*Plans are progressing to install EV charging points at the Vandeleur Walled Gardens. CLARE’S TOURISM FACILITIES that are undergo development are to be equipped with electric vehicle charging points.
A SPOTLIGHT will be shined on Co Clare when RTÉ’s Today Show broadcasts from Vandeleur Walled Garden & Visitor Centre and Scattery Island on Wednesday (May 24th).
BRANDING Clare as the home of traditional music and dance can draw extra visitors to the county, a local representative has affirmed.
*Minister Heather Humphreys at the Vandeleur Walled Gardens in Kilrush. Photograph: Eamon Ward OVER €9m worth of funding from the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) has been shared among projects in North, West and East Clare with nothing allocated for South or Mid Clare since 2018.
Towns and villages along the Wild Atlantic Way must capitalise on a predicted increase in visitor numbers by installing charging points for electric vehicles, a West Clare councillor has said.
Interactive communication boards primarily aimed at the elderly and individuals with disabilities will be introduced at public parks in Clare should funding be obtained.
Renewed energy and investment needs to be pumped into Lisdoonvarna Spa Wells to prevent authentic selling points of the landmark being “lost forever,” according to North Clare representatives.
Vandeleur Walled Gardens has been earmarked as a key site in ensuring West Clare is no longer heavily dependent on tourism.
A site visit to Castlecomer Discovery Park that will inform future plans for Kilrush Woods has been put on hold.
Judging took place in Kilrush and Ennis on Friday for the 2019 Bank of Ireland National Enterprise Town Awards.
