Lisdoonvarna wins fight to keep its post office open
*Photograph: Brendan Cusack. LISDOONVARA’s post office has been saved at the eleventh hour.
Shane Talty
New Ennistymon car park will have more than 42 spaces & could open this summer
*Monastery Lane in Ennistymon. ENNISTYMON’s new car park will have more than 42 parking spaces according to hopeful officials in Clare County Council.
Council explores “mechanism” for distributing 25MB Tobin Report on Cliffs Coastal Walk
*The Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk. DELAYS have been encountered in circulating the new management plan for the Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk as senior officials in Clare County Council have been unable to send a digital copy of the report due to its size.
‘We’ve been blindsided by it’ – Clare reps seek deferral of decision on Sceirde Rocks
*A special meeting of Clare County Council convened to discuss the matter. CLARE COUNCILLORS have called on An Bord Pleanála to defer any approval of the Sceirde Rocks Windfarm project until meaningful consultation with local communities has taken place.
Promises & delays on opening of Ennis dialysis unit labelled ‘shocking’
REPEATED DELAYS to the construction of a dialysis unit in Ennis have been criticised by elected representatives in Clare.
Ennistymon Community School chasing first All-Ireland title
*Joint captains Alex Leyden and Conor Rynne. Photograph: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile ENNISTYMON COMMUNITY SCHOOL go in search of their first All-Ireland football title this weekend.
Murphy ‘willing’ to go in as Chair of Standing Orders in Council
*Cllr Paul Murphy (FG). Photograph: John O’Neill AFTER CRITICISING the procedures in place at this month’s sitting of Clare County Council, Cllr Paul Murphy (FG) has admitted he would be interested in becoming Chair of Standing Orders.
Ennistymon Hub ‘a real success story’ – new study shows growth value of €3.8m
*The DigiClare Hub in Ennistymon. ENNISTYMON’s DigiHub has a current annual total growth value of €3.8m and contributes €5.7m to the North Clare economy on a yearly basis.
Partial reopening of coastal Cliffs walk is ‘best case scenario’ for 2025 tourist season
MANAGEMENT of the Cliffs of Moher coastal walk do not expect it to reopen fully for this year’s tourist season.
‘Full facts not provided prior to selection of RRDF projects’ – Talty
*Cllr Shane Talty (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. COUNTY COUNCILLORS were not provided with “the full facts” regarding the local authority’s submission for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF).
