*Outgoing Chief Executive of Clare County Council, Pat Dowling. Photograph: Joe Buckley ELECTED members of Clare County Council were vociferous in their praise of Chief Executive Pat Dowling who confirmed that he will be retiring from the role at the end of the year.
*Kevin Hassett (IND). Photograph: John Mangan ON THE fourth full day of the General Election campaign, RTÉ cameras rolled into town while a former General Election candidate has rowed in behind two of the Independents in the field.
*Cllr Tom O’Callaghan (FF) shows his election wounds. A SLIP of the tongue can be very damaging for a politician when it comes to an election campaign but so too can a sliding ladder as one political figure discovered in Co Clare recently.
CAMPAIGNS are in full flow across the county with such a short run-in till the November 29th General Election.
*Photograph: John Mangan KILKEE experienced a quite summer on the business front but a busy one regarding illegal camping, elected representatives have claimed.
Tony Killeen and Mike Taylor with Páraic McMahon. IT’S GAME on so far as the General Election is concerned with a record number of nineteen candidates in the field.
*Moneypoint. STEPS need to be taken now to ensure future benefits of Moneypoint are realised in West Clare.
*Photograph: John Mangan CLARE is to have its longest ever ballot paper for a General Election with a total of nineteen candidates already declared.
A MULTI-MILLION euro indoor sports complex in Kilrush and a Centre of Excellence for diving and snorkeling in Kilkee failed to receive a single penny in the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund.
*Eugene Drennan, Geraldine Gregan and Páraic McMahon. FINE GAEL’s scramble to find a second General Election candidate in Clare continues as the field begins to firm up across the county.
