Creating landmark experience at Lemenagh Castle ‘can also slow down drivers’
CREATION OF A LANDMARK EXPERIENCE can also slow down drivers in North Clare.
Pat McMahon
‘Sky high bills’ for some Clare businesses with rates revaluation
*The impact to towns and villages will be “seriously damaging”, local elected representatives have cautioned. SOME CLARE BUSINESSES face “sky high” bills with work underway on a rates revaluation.
O’Callaghan believes experience in business & community will help him to try fill Nestor’s shoes
Antoinette Considine congratulates Tom O’Callaghan. Photograph: Joe Buckley CLARE’S NEWEST COUNCILLOR has expressed his hope that his experience in businesses and working with communities will stand to him.
Department concerns on Council & UL driven South Clare SDZ yet to be abated
*University of Limerick. BOTH CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL and the University of Limerick must assure Department officials that the South Clare/UL Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) will not contradict development plans.
ESB hope to announce Equinor replacement within a month & start Green Atlantic construction by end of decade
*Planning is envisaged to be obtained by 2026 with construction hoped to commence thereafter. A REPLACEMENT PARTNER FOR EQUINOR to develop a major wind farm off the coast of West Clare is to be announced next month.
Pace of Irish Water upgrades blamed for stopping potential housing developments in Newmarket-on-Fergus
*An aerial view of Newmarket-on-Fergus. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSES in Newmarket-on-Fergus has been delayed by the pace of Irish Water upgrades in the village.
Shortage of housing options in Shannon flagged by IDA companies
*The Shannon Free Zone. “A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER” of granted planning applications in the county have yet to be acted on, the Director of Economic Development with Clare County Council has outlined.
Council’s 2023 Budget of €151.8m adopted with commercial rates unaffected but community grants cut
*A special meeting was held on Friday to adapt the Budget. A €151.8M BUDGET has been adopted by Clare County Council
Assurances offered to Shannon Heritage workers as talks continue
*Cllr Gerry Flynn with Shannon Heritage workers at a recent demonstration. Photograph: Natasha Barton SHANNON AIRPORT GROUP have been slammed by county councillors for running the infrastructure at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park fall into “into the ground”.
Francis St block of cottages in Ennis acquired for use as car park
*The block of cottages were on the market for €700,000. A BLOCK OF COTTAGES on Francis St in Ennis have been acquired as part of the Ennis 2040 Strategy and is set to become a car park.
