“HUGE PROBLEMS” associated with dog fouling have been ongoing in Newmarket-on-Fergus for “at least twenty years,” a local representative has claimed while a voice activation system to remind owners to remove the faeces belonging to their canines is leaving Shannon residents sleepless.
*Crowds at the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Shannon earlier this year. Photograph: Joe Buckley AN APPEAL for a video to be created showcasing the positives of Shannon Town led to a minor clash between elected representatives with one councillor quipping that she was “the Queen of Facebook”.
WORKS TO COMBAT difficulties outside the county’s main crematorium and Shannon’s biggest graveyard are to be completed by early September while the “ethnic status” of Travellers gives them “massive power” and weakens the ability to clamp down on illegal encampments, a local authority meeting has heard.
*Purcell Park in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley RESIDENTS are to be met as appeals to remove the gateway system from Purcell Park to Cluain Airne intensify due to motorists “playing chicken” and regular complaints of speeding.
FUTURE VIABILITY of the Shannon Aviation Museum can be enhanced through the addition of signage on the county’s main road network.
*Shannon Banks. A “BRAIN DRAIN” is impacting on the South Clare region falling under the auspices of the Shannon Municipal District.
INVASIVE SPECIES such as Giant Hogweed are “getting out of control” in parts of South Clare.
*Ballycannon Heights in the heart of Meelick village. Photograph: Natasha Barton GENERAL CLEANING has been approved for the footpaths of housing estates throughout the village of Meelick.
DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE is to be ordered for Clonlara while construction of a pedestrian walkway will be considered for the South-East Clare village.
AN APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MADE within Clare County Council to lead the county’s response to the ongoing war in Ukraine.