*Bunratty Castle & Folk Park is among the sites now set to come under the Council’s control. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN reached to transfer the ownership of the four Shannon Heritage sites in the county to Clare County Council.
SENIOR OFFICIALS in the Department of Transport have repeatedly said there are no plans to reopen the railway station in Crusheen but North-East Clare elected representatives remain optimistic the return of stop may come to pass.
CONFIDENCE has been voiced by a Government representative that both Broadford and Cooraclare fit the criteria to be included in a €20m pilot wastewater scheme.
*Frances Street in Kilrush. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill CLARE’S OIREACHTAS members have been warned they will get “roasted” by the public when they go canvassing for the next General Election.
*Crusheen’s rail stop was on the agenda in the Seanad. NO PLANS exist to reopen the railway station in Crusheen, senior officials in the Department of Transport have said.
*Noeleen Moran. Photograph: Martin Molloy AMENDMENTS have been sought to a Fine Gael motion which is due to be debated in the Seanad.
SHANNON AIRPORT IS TO RECEIVE over €6m in funding under the Regional Airports Programme.
A CLARE SENATOR has said the €169m HSE Winter Plan needs to be more ambitious for delivering for the people of the Mid-West region.
*Senator Martin Conway (FG). Photograph: Natasha Barton MANAGEMENT of University Hospital Limerick (UHL) clashed with Clare Oireachtas members over ongoing overcrowding at the region’s main hospital.
A 44 year old man has been arrested by Metropolitan Police following the brutal murder of Ennistymon native Thomas O’Halloran.
