‘Strong week’ for vaccination programme as rate of new cases in Clare stays low
Over 170,000 COVID-19 vaccines have been administered this week while a further 429 cases have been confirmed across the country.
Predicted busy summer for Lahinch heighten appeals for traffic calming at Shanaway Rd
*Cllr Mary Howard. Photograph: Eamon Ward Predicted “huge traffic” along the Lahinch Rd this summer has reignited the bid to introduce traffic calming measures at the Shanaway Rd junction.
Ciara & Clare’s camogie side ambitious to build on progress of last year
*Ciara Grogan is confident Clare will build on their 2020 progress. Photograph: Caroline O’Keeffe They’ve only returned to collective training but there is already an evident ambition rippling among the Clare senior camogie panel, defender Ciara Grogan maintained.
Omission from SMDW won’t stop Kilnaboy road from getting minor repairs
Minor repairs will be undertaken on a Kilnaboy road despite its omission from this year’s schedule of municipal district works (SMDW).
Discussion on levy for extraction of Lough Derg water to Dublin raises tempers among Clare councillors
Local councillors clashed over calls to set up a financial levy “if and when” water from Lough Derg is abstracted to Dublin.
Greater Garda presence needed in Ennis town to quell anti-social behaviour
*Drugs are being sold on O’Connell St, Cllr Ann Norton claimed. Photograph: John Mangan Use of ‘inappropriate sites’ to house persons in emergency accommodation is leading to rising crime in Ennis a Clare TD has said with elected representatives calling for increased Garda patrols in the town centre.
25% of Irish adults have received COVID-19 vaccine as 461 new cases diagnosed
Clare’s spread of COVID-19 remains relatively low while a further 461 cases have been diagnosed nationally.
Backlog for medical assessments fuelling anxiety woes
Overcrowding at the region’s main hospital has not gone away despite the onset of a pandemic, a Barefield representative has flagged while up to 90 percent of patients have been waiting for over a year for scheduled care which is causing anxiety within the county.
Cars will return to Ennis streets as restrictions ease
THE Ennis Mobility Plan will come to an end as soon as Government restrictions allow.
Assistance needed to stop threatening of GPs over COVID-19 vaccines
A South Clare councillor has called on the HSE to put in place necessary support to ensure general practitioners are not put under undue pressure when it comes to the administering of the COVID-19 vaccine.
