West Clare Municipal District Archives

Frances Street focus in discussions between Kilrush Chamber & West Clare MD

*Frances Street. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. PLANS to improve Frances Street in Kilrush are in the offing while the Kilrush town centre first plan is at draft stage

‘There’s a great buzz around Fanore’

By Páraic McMahon

*Fanore. FANORE is experiencing a turnaround in fortunes with “a great buzz” evident among the North Clare village.

‘A hot potato which is getting cold’ – North & West Clare councillors annoyed over public lighting

By Páraic McMahon

*Cllr Michael Shannon (FF) has called for an increase in the budget allocation for public lighting in West Clare. Photograph: John Mangan. PUBLIC LIGHTING in North and West Clare has been described as a hot potato election item which has since gone cold.

Parts of Kilrush ‘becoming a red zone’ with spike in crime

By Páraic McMahon

*Incidents of anti-social behaviour from Kilrush went viral. PARTS of Kilrush have become “a red zone” due to the levels of criminal activity according to a county councillor who said the local authority will have to consider stopping the delivery of social housing until it can manage its present stock.

‘This will become another Ballymun’ – Cllrs say Old Convent at Ennistymon cannot become social housing flats

By Páraic McMahon

*Photograph: John Sheridan. ENNISTYMON could become home to “another Ballymun” if a block of apartments are made solely available for social housing, a county councillor has warned.

Quick wins need to be delivered to maintain momentum for ten-year Kilrush plan

By Páraic McMahon

Artist’s impression of improvements at the key urban node at the Toler street junction with Frances Street. QUICK wins must be “copper fastened” for Kilrush’s town centre first plan, a document which has been labelled “a once in a generation opportunity” for the West Clare town.