‘We’ve had two years to get our roads ready for them’ – improvements for West Clare roads sought for summer season
ACTION is needed on a damaged part of the N68 at Knockalough to ensure it is remedied before the summer season.
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Moran back in the mix for Sinn Féin
*Noeleen Moran. Photograph: Martin Connolly FORMER GENERAL AND LOCAL election candidate, Noeleen Moran (SF) has emerged as a contender to reappear on the next ballot paper when the decision to select Clare’s four TDs is put to the county.
EOIN NEYLON: Actions fall short from political parties on women’s equality
*Photograph: Martin Connolly This week we see International Women’s Day marked once more; an annual ritual of underlying and highlighting the ongoing second-class treatment of women in society and discussion on how things can improve.
Mary Lou snub was final straw for Violet-Anne with Sinn Féin
*Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) and Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF). Photograph: Joe Buckley Clare TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (IND) has revealed a snub from Mary Lou McDonald (SF) was the “straw the broke the camel’s back” leading to her exit from Sinn Féin.
‘Isolation was my main feeling as a Sinn Féin TD’ Violet-Anne Wynne explains exit from party
*Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne TD (IND). Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (SF) has said she was called “an effin eejit” by a female member of Sinn Féin when details of her unplanned pregnancy emerged.
Violet-Anne Wynne resigns from Sinn Féin due to ‘gaslighting measures & psychological warfare’
CLARE TD Violet-Anne Wynne (AD) has resigned from Sinn Féin due to what she labelled a campaign of “psychological warfare”.
TD’s partner contesting no insurance prosecution
The partner of Clare TD, Violet-Anne Wynne (SF) John Montaine (39) is contesting a Garda ‘no insurance’ prosecution.
Supply chain delaying opening of Ennis’ new local injury unit
*Brenda Bleach, Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the Injury Unit in Ennis Hospital. SUPPLY CHAIN delays have impacted on the opening of a new local injury unit at Ennis Hospital.
Green Senator among objectors to 175m wind farm
*Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Eamon Ward Over 100 objections have been lodged against a 175 metre high eight wind-turbine wind farm overlooking the Wild Atlantic Way in west Clare.
Multi-annual funding would enable forward planning at Shannon Airport – Wynne
RYANAIR’s decision to scale back services at Shannon Airport has heightened the need for multi-annual supports for the International Airport, a Clare TD has said.
