€7.7m development to build 30 social houses in Ennistymon put on hold
*Photograph: Martin Connolly DELIVERY of 30 social houses in Ennistymon has been put on hold.
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Soothing words heighten tensions within Clare Fianna Fáil
*Cathal Crowe, Mike Enright and Timmy Dooley. AN EMERGENCY meeting of Fianna Fáil members takes place tonight (Wednesday) with one item on the agenda, that to discuss recent comments made by the party’s Clare chairman.
Isolated player issue still causing headaches for Clare GAA
*Ballyea’s James Murphy. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill Bye-law 7 in Clare GAA rules which deals with the issue of isolated players was the subject of a lively debate at the County GAA convention.
Cracking U21A football final on the cards
*Éanna Rouine & Padraig O’Dwyer will renew acquaintances this weekend. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill The curtain will come down on the club playing season in Clare on this Saturday when North Clare neighbours Ennistymon (Holders) and St. Breckans meet in the under 21 A football championship final at Shanahan McNamara park in Doonbeg at 2pm.
National support needed to progress improvements of North Clare road network for Walker Cup
*Blake’s Corner. Photograph: Bob Singer. EFFORTS to improve the road infrastructure of North Clare needs to be increased in advance of Lahinch staging the Walker Cup in 2026.
‘I’m still afraid to cycle on the road where my husband died’ – North Clare widow continues to seek signage improvements
*Helga Himmelsbach. A NORTH CLARE widow has said she is still afraid to cycle on the road where her late husband was killed.
Met Éireann’s new radar system operational in Shannon
*The new radar system in Shannon Airport. MET ÉIREANN’s new weather radar system at Shannon Airport is now operational, the Irish National Meteorological Service has confirmed, one month later than initially announced.
€625k Destination Towns initiative completed with aim of improving dwell time & accessibility in Ennistymon
*Pat Dowling, Chief Executive of Clare County Council and Siobhan King, Client Services Officer at Failte Ireland with (back) from left Leonard Cleary, Director of Tourism Development and West Clare MD; Enda McNamara, Senior Executive Engineer, Clare County Council; John O’Malley, Senior Executive Officer, Clare County Council; Cllr Shane Talty, PJ Carmody, Project Manager, Clare …
‘To say we’ve been left on the hind tit is a fact’ – North Clare reps fume over six month wait to fill senior post
*Photograph: John Mangan FRUSTRATION IS close to boiling point for North Clare councillors over the six month wait to fill the post of senior executive officer for the local authority in Ennistymon.
Pulling Active Travel from rural Clare ‘utterly discriminatory’
*The pedestrian crossing in Spanish Point was one of the final Active Travel projects in Clare. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES in West and North Clare have slammed the manner in which Active Travel has been pulled from rural areas as “utterly discriminatory”.