*Darren O’Brien and Conor O’Halloran embrace at the final whistle of the 2021 Clare SFC final. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ADDITION OF PRIVATE DEVELOPER LED wastewater infrastructure is key to haling the decline of 51 towns and villages in Clare who face the risk of depopulation in its absence.
*Monday’s meeting of the local authority saw tensions raise between some councillors. FIANNA FÁIL COUNCILLORS silenced an attempt by an Independent councillor to get Clare County Council to publicly debate the merits of taking out a loan to acquire the four Shannon Heritage sites in the county.
*An Bord Pleanála have come under the spotlight in recent months. CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN lost in An Bord Pleanála, Clare councillors have stated while calling for it to be replaced by “a competent authority”.
€514,000 was the cost of consultancy advice for the Inis Cealtra project in 2021. “SPIRALLING COSTS” spent on consultancy fees by Clare County Council need to be addressed, a Shannon representative has stressed.
PLANNING PERMISSION for an Aldi store in Shannon has been rejected, for the second time.
A COMMITMENT has been issued by the Taoiseach that this year’s Budget will recognise the “significant cost of living pressures” faced across the country.
*The vote was held on Monday in the Council Chamber. A VOTE TO REDUCE the local property tax rate in Clare was resoundingly defeated on Monday and instead councillors opted to keep the highest rate for the next two years.
*Mark Nestor celebrating his election to Clare County Council in 2019. Photograph: Martin Connolly A STANDING OVATION was extended to Cllr Mark Nestor (FF) as he attended his final Council meeting on Monday with his colleagues predicting he will one day become an Archbishop.
*The Drumgeely Flats were among the first buildings constructed during the creation of Shannon Town. Photograph: Joe Buckley OFFERING a link with the River Walk and Drumgeely would be “a big thing” for one of the oldest areas of Shannon.
*Corrib Drive. Photograph: Joe Buckley ROAD MARKINGS in Corrib Drive which were “obliterated during resurfacing” are to be renewed.
