Permanent measures to sort Cluain Airne & Drumgeely drainage
*Cluain Airne. Photograph: Joe Buckley PERMANENT MEASURES are needed to the drainage issues impacting on residents of Cluain Airne and Drumgeely.
Tom Mellett
‘Very rough’ pedestrian crossing in Tullyglass to be assessed for repair works
*Photograph: Joe Buckley WHEELCHAIR USERS, cyclists and “people pushing prams” are finding the road surface “very rough” at the Tullyglass pedestrian junction in Shannon.
Caution advised on potential changes to Drumgeely Rd
*The bus shelter in Drumgeely which has since been replaced. Photograph: Joe Buckley A SHANNON COUNCILLOR has said the local authority should “err on the side of caution” to the potential provision of a pedestrian crossing in Drumgeely.
Regular maintenance of River Walk will entice ‘more outsiders’ to Illaunmanagh ParkRun
OVERGROWTH along the River Walk in Shannon Town is hindering outsiders from partaking in the weekly Park Run, an elected representative has claimed.
Link for River Walk & Drumgeely ‘a small thing but big for the area’
*The Drumgeely Flats were among the first buildings constructed during the creation of Shannon Town. Photograph: Joe Buckley OFFERING a link with the River Walk and Drumgeely would be “a big thing” for one of the oldest areas of Shannon.
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.
‘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.