*Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan THE firm housing International Protection Applicants (IPAs) at Magowna House in Inch in Co Clare received €4.83m (incl VAT) from the State last year for accommodating Ukrainians.
*Cllr Joe Killeen & Cllr Shane Talty at The Falls Hotel in Ennistymon. SITTING COUNCILLORS, Shane Talty and Joe Killeen have both been selected as Fianna Fáil’s candidates for the Ennistymon local electoral area.
*The five bedroom property at the centre of the controversy. Photograph: John Mangan A LARGE HOUSE in the townland of Scool will not be used to accommodate asylum seekers.
*Asylum seekers on site at Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan MINISTER FOR Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman (GP) has said Magowna House will continue to be used to accommodate male asylum seekers despite strong local opposition.
*Tony Killeen. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography FORMER CLARE FIANNA FÁIL TDs, Tony Killeen and Brendan Daly are among the political figures whose advice is most sought by the party’s only current TD from the county.
*Bunratty Castle & Folk Park is among the sites now set to come under the Council’s control. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN reached to transfer the ownership of the four Shannon Heritage sites in the county to Clare County Council.
*Cathal Crowe and Micheál Martin. CLARE TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) has said he has not witnessed bullying within political circles but that he has had to contact Gardaí after he was threatened at a constituency clinic.
*Bogus tradesmen and romantic fraud were among the items discussed at the Clare JPC meeting. A CLARE TD has said he is looking forward to acting as a witness for a court case later this year while the impact of romantic fraud has been flagged by the county’s Chief Superintendent.
*Clare TD, Cathal Crowe (FF). Photograph: Natasha Barton. A CLARE TD used his Irish surname when applying for planning permission to build a property in South Clare while letting another application for the same site lapse.
*The Old Rectory building in Mountshannon. TARGETS for the operation of a visitor centre for Inis Cealtra are set to be missed while the work on a Maritime Training College in Kilrush is “lagging”.
