*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Brian Arthur LEO VARADKAR’s (FG) decision to step down as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael will not result in an early General Election according to two of Clare’s Oireachtas members.
*The late Aoife Johnston. AN INDEPENDENT REPORT into the death of Shannon teenager Aoife Johnston will not be completed on time.
*Photograph: Brian Arthur. UP TO 50,000 ‘green jobs’ over the next thirty years are among the targets of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce report.
*Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney speaking to The Clare Echo’s Páraic McMahon. HOUSING IS “THE BIGGEST PRIORITY” within the Government yet an insufficient number of houses are being built, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has acknowledged.
CLARE’S CÉAD MÍLE FÁILTE is still as strong for the people of Ukraine, the Minister for Foreign Affairs has insisted.
*Photograph: John Mangan TWO FEMALES remain hospitalised following a stabbing in Clareabbey last week.
Nora Owen, Prof Michael Laffan, Madeline Taylor Quinn, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Simon Coveney (FG) has told supporters in Co Clare that Fine Gael must aim to dominate the centre of Irish politics.
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Simon Coveney (FG) and former Minister for Justice Nora Owen will be in Ennis this Friday for an event reflecting back on the foundation of the Irish State.
*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.
TENSIONS ARE RISING among East Clare councillors with the lack of progress for a pilot treatment wastewater treatment plant in Broadford causing political splits.
