Parking still a pinch point as Flynn clashes with Council officials
*Car parking in glór. ENNIS COUNCILLORS AND SENIOR officials in the local authority continue to crash into each other on the issue of car parking in the county town.
Tom O’Callaghan
Five in the frame for Fianna Fáil ticket in Ennis
*Fianna Fáil’s nominees. FIVE NOMINATIONS have been received within Fianna Fáil for the Ennis Municipal District to contest the 2024 local elections.
Councillors vote to lift Ennis pedestrianisation but decision dismissed by Council Executive
*Signage advising motorists of the pedestrianisation measures in Ennis. ALTHOUGH the majority of elected members of the Ennis Municipal District voted in favour of reopening O’Connell Street to traffic on a full-time basis until road works commence, senior management of the District have refuted their call.
Ennis & Shannon granted approval to be included in affordable housing scheme
*Photograph: Joe Buckley APPROVAL has been granted for both Ennis and Shannon to be included in the Affordable Housing Scheme.
Save Ennis Town group established to fight 2040 plans for Abbey Street & Parnell Street
*John O’Connor speaks from the floor. Photograph: Chris Copley A VOLUNTARY GROUP has been established to fight against plans from the Ennis 2040 DAC to remove public car-parking in Abbey Street and Parnell Street.
Emergency permission sought to remove dead ash trees affected by dieback
*Cllr Pat Burke pictured on his land where ash dieback has destroyed 17 hectares. CRITICISM has been hurled in the direction at the Junior Minister for Land Use and Biodiversity over the delays in removing dead ash trees from plantations.
‘West Clare sentenced to death & farming families will be the new homeless’ claims Lissycasey rep
*TII are appealing granted planning permissions to properties on the N68. WEST CLARE’s population has been “sentenced to death” due to current planning legislation, the county’s longest-serving politician has claimed.
Formal complaint issued to Minister as Fianna Fáil CPG members block discussion of Francis St cottages at Council meeting
*Photograph: John Mangan A FORMAL COMPLAINT has been issued to the Minister for Local Government by a Shannon councillor who claims that the Corporate Policy Group (CPG) of Clare County Council have made attempts to “muzzle democrats”.
Rising tensions among Ennis councillors
TENSIONS BETWEEN county councillors in the Ennis Municipal District are reaching new heights.
Addition of new tourism sites stresses need to better leverage county’s offering
*Pat Dowling & Cllr Cillian Murphy, the Kilkee councillor said the Council is now one of the biggest international tourism operators. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL is now one of the biggest international tourism operators and must flex its muscles to compete with leading Irish destinations such as Killarney, Galway and Dublin.