Hiring of Clare biodiversity officer will help county in emergency
*The biodiversity garden in Shannon. Photograph: Arthur Ellis A NEW BIODIVERSITY OFFICER is to be appointed in Co Clare.
Roisin Garvey
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.
Garvey calls for action as ambulance required at Cusack Park for second week in a row
*Photograph: John Mangan AN AMBULANCE was required at Cusack Park for the second week in a row, prompting calls for a stand-by presence to be in operation at the county grounds.
Environmentalists to appeal Data Centre decision & Cllr warns we don’t want a repeat of Athenry
*Senator Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Natasha Barton APPEALS TO AN BORD PLEÁNALA are to be launched following the granting of planning permission for a €1.2bn data centre on the outskirts of Ennis.
Waived transport fees can lower pollution at schools
PARENTS MUST ACT NOW to avail of waived school transport fees for the coming school year.
If teams in the Clare SHC were politicians….
*Action begins this weekend in the Clare SHC with four games down for decision on Saturday. It may be argued that the GAA is more political than political organisations themselves, off-the-field antics can certainly strengthen this theory across multiple aspects of the Association.
Approval of maternity leave for councillors makes politics more encouraging for women – Garvey
*Senator Roisin Garvey. Photograph: John Mangan MORE WOMEN will be inclined to enter politics following approval for the provision of maternity leave for councillors across the country, a Clare Senator has said.
Increasing women’s involvement in politics more than a box-ticking exercise
*Clare’s current female elected representatives (l-r) Cllr Ann Norton, Mayor of Ennis Municipal District; Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy; Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne TD; Cllr Mary Howard; Senator Róisín Garvey; and Cllr Donna McGettigan; pictured with Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (centre), County Clare’s first-ever female TD. Photograph: Eamon Ward Increased female representation at decision-making level will ensure more balanced …
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Clare Government TDs confront Minister Ryan over proposed ban on sale of turf
RELATIONS BETWEEN Government parties are disintegrating over a proposed ban on the sale of turf.
Green Minister confident they won’t be thrown to the wolves at next election
*Minister Roderic O’Gorman (GP) with Senator Roisin Garvey (GP), Cllr Liam Grant (GP) and Jacqueline Sheehan. A GREEN PARTY MINISTER has expressed confidence that their work in Government will be remembered when it comes to polling day.