*Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly visiting Ennis Hospital. Photograph: Brian Arthur MINISTER FOR HEALTH, Stephen Donnelly (FF) has commissioned a review by HIQA into emergency care capacity in the Mid-West region.
*Cathal Crowe. Photograph: John O’Neill A CLARE GOVERNMENT TD has said it is inevitable that an additional accident and emergency department will be needed in the Mid-West.
*Simon Harris TD. Photograph: Arthur Ellis TWO CLARE TDs have confirmed they will vote against Simon Harris’ (FG) nomination as Taoiseach.
*Signs opposing the development in Broadford. 191 valid submissions have been made to An Bord Pleanála regarding Ørsted’s plans to construct 11 wind turbines in Oatfield.
*Ennis Hospital. ACTIVIST group, Friends of Ennis Hospital have said the newly appointed HSE Regional Executive Officer has acknowledged the ‘compelling case’ for the restoration of services in Co Clare.
*Colette Cowan. CEO of UL Hospitals Group, Colette Cowan has made a surprise return from leave to resume her duties.
*Leo Varadkar. Photograph: Brian Arthur LEO VARADKAR’s (FG) decision to step down as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael will not result in an early General Election according to two of Clare’s Oireachtas members.
*Hotel Woodstock was the Clare count centre. A RESOUNDING defeat for the Government in the Family and Care Referendums does not mean the stability of coalition is under threat, a Clare TD has said.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley WITH SHANNON school as maximum capacity, there is a need for a new secondary school in Sixmilebridge, a Clare TD has said.
*Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. Photograph: Tom Micks DESPITE over fifty towns and villages in Clare being prohibited from the construction of housing developments due to inadequate wastewater infrastructure, the Minister for Housing insists the climate is improving for young people to build homes.
