Shannon’s ‘obliterated road markings’ up for renewal
*Corrib Drive. Photograph: Joe Buckley ROAD MARKINGS in Corrib Drive which were “obliterated during resurfacing” are to be renewed.
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‘Huge dog fouling problems’ in Newmarket-on-Fergus & voice activation system causing sleepless nights in Drumgeely
“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.
Illaunmanagh works to reopen car park due for September completion
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.
Drivers ‘playing chicken’ on approach from Purcell Park to Cluain Airne
*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.
Giant Hogweed ‘getting out of control’ in South Clare
INVASIVE SPECIES such as Giant Hogweed are “getting out of control” in parts of South Clare.
‘Grass & weeds taking over Meelick’
*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.
Project to nominate pedestrian walkway for Clonlara can commence
DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE is to be ordered for Clonlara while construction of a pedestrian walkway will be considered for the South-East Clare village.
Roots from trees causing trouble in Sixmilebridge
*Photograph: Joe Buckley REPAIRS to the footpath on Kilmurry Rd in Sixmilebridge are to be carried out after damage was caused from the roots of trees in the vicinity.
‘We don’t want to go back to Famine times’ – wild weeds a concern in Shannon MD
A RETURN “to Famine times when we’re spraying the potato” has been teased by a Shannon councillor if a move away from herbicides is made within the local authority.
‘The whole street is standing out’ – Sixmilebridge makeover praised
*Photograph: Joe Buckley WORKS IN SIXMILEBRIDGE need an overall view given the locality’s population increase over the past ten years, the village’s sole representative on Clare County Council has said.
