*Photograph: Páraic McMahon DISCUSSIONS are underway between the Ennis Municipal District and a private owner on exploring the use of a billboard in the heart of the town centre to advertise local businesses.
*Shannon Airport. ADARE hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027 strengthens the argument to finally get the rail spur to Shannon Airport on track.
*Photograph: Eamon Ward 125 years of local democracy in Clare was acknowledged on Monday.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley 61 PEOPLE have been killed so far on Irish roads this year yet Clare County Council does not have a road safety officer, it emerged this week.
*Public consultation on the Post Office Field is said to be “imminent”. Photograph: Bob Singer STRONGER focus needs to be placed on making Ennis the first climate adaptive town in the country, as part of the Ennis 2040 strategy.
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon BUSINESSES in Ennis have experienced a drop in income of up to fifty percent due to ongoing roadworks in the county town.
*Páraic McMahon, Brian Meaney, Kieran Burke and Michelle O’Connell during recording at The Temple Gate Hotel. THERE WAS SO much debate on the Ennis Municipal District episode of The Electoral Chair that we’ve had to split it into two parts.
*Avenue Utd officers, Gearoid Mannion and Tommy Molloy with Cllr Tom O’Callaghan (FF). AS THE COUNTDOWN begins to the local elections on June 7th, The Clare Echo this week examines one of the subjects causing debate among county councillors, the General Municipal Allocation.
*Hermitage residents, Michael Mahon, Brid Dinan, Caroline Ryan, Michael Kelleher and Michael Leahy. Photograph: John Mangan Photograph: John Mangan CONCERNS raised by Hermitage residents has led engineers within the Ennis Municipal District to commit to inspecting a resurfacing job completed last August.
ABBEY Street car park served as an excellent venue for the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Ennis which attracted hundreds to the county town.