‘Nothing short of a disgrace’ – councillors slam protest which ‘shut down Shannon Airport’
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A RETIRING Clare county councillor has criticised an “illegal blockade” which impacted on passengers using Shannon Airport.
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The Electoral Chair: Shannon Municipal District election debate
*Candidates in the Shannon MD with The Clare Echo’s Páraic McMahon. SHANNON MUNICIPAL DISTRICT will see new faces form part of its makeup following the local elections and the campaign to fill the seven seats in this part of the county has well and truly taken flight.
Council Chief Exec apologises for comments of Ennis 2040 COO at tense briefing
*A CGI of the proposed Abbey Street development. COMMON GROUND needs to be found to stop “the siege of Ennis”, a tempestuous Council briefing was urged which saw an apology issued following comments by Ennis 2040’s senior official and a call for the designative activity company to be dissolved.
The Electoral Chair: A new poll-topper will land in the Shannon Municipal District
*Páraic McMahon, Tony McMahon, Geraldine Lambert and Joe Melody at The Shannon Springs Hotel. THERE will be a new poll-topper in the Shannon Municipal District for the first time since 2009.
‘Remember you are there to serve the people’ – 125 years of democracy celebrated in Clare
*Photograph: Eamon Ward 125 years of local democracy in Clare was acknowledged on Monday.
‘Young drivers the problem’ claim councillors as efforts made to put road safety on curriculum
*Photograph: Joe Buckley 61 PEOPLE have been killed so far on Irish roads this year yet Clare County Council does not have a road safety officer, it emerged this week.
Further discussion needed on naming Drumgeely benches in honour of former shopkeepers
*Cllr Donna McGettigan. Photograph: Eamon Ward SUGGESTIONS to honour shopkeepers in the Drumgeely area of Shannon are to be considered by the memorial committee of Clare County Council.
Senior Council official optimistic One Shannon Hub will secure financial backing in URDF
FUNDING IS to be sought next month for the development of the One Shannon Hub.
Cllr O’Gorman says Pyrite Chair ‘turning her back on the people she represents’ by running for Sinn Féin
*Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF). Photograph: Joe Buckley A FORMER MAYOR of Clare has said the founder of the Clare Pyrite Action Group is ‘turning her back on the people that she represents’ by running for Sinn Féin as a local election candidate.
Economic contribution of Smithstown Industrial Estate needs to be recognised
*Photograph: Joe Buckley ORGANISING of a project to recognise the economic importance of the Smithstown Industrial Estate to the region is to commence.
