*Mayor of Clare, Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF) criticised those questioning the Ennis 2040 plans. ALMOST HALF of Clare’s county councillors were absent for Monday’s behind closed doors workshop discussing the future of the Ennis 2040 strategy.
*Lahinch Playground. LAHINCH playground’s present state is “disgraceful” with a North Clare councillor claiming that only the swings are functioning properly.
JAZZ and blues singer, Mary Coughlan a household name across the country is set to take centre stage at this year’s Mountshannon Arts Festival.
*Clare’s Cillian Rouine offloads possession. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. DIVISION 3 awaits Clare’s senior footballers for the third successive season despite their five point win over Offaly in the final round, Páraic McMahon rates the performances of the twenty players in saffron and blue to feature in this outing.
A WOMAN was left waiting for an ambulance on a roadside for nearly four hours in Doonbeg this week.
*Clare manager, Peter Keane. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill. CLARE’s senior footballers are disappointed to have missed out on promotion to Division 2 especially after beating the two teams making the jump to the second tier.
*Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll McNeill (FG) on her visit to UHL. Photograph: Don Moloney NO COMMITMENTS will be made by the Minister for Health on the provision and location of a second emergency department in the Mid-West until a HIQA review is completed in May.
*Diverted traffic building up in Newmarket-on-Fergus. MOTORISTS in Co Clare are experiencing delays this Friday evening following a multi-vehicle collision on the M18.
ELECTED members of the Shannon Municipal District are to examine the merits of a rapid bus system versus the potential of a rail spur for Shannon Airport.
*Kilrush Town Hall. KILRUSH’s economic growth will be among the first items that the newly appointed Chief Executive of Clare County Council will be pressed for a commitment on.
