Prioritise grants to get more rural Clare residents availing of green measures – Killeen
*Cllr Joe Killeen. RURAL IRELAND residents need to receive “generous grants” for electric vehicles and solar panels, a North Clare councillor has argued.
Tom O’Callaghan
Locating GP services in the heart of villages ‘becoming more challenging’
NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS’ continued fight to get a GP service back to the village was referenced at Monday’s meeting of Clare County Council.
Ballot Beats: Horses for courses as Tánaiste tours Co Clare with Fianna Fáil trio
*Tánaiste Micheál Martin (FF) in Ennis. TÁNAISTE Micheál Martin (FF) visited Co Clare and canvassed with Fianna Fáil’s trio of candidates while it was horses for courses for the majority of runners in the field who flocked to the Ennistymon Horse Show.
Ballot Beats: Candidates fuel up for vital weekend of campaign as ballot paper hits 20 in Clare
*Senator Roisin Garvey (GP) with her sister Sinead at The Cheese Press. NOMINATIONS have closed for the General Election in Clare and the result is that a total of twenty candidates will appear on the ballot paper.
Ballot Beats: Harris hops into town to boost Fine Gael’s Clare candidates
*An Taoiseach Simon Harris (FG) is welcomed to Ennis by Cllr Mary Howard (FG) and Pat Breen (FG). Photograph: John Mangan AN TAOISEACH, Simon Harris (FG) hopped into town as the benefits of choosing to “Talk to Joe” were referenced by the Chief Executive of Clare County Council.
Ballot Beats: Big election announcement in the offing
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A BIG ELECTION announcement is in the offing in what could be a memorable occasion during the campaign.
Dowling ‘lit a very bright candle for Co Clare’
*Outgoing Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling. Photograph: Joe Buckley ELECTED members of Clare County Council were vociferous in their praise of Chief Executive Pat Dowling who confirmed that he will be retiring from the role at the end of the year.
Ballot Beats: Ex General Election candidate rows in behind two Independents
*Kevin Hassett (IND). Photograph: John Mangan ON THE fourth full day of the General Election campaign, RTÉ cameras rolled into town while a former General Election candidate has rowed in behind two of the Independents in the field.
Ballot Beats: Early election wounds for Fianna Fáil in Clare
*Cllr Tom O’Callaghan (FF) shows his election wounds. A SLIP of the tongue can be very damaging for a politician when it comes to an election campaign but so too can a sliding ladder as one political figure discovered in Co Clare recently.
Postmaster warns ‘tsunami is coming’ for post office closures in Clare
*Tom O’Callaghan. A CLARE POSTMASTER has warned that there could be “a tsunami is coming” regarding the potential closures of post offices across the county.