*Dr Martina Cleary listens to Clare TD, Violet-Anne Wynne. Photograph: Natasha Barton Clare’s politicians clashed at a meeting of the Pyrite Action Group with accusations of “playing party politics” thrown at the only opposition Oireachtas member in attendance.
*Senator Timmy Dooley engages with the crowd. Photograph: Natasha Barton Officials within the Department of Housing have been accused of “jiggery pokery” on the pyrite problem that is causing hundreds of homes to crumble across Co Clare.
*Senator Roisin Garvey. Photograph: Natasha Barton. Clare’s inclusion in a defective concrete block scheme has been assured by the Minister for Housing, a Government Senator has claimed while members of the county’s pyrite action group have warned that thousands of homes are affected.
Clare’s Government representatives have been urged to put their vote on the line by making a stand for Shannon Airport.
*LIT President, Prof Vincent Cunnane speaking at the opening of its Ennis campus in December 2019. Photograph: Eamon Ward A proposed link between Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) and Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has formally been given the go-ahead by Government meaning that Ennis is now a university town.
Commercial radio stations across the country including Clare FM will share in a combined €2.58m.
Laura Brennan’s legacy in advocating for the HPV vaccine must be remembered as calls for urgent administering of the jab have been voiced.
New OPD not progress for the public Dear Sir, Did the county really deserve an OPD which is completely inaccessible by public transport? Located in an impersonal faceless business park on the periphery of the town, this is NOT progress for the public not all of whom have cars or drivers available up to them. …
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*Senator Martin Conway. Photograph: John Mangan A Clare Senator has backed the decision to suspend vaccine operations at a private hospital in Dublin.
Several journalists in the Mid-West have been treated inappropriately by their employers, a Clare Senator has highlighted.
