Council expects to have spent €3m on housing grants by end of year
It is expected that by the end of 2019, Clare County Council will have spent €3m on private housing grants.
Gerry Flynn
‘Clare most anti-rural county for planning’ claims Cllr Kelly
Clare’s longest serving local elected representative has described the county as “the most anti-rural” so far as planning regulations are concerned.
Upskill youths by working with outdoor Council staff – Lynch
Younger workers may be enticed into applying for jobs with Clare County Council if a motion to aid unskilled youths is acted upon.
Garvey recalls living in fuel poverty
*Cllr Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Eamon Ward A Clare councillor has revealed her experience of fuel poverty whereby lack of funds as a single mother prompted moving the bedroom into the sitting room of her house.
Community service suggested for illegal dumping culprits
Personnel convicted of illegal dumping and littering should be assigned to community service work, a request put forward to the Minister for Justice and Equality has outlined.
‘Mike McKee will not be forgotten’ – councillors remember late colleague
*Mike McKee. Elected representatives of Clare County Council paid tribute to their late colleague Mike McKee at the December meeting of the local authority.
Mayor Crowe told off for attracting rats to compost bin
The Mayor of Clare has been told off for not knowing how to compost correctly after it emerged “a multitude of rats” took residence in his bin.
Climate emergency ‘more challenging than the Nuclear War’
*Some strikers from Fridays for Future Clare. Photograph: Orla Begley. Clare’s Friday for Future protesters scolded county councillors for ‘not doing their homework on climate change’.
Councillors contacted over “critical comments” on Airport
*Cllr Gerry Flynn. Photograph: Eamon Ward An elected representative in Clare received correspondence from the Chairperson of Shannon Group outlining their disappointment with ongoing critical comments regarding Shannon Airport.
Council to continue with current grass cutting policy
Clare’s current grass cutting policy for houses in estates owned by the Council is to be continued for the foreseeable future with a senior engineer observing that community groups tend to be “much more attentive” when taking on a role than paid employees.
