Farrell welcomed as he takes over as Council Director in Shannon MD
*Alan Farrell. CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL’s newest director was welcomed with open arms to his first meeting of the Shannon Municipal District.
Liam Conneally
Gort ‘first out the gate’ with launch of town centre first plan
*Members of the Gort Town Team with officials from Galway County Council. GORT is “leading the way” as the first area in Galway to launch a town centre plan.
Changes at the top in Clare County Council
*Leonard Cleary, Noeleen Fitzgerald, Pat Dowling, Anne Haugh, Carmel Kirby and Jason Murphy. SUBSTANTIAL changes to the management of Clare County Council are to be made as part of a vast reshuffle.
‘To say we’ve been left on the hind tit is a fact’ – North Clare reps fume over six month wait to fill senior post
*Photograph: John Mangan FRUSTRATION IS close to boiling point for North Clare councillors over the six month wait to fill the post of senior executive officer for the local authority in Ennistymon.
2030 target for completion €30m Shannon flood relief scheme
*An update was given to elected members of the Shannon MD. SHORTCUTS will not be taken when advancing the €30m Shannon Town and Environs Flood Relief Scheme, senior officials in Clare County Council have said.
New roles for Kirby & McNulty in reshuffle of Council management following Conneally’s exit
*Carmel Kirby. Photograph: John O’Neill LIAM CONNEALLY’s exit from Clare County Council has resulted in switches among the senior management of the local authority.
Protestors call for councillors to resign from Board of Ennis 2040 DAC
*Cllr Mary Howard (FG) and Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF). PROTESTORS AGAINST THE PLANNED demolition of the Francis Street cottages have said Ennis councillors sitting on the Board of the Ennis 2040 DAC have a “conflict of interest” and should resign from their voluntary posts.
‘Complete jigsaw’ over infill sites posing risk to future housing plans
*Cllr PJ Kelly led the debate at a sitting of Clare County Council. ASPECTS OF PLANNING legislation are creating a “complete jigsaw” to efforts to try secure permission to build a home, an elected representative has stated.
Inis Cealtra visitor centre opening off target & progress of Kilrush Maritime Training Centre ‘lagging’
*The Old Rectory building in Mountshannon. TARGETS for the operation of a visitor centre for Inis Cealtra are set to be missed while the work on a Maritime Training College in Kilrush is “lagging”.
Talks over Shannon Heritage sites transfer at crunch stage
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CRUNCH MEETINGS are being held by Council and Department officials on the proposed transfer of Shannon Heritage’s Clare assets.
