Kelly’s historic contribution to local democracy in Clare honoured
*Cllr PJ Kelly (FF). Photograph: Eamon Ward CLLR PJ Kelly (FF) created history on Friday as he attended his fiftieth Annual General Meeting of Clare County Council.
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‘I will wear the title as a badge of honour’ – Joe Cooney honoured to become Mayor of Clare
*Photograph:Ruth Griffin CLARE HAS A NEW first citizen following the election of Cllr Joe Cooney (FG) as Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, a title commonly known as the Mayor of Clare.
Lynch elected as Cathaoirleach of West Clare Municipal District & expects ‘challenging year’
*Cllr Ian Lynch. CLLR IAN LYNCH (IND) has been elected as the Cathaoirleach of the West Clare Municipal District for the final year of the current Council term.
Council to try add EV charging points to tourism facilities undergoing development works
*Plans are progressing to install EV charging points at the Vandeleur Walled Gardens. CLARE’S TOURISM FACILITIES that are undergo development are to be equipped with electric vehicle charging points.
‘We won’t budge’ – Inch residents seek ‘fair play’ on plans for Magowna House
*Seamie Fitzpatrick at Magowna Hill where one of the blockades are located. Photograph: John Mangan BLOCKADES will remain located at three points on the approach to Magowna House but locals have said they are agreeable to a smaller quantity than the announced figure of 69 male asylum seekers taking up residence at Inch.
Minister O’Gorman open to meeting Inch residents but says Magowna House contract for asylum seekers will remain
*Asylum seekers on site at Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan MINISTER FOR Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman (GP) has said Magowna House will continue to be used to accommodate male asylum seekers despite strong local opposition.
Emergency permission sought to remove dead ash trees affected by dieback
*Cllr Pat Burke pictured on his land where ash dieback has destroyed 17 hectares. CRITICISM has been hurled in the direction at the Junior Minister for Land Use and Biodiversity over the delays in removing dead ash trees from plantations.
‘West Clare sentenced to death & farming families will be the new homeless’ claims Lissycasey rep
*TII are appealing granted planning permissions to properties on the N68. WEST CLARE’s population has been “sentenced to death” due to current planning legislation, the county’s longest-serving politician has claimed.
‘Complete jigsaw’ over infill sites posing risk to future housing plans
*Cllr PJ Kelly led the debate at a sitting of Clare County Council. ASPECTS OF PLANNING legislation are creating a “complete jigsaw” to efforts to try secure permission to build a home, an elected representative has stated.
‘A folk hero in North Clare who worked tirelessly for the common man’ – tributes paid to late Martin Lafferty
FORMER COUNTY COUNCILLOR, Martin Lafferty has been remembered as an individual who put humanity, empathy and what he believed in at the centre of his life.
