Councillors declare €106k in election expenses
*Photograph: Joe Buckley A TOTAL of €106,352.35 was the spend by the 28 elected members of Clare County Council in their declaration of expenses for last year’s local elections.
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Chance for upgraded hospital in Ennis ‘the opportunity of a lifetime’
*Ennis Hospital. FIGHTING to get an emergency department for Ennis represents “the opportunity of a lifetime” for politicians in the county.
Councillors finding it difficult to look public in the eye following €8m Cliffs of Moher deal
*Cllr Joe Garrihy (FG), Cllr Shane Talty (FF), Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) and Cllr Joe Killeen (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. COUNTY COUNCILLORS have said they are finding it difficult to look North Clare constituents in the eye following the Council’s €8m land acquisition adjacent to the Cliffs of Moher.
Ennis bridge renamed after world-champion boxer McTigue
Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) unveils the Mike McTigue Bridge surrounded by Cllr Pat Daly (FF), Michael McTigue, Kevin Rynne and Nicholas Rynne. Photograph: Paul Corey. AN ENNIS BRIDGE has been renamed in honour of a world-champion boxer from Kilnamona.
Councillors to ask questions on €8m Cliffs of Moher deal two years later
*The Cliffs of Moher. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL’s €8m land deal by the Cliffs of Moher is to come under scrutiny from elected members who themselves are bearing the brunt of public criticism on the matter.
Moving taxi rank from Harvey’s Quay can free up prime parking spaces in Ennis
*The taxi rank in Harvey’s Quay. Photograph: Páraic McMahon. MOVING THE location of the taxi rank in Ennis can free up parking spaces, a long-serving county councillor has argued.
Clare ‘always suffering on health front’ – Cllrs seek Dáil committee to examine emergency response times
*Greater funding of the National Ambulance Service has been sought in Clare. CO CLARE is ‘always suffering on the health front’ prompting councillors to seek the establishment of a Dáil committee to fully review emergency first response care for Clare residents.
Reconfigured Airport Oireachtas group need to tackle Shannon’s lack of connectivity to mainland Europe
*Shannon Airport. LACK OF connectivity from Shannon Airport needs to be a consideration of the reconfigured Shannon Airport Oireachtas Group.
‘The numbers demand this’ – Student Council lobby councillors to help provide bus shelter at St Flannan’s College
*St Flannan’s College. MEMBERS of the Student Council at St Flannan’s College have lobbied councillors in the Ennis Municipal District to assist with the construction of a bus shelter at the secondary school.
‘Talking about figures isn’t helpful in Ennis parking debate’ according to Council
*A full car park outside glór and the de Valera library. CAR PARKING and whether there is an adequate or insufficient amount of spaces in the county prompted another divergence of opinions at the latest sitting of the Ennis Municipal District.
