*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.
Of all the Clare candidates, Timmy Dooley (FF) tops the poll when it comes to facial recognition on the canvass.
*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.
Electric car owners are “irate” over the “insufficient” amount of charging points in Co Clare.
*Photograph: Tulla Tidy Towns A planned delivery of 22 social housing units in Tulla is facing a potential delay.
Caution has been issued by elected representatives with consideration for ‘the health of future generations’ and that ‘communities could be split’ if masts are to be erected in parts of the county.
*Social housing in Feakle. Up to 150 dwellings in six different parts of Clare are being investigated for ownership to determine future uses.
Clare’s longest serving local elected representative has described the county as “the most anti-rural” so far as planning regulations are concerned.
*Pat Hayes. Photograph: Martin Connolly Fianna Fáil have bit back at comments from Deputy Joe Carey (FG) by accusing the TD of delivering nothing for the county in terms of broadband while questioning their stance on the National Broadband Plan.
*Mullaghmore. Photograph: Clare By Nature Lack of funding will prevent Clare County Council from concentrating solely on improving local and minor roads within the county as part of the schedule of road works.
