*Hedge cutting. A “BALANCING ACT” needs to be found in protecting biodiversity while managing hedge and grass cutting in West Clare.
*Cllr Mary Howard (FG) and Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF) who were elected Leas Cathaoirleach and Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council respectively. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE’s new Mayor has said his selection as the county’s first citizen was the “proudest day of my life”.
*Cllr Alan O’Callaghan. Photograph: Joe Buckley ON Friday, Cllr Alan O’Callaghan (FF) will be elected as the county’s first citizen.
*Cllr Gabriel Keating. Photograph: Eamon Ward A ROAD along the Wild Atlantic Way in West Clare “won’t break the bank” if officials in the local authority decide to make a late addition to the roadworks programme for this year.
*A section of the West Clare Greenway CONSTRUCTION on the €80m West Clare Railway Greenway is anticipated to start during the course of the next Council term and will be one of the biggest projects for West Clare.
*Some of the Kilrush LEA candidates at The Electoral Chair election debate. Photograph: John Mangan FIRST-TIME candidate Dinny Gould is on course to take one of the five seats at the expense of Fianna Fáil in the Kilrush local electoral area according to a retiring councillor in West Clare.
Dinny Gould, Susan Griffin, Kevin Hassett, Cllr Ian Lynch, Cllr Rita McInerney, Cllr Cillian Murphy, Michael Shannon, Alan Troy and Joseph Woulfe. WEST CLARE is certainly awake so far as political debates are concerned.
*Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward. CLARE’S highest paid councillor last year insists he is “good value for money” while a total of €1,192,106.46 was dished out among the county’s 28 councillors.
PLANNING APPROVAL has been granted to Clare County Council by An Bord Pleanála for the development of new visitor experience facilities at Loop Head Lighthouse Visitor Experience.
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Martin Connolly CLARE is to receive €2,079,722 as part of a nationwide extra allocation of €40m for repairs and improvement works on non-public rural roads and laneways under the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS).
