*Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien (FF) with local election candidate David Griffin (FF). OBJECTIONS to the upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant in Newmarket-on-Fergus has been criticised by the Minister for Housing.
*Members of the public who were in the gallery for Monday’s Clare County Council meeting. ELECTED representatives of Clare County Council have hit out at plans from energy companies to erect wind turbines from Meelick to Bodyke in six different developments.
*Alan Farrell. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL’s newest director was welcomed with open arms to his first meeting of the Shannon Municipal District.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley AN INCREASING amount of passengers from the hinterland of Dublin Airport opting to fly from Shannon Airport “tells its own story” on the successful recovery of Shannon from the international pandemic.
MEMBERS OF the Clare branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) have committed to holding weekly demonstrations so long as Israel maintains its presence in Gaza.
*The matter was debated at the December meeting of Clare County Council. CLARE’S sole Green Party member on the local authority has led the call for a redistribution of the gambling levy towards social projects.
Áras Contae an Chláir CALLS for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza have been agreed by elected members of Clare County Council.
*Photograph: John Mangan A CHANGE of policing model in Ireland is needed to help restore morale in the force and confidence among the public, Clare councillors have stated.
*Bernard Gloster. HSE CEO, Bernard Gloster has turned down a request by councillors in Clare to attend a behind closed doors meeting.
ROAD SIGNAGE in Shannon Town is to undergo works following demands from elected representatives for improvements.
