*Cathal Crowe TD (FF). Photograph: John O’Neill A CLARE TD has failed in his bid to secure planning permission for a family home after he disclosed to An Bord Pleanála that he owns another house in the area.
*Tony Killeen. Photograph: Joe Buckley EX MINISTER for Defence, Tony Killeen (FF) served as the peace broker as Fianna Fáil members voted in a new officer board of the Comhairle Dáilcheantair as they stressed their intention of healing old wounds and ensuring the party elects two TDs in the next General Election.
*Candidates in the Shannon MD with The Clare Echo’s Páraic McMahon. SHANNON MUNICIPAL DISTRICT will see new faces form part of its makeup following the local elections and the campaign to fill the seven seats in this part of the county has well and truly taken flight.
*Spike Island. A NEW book on the history of Spike Island has revealed its connection to the Banner county including the infamous murder of Meelick’s Patrick White, who was killed while playing hurling in the prison yard.
*Páraic McMahon, Tony McMahon, Geraldine Lambert and Joe Melody at The Shannon Springs Hotel. THERE will be a new poll-topper in the Shannon Municipal District for the first time since 2009.
*The court sitting took place in Tralee. A CLARE man with 82 previous convictions who made threats to kill or cause serious harm to another man during a burglary in Tralee last September has been sent to prison for two-and-a-half years.
Photograph: John Mangan WATER SUPPLY is out in Cratloe and Meelick after a burst to a large trunk water main on Saturday morning.
*Colin Lynch will manage Clarecastle this year. Photograph: Gerard O’Neill ALL TEAMS that will compete in the intermediate hurling championship in Clare in 2024 have their management teams in place.
*Members of the public who were in the gallery for Monday’s Clare County Council meeting. ELECTED representatives of Clare County Council have hit out at plans from energy companies to erect wind turbines from Meelick to Bodyke in six different developments.
EAST CLARE is facing the possibility of becoming a wind turbine hotspot if multiple developments are given the green light.
