‘We are not afraid of the monster under the bed or shadowy figures, we’re afraid of Cathal Crotty’
*Cathal Crotty. ARDNACRUSHA’s Cathal Crotty has been discharged from the Defence Forces and will be officially dismissed today (Thursday).
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McAllister elected Chair of Fianna Fáil in Clare & ex councillor joins officer board
*Darragh McAllister. Photograph: Joe Buckley FORMER publican and ex President of Ennis Chamber, Darragh McAllister has been elected as the new Chairperson of Fianna Fáil’s branch in Clare.
Ex Minister & former Clare GAA Chairman among names in the mix to challenge Enright as Fianna Fáil Chair in Clare
Tony O’Brien and Mike Enright. Photograph: Joe Buckley A FORMER Minister for Defence and an ex Chairman of Clare GAA are among the names in the mix to contest the sitting Chairman of Clare Fianna Fáil for Monday’s AGM.
West Clare reps seek emergency meeting with Uisce Éireann over water woes in Miltown Malbay
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis AN EMERGENCY MEETING with Uisce Éireann has been requested by councillors in West Clare following a second water outage in Miltown Malbay.
Rita makes history as female Chair of West Clare MD
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. CLLR RITA McInerney (FF) has made history by becoming the first female Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District.
TII moving ‘phenomenally slow’ to make Cranny Cross safer
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IRELAND (TII) have been criticised at moving at “a phenomenally slow pace” for trying to bring about road improvements at Cranny Cross.
‘I don’t mind a dogfight’ – Rita romps to victory in remarkable campaign
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) is hoisted in the air. Photograph: Joe Buckley A REMARKABLE first preference vote from Cllr Rita McInerney (FF) saw her secure a strong mandate from the people of West Clare to represent them over the next five years.
‘It is down to party management that we lost a seat in West Clare’ – Murphy misses out on second term
*Cillian Murphy analyses the tally with Patrick Keane. Photograph: Joe Buckley FIANNA FÁIL’s chances to hold a majority on Clare County Council slipped through their fingers but they also managed to see one of their top-performing councillors in the guise of Cillian Murphy (FF) lose out on his bid for re-election.
Stance of Kilrush LEA candidates on the West Clare Greenway
*A section of the West Clare Greenway CONSTRUCTION on the €80m West Clare Railway Greenway is anticipated to start during the course of the next Council term and will be one of the biggest projects for West Clare.
‘West Clare impossible to predict but Gould on course to gain at Fianna Fáil’s expense’
*Some of the Kilrush LEA candidates at The Electoral Chair election debate. Photograph: John Mangan FIRST-TIME candidate Dinny Gould is on course to take one of the five seats at the expense of Fianna Fáil in the Kilrush local electoral area according to a retiring councillor in West Clare.