West Clare is “suffering more than any other area” when it comes to ‘visual impact’ influencing planning applications for dwelling houses, a county councillor has claimed.
Clare’s Government representatives have been urged to put their vote on the line by making a stand for Shannon Airport.
Locating the headquarters of the Department of Rural Affairs and Community Development in Co Clare can signal the Government’s commitment to rural Ireland, local elected representatives have declared.
Plans to develop an offshore wind farm off Moneypoint and the construction of a green hydrogen production, storage and generation facility heighten “the necessity” to explore its potential as an international shipping port.
Road repairs will be carried out on the access road to the housing estate at Crovraghan in Kildysart.
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Gary Collins Emergency repairs at the site of a former national in Kildysart are to take place, local authority officials have confirmed.
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: John Mangan A united front is needed from Clare’s Oireachtas members to amend planning legislation to alter structures for rural planning.
Areas of North and West Clare cannot be viewed solely as places for people to visit, the Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District has stressed.
Clare’s most experienced councillor has warned that the implementation of the new County Development Plan will be “a tragic dictatorship” unless alterations are made.
Rural Ireland “is at a crossroads” and requires a revitalisation of its towns, villages and settlements with as much gusto as leading promotional campaigns, a North Clare elected representative has declared.