Morgan Lahiffe Archives

Sustainable Development Goal week opens events across Clare

Launching SDG Week 2024 were (l-r): Pat Dowling, Chief Executive; Alan Farrell, Director of Service; Morgan Lahiffe, Climate Action Coordinator and staff of Clare County Council. Also photographed are: Samantha McCarthy, Healthy County Co-Ordinator; Karen Foley, Environmental Awareness Officer; Dara Dever, Community Climate Action Officer; Carol Gleeson, Manager, Burren & Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global …

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€808k allocation for Clare grounds under Community Climate Action Programme

By Páraic McMahon

26 groups in Clare will be funded under the Community Climate Action Programme with the county securing an allocation of over €800,000.

More areas in Shannon to be managed for wildlife

By Páraic McMahon

RESPECTING THE “birds and the bees” has led to “briars and bushes” kissing each other across South Clare, the Cathaoirleach of the Shannon Municipal District has said.

Success of Clare’s climate action plan will depend on national funding

By Páraic McMahon

*Photograph: Natasha Barton CLARE’s Climate Action Plan has been adopted with strong endorsement from county councillors but its success relies on funding from a national level.

Councillors expected to adopt Climate Action Plan

By Páraic McMahon

CLARE’S CLIMATE Action Plan is expected to be signed off on by elected members of the County Council on Monday.

Changes at the top in Clare County Council

By Páraic McMahon

*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.

Morgan Lahiffe appointed as Council’s first climate action co-ordinator

By Páraic McMahon

*Morgan Lahiffe (far right) becomes the Council’s first climate action co-ordinator. Photograph: Ruth Griffin BAREFIELD’S MORGAN LAHIFFE has been appointed as the new climate action co-ordinator within Clare County Council.

Target set to have EV charging point installed in Killaloe by end of 2023’s first quarter

By Páraic McMahon

AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE charger is targeted to be installed in Killaloe within the first three months of next year.

‘Safety is paramount whether it’s a rural or city area’ – East Clare reps ramp up efforts to tackle Kilkishen speeding

By Páraic McMahon

SPEEDING outside the national school and playground in Kilkishen remains “an issue the whole time,” an elected representative has lamented while leading the call for speed ramps in the East Clare village.

Location of signs not deterring speeding in Clooney argues Hayes

By Páraic McMahon

VISIBILITY of speed signs in Clooney have come under the microscope.

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The Clare Echo 2025