountshannon annoyed with missing path & ponding water
Mountshannon mass-goers are unhappy with a missing footpath in between housing developments opposite the childcare centre.
Burke requests section of road by back-gate to be included on roadworks programme
*Cllr Pat Burke. Photograph: Gary Collins A section of road on land owned by one East Clare councillor is to be nominated for inclusion in the 2020 roadwork’s programme.
‘Time to pause’ plans of extracting Lough Derg water to Dublin
*Parteen Weir. Photograph: Aerial Video & Photo Production Pressure is being put on the Department of Planning and Irish Water to scrap plans of extracting water from Lough Derg to be then transferred to Dublin.
Scariff businesses ‘at risk of closing due to lack of parking’
*Photograph: Eoin O’Hagan. Parking has been highlighted as “a serious problem” in Scariff with businesses flagging that they may have to close if it is not solved.
Local submission ‘may delay’ Tulla social housing
*Photograph: Tulla Tidy Towns A planned delivery of 22 social housing units in Tulla is facing a potential delay.
Farmers ‘demoralised by blame game’
Schemes “supporting sustainable agricultural production” need to be embraced to help a “demoralised” farming sector, one elected member of Clare County Council has declared.
‘Clare most anti-rural county for planning’ claims Cllr Kelly
Clare’s longest serving local elected representative has described the county as “the most anti-rural” so far as planning regulations are concerned.
‘Holy Island can be a world class tourism destination’
*Lough Derg as seen from Holy Island. Photograph: Niall Culligan Hopes remain high that Holy Island will be “a game-changer” in developing East Clare’s tourism offering but elected representatives have acknowledged the timeline for the project’s delivery is “dragging on a bit”.
Arbitration & bats cause slight delay to Killaloe Bridge & Bypass
Conversations in parts of East Clare on the long awaited Killaloe Bypass are a daily occurrence, landowners using their right of going down the arbitration route and East Clare bats have slightly delayed the project.