Ennis Town no more? Local reps seek city status in bid to secure more investment for county town
Ennis should be elevated to city status, local representatives have unanimously stated.
Pat Daly
Unearthing owners of vacant properties in Claureen like ‘finding a needle in a haystack’
Unearthing the owners of a vacant property in Claureen in order to widen the Cloughleigh Rd will like “finding a needle in a haystack,” the county’s first citizen has cautioned.
Fixing uneven road surfaces in Hermitage ‘not a cheap process’
Calls for road repairs in Hermitage have been made by Ennis councillors in a bid to fix “uneven surfaces that haven’t been looked at in years”.
Over €1.6m paid to transport Mid-West dialysis patients last year
More than €1.6m was paid by UL Hospitals Group last year for transporting patients for dialysis treatment.
‘I would rather look at boulders than caravans’ – Ennis councillors oppose removal of rocks at Ballyalla
Ennis councillors voiced their opposition to the removal of boulders from Ballyalla prompting a former Mayor of Clare to withdraw his motion.
‘We need to be ready’ – Clare councillors seek strategy to entice international tourists if COVID vaccine proves successful
Clare’s tourism taskforce is currently finalising an action plan to enhance the county’s ability to entice visitors if the COVID-19 vaccine has the desired result.
Biden expected to have Shannon stopover in June as Clare link to administration emerges
US President Joe Biden’s is expected to make a stopover at Shannon Airport in June while a Clare link will form part of his administration.
ESB’s sub-station in Knockaderry ‘like a scene from Eastern Europe 20 years ago’
An ESB sub-station located in Ennis has been equated with a scene “from Eastern Europe twenty years ago”.
Current operations of Homeless Action Team treating homelessness as ‘nine to five issue’
Criticism of the system operated by the Homeless Action Team has been voiced with one Ennis representative of the view that that the current procedure treats homelessness in the county as a ‘nine to five issue’.
‘Owners of vacant properties must take responsibility to re-energise Ennis’
Ennis town centre can be “re-energised” if “owners of vacant properties take responsibility,” an elected representative of Clare County Council has said.
