*Cllr Gabriel Keating (FG) said the private sector must step up to provide more hotels in Clare. STRONGER EFFORTS need to be made to keep tourists in Clare for overnight stays while a former Deputy Mayor of Clare has said it is up to the business community to “put their hand in their pockets” and …
ENNIS’ long-awaited satellite haemodialysis unit will be up and running by the end of June next year, the HSE has stated following the conclusion of a tender process.
*Swimmers in Cappa. Photograph: John Mangan CALLS HAVE been made for the provision of “environmentally friendly outdoor showers” at Cappa and White Strand (Doonbeg).
*Honorary Consul of France Dr Loïc Guyon pictured with Cathal Crowe at Shannon Airport. TDs and Senators from the constituencies of Clare, Galway-East, Limerick City, Limerick County and Tipperary North have banded together to re-establish the cross-party Shannon Airport Oireachtas Group.
A PILOT bus service for the Burren and Cliffs of Moher is expected to commence at the beginning of May and “will only work if people use the bus”.
*Lahinch Playground. LAHINCH playground’s present state is “disgraceful” with a North Clare councillor claiming that only the swings are functioning properly.
A WOMAN was left waiting for an ambulance on a roadside for nearly four hours in Doonbeg this week.
*Kilrush Town Hall. KILRUSH’s economic growth will be among the first items that the newly appointed Chief Executive of Clare County Council will be pressed for a commitment on.
*The new bridge between Killaloe and Ballina lit up for the first time. COMPLETION targets for one of the biggest infrastructural projects in East Clare are on track to be met.
*Cllr Rita McInerney (FF). Photograph: Eugene McCafferty. PRODUCING a repeated report on the progress of the Kilrush Maritime Training Centre in Clare County Council’s monthly management update has been criticised by a West Clare representative.
