Sourcing extra car parking spaces in Finian Park could result in loss of green areas
*Finian Park. HOUSING ESTATES in Shannon are deprived of car parking spaces according to local county councillors.
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Plans for St Conaires & Corlann give chance to come up trumps on Tullyvarraga traffic
*Tullyvarraga Rd. Photograph: Joe Buckley NEW PLANNING proposals in Shannon have provided the opportunity to deliver “a proper traffic management plan” in Tullyvarraga.
Scarcity of parking for Shannon residents
*Cluain Airne. Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON RESIDENTS are not served with a sufficient amount of parking spaces at housing estates across the town, county councillors have stressed.
Impactful landscaping under consideration for Shannon ‘makeover’
*Bóthar Mór in Shannon. SHANNON town “needs a makeover” so far as its landscaping is concerned with “impactful” designs to be finalised.
Fine Gael councillors admit to near-misses & potential ‘political murder’ in calls to make hi-vis jackets mandatory
*Cllr Pat Burke, Tánaiste Simon Harris, Joe Cooney TD and Cllr Conor Ryan. PEDESTRIANS and cyclists should be made wear hi-vis jackets or vests “in the interest of public safety,” according to a former Leas Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council.
Hogweed making Westbury the perfect setting for tropical film quips South Clare Cllr
WESTBURY would be the perfect setting for a tropical film due to the prevalence of giant invasive plants, a South Clare councillor has remarked.
‘Time to stop the pussy footing on talk of Shannon Airport rail link’
*Shannon Airport. PROVISION of a rail link for Shannon Airport offers ‘massive potential’ for the Airport and region but the “pussy footing” around proposals needs to stop, Clare County councillors stressed this week.
Ryan rows back on calls for Bord Bia Chair to resign & Donna doubles down seeking Murrin removal
*Bord Bia Chair, Larry Murrin. AN EAST Clare councillor has rowed back on his calls for the Chair of Bord Bia to resign while Clare’s only female TD has doubled down in seeking Larry Murrin to step down.
‘Awful void’ left in Newmarket-on-Fergus with ‘unfathomable’ loss of GP practice
*The Green in Newmarket-on-Fergus where the GP practice of Dr Colum Hackett was located. REMOVING GP services from the county’s fifth largest settlement is “unfathomable”, Newmarket-on-Fergus’ sole elected member of Clare County Council has said.
‘We need to make Ballycasey Avenue safe’
*Ballycasey Avenue. Photograph: Joe Buckley WORK albeit not to a “massive” level is required to make the entrance along Ballycasey Avenue safer in Shannon.