‘Ennis must embrace town centre living’
*Parnell Street. STREETS in Ennis town centre would make national headlines if ‘to let’ signs were placed on empty first and second floor buildings, a county councillor has claimed.
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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.
Condition of N85 & failure to progress realignment project ‘not acceptable’
*The N85 in Kilnamona. A GATEWAY to North Clare is “an embarrassing piece of road” with top officials in Clare County Council failing to follow up on intent from six years ago, one councillor has said.
€424k enhancement scheme announced to freshen up Ennis businesses following public realm works
Photographed at the launch of the Ennis Streetscape Enhancement Scheme are Ennis Municipal District Acting Senior Engineer, Paddy Tiernan, Director of Services, Planning, Economic, Rural & Community Development Jason Murphy, Mayor of Ennis Cllr Mary Howard and Morgan Lahiffe, Senior Engineer, Capital Infrastructure Delivery. A STREETSCAPE enhancement scheme worth a total of €424,000 has been …
Inagh’s Mary Crawford elected first female chair of Fianna Fáil’s Clare branch
*File pic: Mary Crawford with Billy Kelleher MEP and Gerry Reidy. INAGH’s Mary Crawford has been elected as the first female Chair of Fianna Fáil’s Clare branch with the party’s AGM hearing if any apologies have been sent by Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) to the county following the Presidential election.
‘Calamity’ for Fianna Fáil & Clare Cllrs mixed on future of Taoiseach Martin
*Cllr Pat Daly (FF) with Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF). Photograph: Natasha Barton. FIANNA FÁIL’s Presidential election campaign was “a calamity from start to finish” but the majority of Clare councillors believe a knee-jerk reaction should be avoided and that Taoiseach Micheál Martin (FF) should remain as party leader.
Supports needed for Ennis businesses following construction of public realm
*Works on High Street last year. BUSINESSES in Ennis must be supported when the town reopens following the conclusion of the public realm construction works next month.
Civic reception requested for historic Éire Óg senior champions
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill A CIVIC RECEPTION is on the cards for Éire Óg after their senior hurlers and footballers won a historic double.
‘It is fitting for a man who gave so much & asked for so little’ – calls to rename Cathedral Plaza after Willie Walsh
*The late Willie Walsh. EFFORTS to name a newly created plaza in Ennis in memory of the late Bishop Willie Walsh are underway.
‘They are worth every penny’ – Ennis councillors give backing to school secretaries & caretakers
Barefield NS principal Gareth Ruane with secretaries outside the constituency office of Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF). ENNIS COUNCILLORS have voiced their support for school secretaries and caretakers in their efforts to secure pension parity with their colleagues and the same access to sick and bereavement leave.