*Cllr Dinny Gould (IND) was the first candidate elected in the Kilrush LEA. Photograph: Joe Buckley DUBBED as the bloodbath prior to the local elections, the Kilrush LEA lived up to its billing.
*Michael Shannon celebrates. Photograph: Joe Buckley HE BIDED his time to return to politics but Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) grabbed the opportunity when it came before him.
*A section of the West Clare Greenway CONSTRUCTION on the €80m West Clare Railway Greenway is anticipated to start during the course of the next Council term and will be one of the biggest projects for West Clare.
*Peter O’Connell, Madeline Taylor-Quinn, Patrick Keane and Páraic McMahon. EIGHT CANDIDATES have declared for the elections in the Kilrush local electoral area, they along with the key issues for voters in West Clare are the focus for the second episode of our political podcast.
*Joseph Woulfe. Photograph: John Mangan JOSEPH WOULFE (IND) has confirmed he will be contesting the local elections in the Kilrush local electoral area as an Independent candidate.
Raymond O’Mahony and Seán Lenihan. IT WAS an AGM that started in November but almost finished in December yet the Clare Ladies Gaelic Football Association were unable to elect officers to the roles of secretary and public relations officer.
*Therese Doohan and Cllr Gabriel Keating. MULLAGH’S THERESE Doohan (FG) will be contesting June’s local elections running alongside Cllr Gabriel Keating (FG) on the Fine Gael ticket in the West Clare Municipal District.
*Seán Lenihan. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography SEÁN LENIHAN has been returned as Chairman of the Clare Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) while glowing tributes have been paid to Monica Callinan who stepped down as secretary following five years in the role.
