Ennis is open for business this Christmas
*Moira and Catherine Kelly pose for a selfie with Santa. Photograph: Arthur Ellis SHOP LOCAL this Christmas was the message issued from the Interim Chief Executive of Clare County Council this week.
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‘Plight of criminality getting out of control in Ennis & surrounds’ warns Sinn Féin councillor
*Cllr Tommy Guilfoyle (SF). Photograph: John Mangan A “PLIGHT” of criminality is spreading across Ennis and its environs while senior officials in Clare County Council held “a very productive meeting” An Garda Síochána this week where anti-social behaviour were among the issues discussed.
Ballot Beats: Simon slump yet to reach Clare as hustings bring disability services & health in spotlight
ACCESS to services and disadvantages for the Clare public when it comes to health and disabilities were among the big issues put to General Election candidates on day seventeen of the campaign.
Ballot Beats: Endorsements would see Carey do handsomely if running in suburban leafy Dublin
*Leonora Carey (FG). Photograph: John McDermott. ARGUABLY the most important weekend of campaigning in the General Election has come to an end in Clare.
Ballot Beats: Floods and flash mobs in Co Clare
*Cllr Gabriel Keating’s (FF) car is pulled from the floods in Quilty. CANDIDATES battled the elements on day fifteen of the General Election campaign in Co Clare.
Ballot Beats: Calls for Trump style revolution & Fine Gael Cllrs back Cooney
TEMPERATURES are cold but the election campaign is only heating up in Co Clare.
Ballot Beats: Election debate sets the scene as polling day nears
CLARE’s election candidates were put through their paces in an entertaining debate held at Hotel Woodstock in the key moment of Thursday’s campaign.
Ballot Beats: Shannon Airport’s importance flies into the election discussion
SHANNON AIRPORT’s importance to the region has flown into the election discussion thanks to one Independent candidate’s appearance on RTÉ.
Ballot Beats: Debates getting into full flow & last bin collection before polling day for West Clare hopeful
*Scariff Bay Community Radio recorded their election debate. PARENT TEACHER meetings were factored into canvassing time and the last bins before polling day were put out by a West Clare hopeful.
Ballot Beats: There’s something in the water & health activists hit out
WITH the first big debate of the General Election underway, Clare candidates are continuing their preparation for Thursday night’s Electoral Chair Election Debate in Hotel Woodstock while a local activist group took aim at a Clare Senator.