*Pat Dowling. Photograph: Eamon Ward DEPARTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling said the risk in acquiring the Shannon Heritage tourism sites is paying off for the county and criticised “legal loopholes” for slowing down works on projects such as Blake’s Corner.
*An aerial shot of UL. PLANS for Clare County Council and the University of Limerick to build Europe’s first university town have been shelved.
*Mayor of Limerick John Moran at the inauguration ceremony at St Mary’s Cathedral where he was vested with Chains of Office. Picture: Don Moloney LIMERICK having a Directly Elected Mayor will have implications for neighbouring Clare, the Chief Executive of Clare County Council has cautioned.
*Cllr Tony O’Brien. Photograph: Eamon Ward SERVING AS MAYOR OF Clare has been “very fulfilling” and a “tremendous honour,” the outgoing Cathaoirleach has said while refuting claims the county’s first citizen tends to be shackled by senior management of Clare County Council.
*University of Limerick. BOTH CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL and the University of Limerick must assure Department officials that the South Clare/UL Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) will not contradict development plans.
KILLALOE IS NOW home to the Mayor of Clare following Cllr Tony O’Brien’s (FF) election as the county’s first citizen.
PLANS FOR EUROPE’s first University town which will be located in Co Clare have caught the attention of the Office of the Planning Regulator.
*Cllr Cillian Murphy. Photograph: Eamon Ward CONCERN has been voiced on the potential implications to Clare’s population projections of the Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), designation for which has been sought from the Government by Clare County Council and the University of Limerick.
REGIONAL co-operation is essential to the advancing of a proposal of a strategic development zone between Clare County Council and the University of Limerick, a Clare TD has stressed.
A DECISION regarding the potential creation of Europe’s first university town is expected to be made this year.
