Doonbeg candidate slams ‘fake news slurring campaign’
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF). A SITTING councillor has said a political slurry spreading has tried to smear her name in advance of the local elections.
Rita McInerney
Contribution of retired Chambers to West Clare acknowledged by Fianna Fáil
*Bill Chambers receives a piece of crystal from Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) flanked by Senator Timmy Dooley (FF) & Billy Kelleher (FF). RETIRED councillor Bill Chambers (FF) was honoured with a presentation by Fianna Fáil members in West Clare over the weekend.
‘Forgotten people of Rural Clare not so forgotten’ after extra injection for LIS
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Martin Connolly CLARE is to receive €2,079,722 as part of a nationwide extra allocation of €40m for repairs and improvement works on non-public rural roads and laneways under the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS).
Ongoing communication key to keeping landowners aboard West Clare Greenway
ONGOING talk with landowners is essential regarding the development of the €80m West Clare Railway Greenway, a county councillor for the area has stressed.
‘Stressed, sleepless & in a state of trauma’ Clare councillors hit out at ‘the ethnic minority’ over new illegal encampment
*Clancy Park is now home of an illegal encampment. ENNIS RESIDENTS are “stressed and sleepless in a state of trauma” following the emergence of a new illegal encampment.
‘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.
Doonbeg Playground Group giving away a Volkswagen Tiguan to raise funds for redevelopment
*An artist’s impression of the playground in Doonbeg. EFFORTS to develop a state of the art playground in Doonbeg will see a Volkswagen Tiguan raffled off in a draw to take place next month in West Clare.
The Electoral Chair: What will influence West Clare voters / Peninsula penetration of runners
*Peter O’Connell, Madeline Taylor-Quinn, Patrick Keane and Páraic McMahon. EIGHT CANDIDATES have declared for the elections in the Kilrush local electoral area, they along with the key issues for voters in West Clare are the focus for the second episode of our political podcast.
Providers of short-term lets ‘not responsible for the housing crisis’
*Short-term lets sparked a debate at this month’s Council sitting. PROVIDERS of short-term lets should not be made “scapegoats” for the housing crisis in Ireland, Clare’s housing policy chairperson has said.
Clare’s derelict sites team working on bringing 250 derelict properties back into use
*Photograph: Páraic McMahon “CREATIVE MEANS” must be explored at a local level to bring derelict properties back into use as houses.
