‘Frightening’ legal fees of Council questioned
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL’s Head of Finance has said an article by The Ditch website “wasn’t accurate” regarding their legal fees.
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Chambers retires ending 38 year term on Clare County Council
*Cllr Bill Chambers. COORACLARE’s Cllr Bill Chambers (FF) has announced his resignation from politics.
Door not closed to fixing the ‘O’Donnell Directive’ insist Clare’s Oireachtas members
*Limerick TD, Kieran O’Donnell (FG). CLARE TD, Cathal Crowe (FF) has told a special meeting of Clare County Council that the “door is not shut” on overturning a directive issued by a Junior Minister to dezone lands in the county.
Dooley & Garvey criticised for no-show at Council special meeting
*Senator Timmy Dooley. Photograph: John Mangan ABSENCE OF two Clare Senators from a special meeting of Clare County Council has been criticised.
‘It’s RIP for West Clare’ – intervention of Oireachtas members sought to overturn planning directive
*Lissycasey. WEST CLARE “will be wiped out” if a directive issued to Clare County Council over its County Development Plan proceeds, an elected representative has claimed.
‘We must correct the mistakes’ – parking fees proposals debated
*Under the proposals, the Miltown Malbay Rd car park in Lahinch would be hit with parking fees. Photograph: John Mangan A TOTAL OF 352 submissions have been received by Clare County Council on the draft parking by-laws for Kilkee, Lahinch, White Strand, Spanish Point, Doolin and Fanore.
Junior Minister’s directive on County Development Plan ‘spells the end of rural Clare’
*Cllr PJ Kelly. Photograph: Eamon Ward CLARE’S LONGEST-SERVING politician has warned that a directive issued by the Junior Minister for Local Government and Planning has signalled “the end of rural Clare”.
Councillors go against engineer’s advice to declare Inagh road public
Cllr Shane Talty (right). Photograph: Burren Eye Photography FIANNA FÁIL representatives have defied the recommendations of senior engineers in Clare County Council to proceed with declaring a local road in Inagh as a public road.
O’Brien swaps ‘honour of a lifetime role’ as Mayor of Clare for Chair of Killaloe MD
*Cllr Tony O’Brien. Photograph: Eamon Ward AS HIS year as Mayor of Clare came to a close, Cllr Tony O’Brien (FF) quickly found himself with a new post.
Lynch confirms he will be standing in 2024 local elections
*Cllr Ian Lynch. Photograph: Eamon Ward SITTING CLLR Ian Lynch (IND) is the first confirmed candidate for the Kilrush electoral area in the 2024 local elections.
