‘Michelangelo needed to do some paintwork in Shannon’
*Cllr Gerry Flynn. Photograph: Eamon Ward MICHELANGELO’s services would be warranted in Shannon given the amount of paintwork required to signs in the town, a local representative has quipped.
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Newmarket-on-Fergus masterplan must have community backing to get off ground
*Photograph: Joe Buckley COMMUNITY INPUT is key to make a mooted masterplan for Newmarket-on-Fergus a success.
‘Huge dog fouling problems’ in Newmarket-on-Fergus & voice activation system causing sleepless nights in Drumgeely
“HUGE PROBLEMS” associated with dog fouling have been ongoing in Newmarket-on-Fergus for “at least twenty years,” a local representative has claimed while a voice activation system to remind owners to remove the faeces belonging to their canines is leaving Shannon residents sleepless.
Population projections for Clare ‘in a different galaxy’ to Census findings
*Cllr Cillian Murphy. Photograph: Eamon Ward PRELIMINARY CENSUS findings for Clare are “so far away from population projections for the county that we’re in a different galaxy,” a West Clare councillor has remarked.
Bid to showcase Shannon’s positives on video made by ‘Queen of Facebook’
*Crowds at the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Shannon earlier this year. Photograph: Joe Buckley AN APPEAL for a video to be created showcasing the positives of Shannon Town led to a minor clash between elected representatives with one councillor quipping that she was “the Queen of Facebook”.
Illaunmanagh works to reopen car park due for September completion
WORKS TO COMBAT difficulties outside the county’s main crematorium and Shannon’s biggest graveyard are to be completed by early September while the “ethnic status” of Travellers gives them “massive power” and weakens the ability to clamp down on illegal encampments, a local authority meeting has heard.
Shannon Venue site moves forward with lease transferred to Council
*Love Shannon members, Darragh O’Connor, Elton Good, Brendan Wall & Derek Clune at the site of what could have been The Venue. Photograph: Joe Buckley AGREEMENT FOR A TRANSFER of the Shannon Venue site has been reached.
Drivers ‘playing chicken’ on approach from Purcell Park to Cluain Airne
*Purcell Park in Shannon. Photograph: Joe Buckley RESIDENTS are to be met as appeals to remove the gateway system from Purcell Park to Cluain Airne intensify due to motorists “playing chicken” and regular complaints of speeding.
More awareness needed for Shannon Aviation Museum on major road network
FUTURE VIABILITY of the Shannon Aviation Museum can be enhanced through the addition of signage on the county’s main road network.
‘Brain drain’ leaves South Clare & Shannon MD ‘suffering’
*Shannon Banks. A “BRAIN DRAIN” is impacting on the South Clare region falling under the auspices of the Shannon Municipal District.
