*The Old Rectory building in Mountshannon. TARGETS for the operation of a visitor centre for Inis Cealtra are set to be missed while the work on a Maritime Training College in Kilrush is “lagging”.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON needs to be treated as “the first step” and destination for constructing greenways in the county, a community representative has argued.
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE has dictated the County Development Plan, elected representatives have said with Clare’s longest serving politician declaring “it is not our plan”.
*Fianna Fáil’s sitting councillors in East Clare, Tony O’Brien, Alan O’Callaghan and Pat Hayes. NOMINATIONS have closed for prospective candidates within Fianna Fáil’s East Clare Comhairle Ceanntair to contest next year’s local elections.
*Photograph: Burren Eye Photography CLARE’S STANDING as a hurling county underlines the need for caution following calls to remove all ash trees.
*Families enjoying Bunratty Castle & Folk Park. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL have returned to negotiations over the transfer of Shannon Heritage sites with “a Cabinet decision” needed for the local authority to assume responsibility of the tourism attractions.
*The River Graney. €204k “is pittance” for drainage works across East Clare, a county councillor has claimed.
*Photograph: John Mangan AN APPEAL has been made to repair sections of footpath in Mountshannon as the area is currently “inappropriate” for wheelchair users.
FOOTPATH WORKS in Killaloe are scheduled to be completed by the middle of January.
*The busy R463 regional road from Tuamgraney to Killaloe. COMMERCIAL AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY has been referenced in a bid to reduce the speed limit in Tuamgraney.