*The vote was held at Monday’s meeting of Clare County Council. CLARE’S local property tax will remain at the highest rate after the majority of elected representatives agreed to retain it at fifteen percent above the standard rate for the next five years.
*Photograph: Natasha Barton AN ENNIS family “have gone through hell” due to the presence of an illegal encampment, a Clare councillor has claimed.
SCARIFF is the setting for the Our Game Live All-Ireland hurling final preview on Thursday evening as anticipation ramps up for the meeting of Clare and Cork in Sunday’s showpiece event.
*Photograph: John Mangan A COMMITMENT has been issued by the senior executive engineer in the Ennis Municipal District to meet with residents in Hermitage to discuss their frustrations over resurfacing works.
*Cllr Bill Slattery (FG). Photograph: John Mangan CAMPERVANS are flouting the system in Lahinch by paying €20 to leave their vehicles abandoned in the coastal town, a county councillor has claimed.
*Cathal Crotty. ARDNACRUSHA’s Cathal Crotty has been discharged from the Defence Forces and will be officially dismissed today (Thursday).
*Works in Abbey Street for ‘the big dig’. Photograph: Ray Conway. A “heartening change” has emerged within Clare County Council with a greater appetite to listen to the views of others surrounding plans for Ennis 2040.
*Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) with her husband Tony. Photograph: Eamon Ward ELECTED as Mayor of the Ennis Municipal District for the third time, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) was ‘incredibly privileged’ and emotional as she took ownership of the mayoral chains for the next twelve months.
*Mary Howard celebrates. Photograph: Joe Buckley 49% of the electorate in the Ennis Municipal District spoke and voted on who they wanted to serve as their representatives on Clare County Council.
*Sinn Féin supporters celebrate. Photograph: Joe Buckley SINN Féin’s first councillor in the Ennis MD has promised to bring “a socialist republican brand of councillor” to the local authority.
