Fine Gael select Crowe, Cooney & Pat Burke on East Clare ticket for local elections
*Cyril Crowe. Photograph: Joe Buckley FINE GAEL have finalised their East Clare ticket to contest next year’s local elections.
Martin Conway
23 male international protection applicants to take up residence at Corliss House in Kilrush
*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CORLISS HOUSE IN Kilrush is to be used for accommodating international protection applicants.
‘Tackle the criminality head on’ – extra Garda resources sought for Ennistymon feud
EXTRA GARDA resources have been sought for Ennistymon amid an ongoing Traveller feud with local representatives calling for the criminality to be met on.
‘This is a deep investigation & not the usual waffle’ – probing continues into Ballymacraven fish kill
*The unprecedented fish kill occurred in May. INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING following an unprecedented fish kill in North Clare.
Joe Garrihy & Bill Slattery get the nod for Fine Gael in North Clare
*Cllr Joe Garrihy, Bill Slattery, Madeline Taylor-Quinn and Ciaran Cannon TD. FINE GAEL have opted to keep the same ticket in North Clare for the local elections which saw them lose a sitting councillor and elect a first-time candidate in 2019.
Bill bidding to win back Council seat as Fine Gael prepare to select ticket in North Clare & Ennis
*Bill Slattery meets Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys in Lahinch. Photograph: Eamon Ward BILL SLATTERY IS BIDDING to launch a political comeback with the Lahinch man nominated for Fine Gael’s upcoming selection convention for the Ennistymon local electoral area.
Inch locals to remove blockades on approach to Magowna House
*Photograph: John Mangan LOCALS IN INCH have confirmed they are to remove the three blockades on the approach to Magowna House.
Minister O’Gorman open to meeting Inch residents but says Magowna House contract for asylum seekers will remain
*Asylum seekers on site at Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan MINISTER FOR Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman (GP) has said Magowna House will continue to be used to accommodate male asylum seekers despite strong local opposition.
Conway appointed Chair of Seanad select committee
*Senator Martin Conway. SENATOR Martin Conway (FG) has been appointed as Chairperson of the newly established Seanad Select Committee on Scrutiny of EU-related Statutory Instruments.
Fine Gael hungry to win back Breen’s seat in Clare
*Fine Gael are to begin plotting their campaign for the next General Election. FINE GAEL will strongly target winning back the Dáil seat it lost in the Clare constituency three years ago, sitting TD Joe Carey (FG) has said.
