*Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly (FF). Photograph: Brian Arthur HIQA’s review into the potential for a second emergency department in the Mid-West region must be published before next summer, county councillors have stressed.
*The vote was held at Monday’s meeting of Clare County Council. CLARE’S local property tax will remain at the highest rate after the majority of elected representatives agreed to retain it at fifteen percent above the standard rate for the next five years.
*Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF). Photograph: Eamon Ward DISAPPOINTMENT has been voiced by a Clare councillor on the failure to develop further treatment services in the county.
*Councillors in the Shannon MD debated the matter. HOGWEED’s spread across South-East Clare needs to be got to grips with, elected representatives have stressed.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SHANNON ‘always seems to be last’ when it comes to delivery of services from the local authority, a county councillor has claimed.
*Photograph: Joe Buckley TWO COVERED bus shelters have been requested for Ballycasey Avenue in Shannon.
MORE VISIBILITY of Gardaí is needed on the streets of Shannon.
*Cllr Pat O’Gorman (FF), Cllr David Griffin (FF), Cllr Donna McGettigan (SF) and Cllr Tony Mulcahy (FG). Photograph: Joe Buckley A DEDICATED social media space for activities within the Shannon Municipal District has been requested by a Sinn Féin councillor.
RESPECTING THE “birds and the bees” has led to “briars and bushes” kissing each other across South Clare, the Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District has said.
A FINAL DESIGN update has been published for the N19 Shannon Airport access road improvement scheme.
