Health impacts of air pollution spikes in Ennis remain a concern
ENNIS’ poor air quality has been blamed with increasing admissions to emergency departments.
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Take driver’s licence of illegal dumpers says Ennis councillor
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon PERSONS FOUND guilty of having driven to a location to fly-tip should lose their licence, an Ennis councillor has argued.
‘Very dangerous’ Clarecastle flooding highlighted
ISSUES OF FLOODING in Clarecastle have been brought into focus.
Park & ride scheme suggested as aid to Ennis’ traffic congestion & poor air quality
*Traffic on the Mill Rd, Ennis “BOTTLENECK TRAFFIC” in the county town has prompted one local councillor to seek the development of a park and ride scheme on the outskirts of Ennis.
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.
‘It is within our right’ – elected reps seek delay to Shannon Group sale
*Quin Rd Business Park. SHANNON AIRPORT GROUP need to delay the sale of public areas and services in the Quin Road Business Park, elected representatives have stressed.
TII should be brought ‘kicking & screaming’ to introduce temporary solution for Shanaway Rd junction
*Elected representatives in the Ennis MD have long debated the busy junction. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IRELAND (TII) should be brought in before the Ennis Municipal District “kicking and screaming” over the reluctance to install a solution to traffic issues at the Shanaway Rd and Lahinch Rd junction.
‘Snail’s pace’ delivery of Ennis town bus service criticised
*It is eighteen years since proposals were first made for a town bus service. IMPORTANCE OF A TOWN BUS service for Ennis cannot be underestimated, a senior official of Clare County Council has said while a long-serving councillor has lamented the “snail’s pace” at which progress is moving.
Further disabled parking spaces will improve universal accessibility of Ennis town centre
*A total of 78 disabled parking spaces are currently documented as being located in the Ennis MD. 78 disabled parking spaces are currently located across the Ennis Municipal District, with the vast majority of this figure located in the county town.
Council insist €4.5m of €5.9m Active Travel allocation will be spent by end of 2022
*Safe Routes to Schools are among the eligible criteria for Active Travel funding. €4.5M OF A €5.9M of an allocation for Active Travel will be spent in Clare by the end of this year, local authority officials have insisted.
