‘Remember you are there to serve the people’ – 125 years of democracy celebrated in Clare
*Photograph: Eamon Ward 125 years of local democracy in Clare was acknowledged on Monday.
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‘Young drivers the problem’ claim councillors as efforts made to put road safety on curriculum
*Photograph: Joe Buckley 61 PEOPLE have been killed so far on Irish roads this year yet Clare County Council does not have a road safety officer, it emerged this week.
The Electoral Chair: What will influence West Clare voters / Peninsula penetration of runners
*Peter O’Connell, Madeline Taylor-Quinn, Patrick Keane and Páraic McMahon. EIGHT CANDIDATES have declared for the elections in the Kilrush local electoral area, they along with the key issues for voters in West Clare are the focus for the second episode of our political podcast.
Council to hold meeting at Trump Doonbeg ‘to prove 100% support of resort & its coastal protection plans’
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. DONALD TRUMP’s Doonbeg hotel is set to host a special meeting of Clare County Council in the next two months in what has been described as a show of solidarity with the plans of the former US President and his family to further develop their West Clare hotel.
‘Huge opportunity coming down the Shannon Estuary’
*Shannon Estuary. ENGAGEMENT is ongoing between Clare County Council and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to identify green skills opportunities and react to Clare’s housing need based on the scale of development envisaged from the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce.
Six-figure sum to rectify uneven surfaces on West St in Carrigaholt warn Council
UNEVEN SURFACES on West Street in Carrigaholt are “causing significant issues” for local residents, an elected representative has claimed but improvements would cost a six figure sum according to Council engineers.
West Clare roads at risk of going beyond redemption
ADDITIONAL MONIES need to be sourced from Government to improve the road infrastructure of West Clare.
Success of Clare’s climate action plan will depend on national funding
*Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE’s Climate Action Plan has been adopted with strong endorsement from county councillors but its success relies on funding from a national level.
Master fixtures plan approved, committees ratified & Noel Walsh to be honoured with Munster U20 trophy
*Scariff’s Patrick Ryan is chased by Ian O’Brien and Gerry O’Grady. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE GAA have ratified the majority of their committees for the coming year and the master fixtures plan for 2024 was approved at Tuesday’s County Board meeting.
‘A small start but a significant one’ – inclusion of Broadford & Cooraclare in pilot wastewater scheme lauded
INCLUSION of Broadford and Cooraclare in the €50 million rural wastewater collection and treatment scheme could be “a game-changer” for other communities in the county according to the Mayor of Clare.
