*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.
*The post office at the Market in Ennis is to close. 300 post offices are facing closure without the assistance of State funding, a Clare postmaster has said.
*The Hyrdo Hotel in Lisdoonvarna is one of the accommodation providers hosting refugees. AN EXIT STRATEGY is needed with a clear timeline on when Clare hotels and accommodation providers used to house asylum seekers and refugees can return to the tourism market.
*Shannon Airport. SHANNON AIRPORT needs to fight back against a potential lifting of the passenger cap at Dublin Airport, councillors in Clare have argued.
*Photograph: Arthur Ellis. DOUGHMORE BEACH has become “a victim of its own success” with designs now completed for an overflow section.
*Impact to the Kilkee Cliff Walk has been flagged as a concern by locals. UISCE ÉIREANN’s proposals for a wastewater treatment plant in Kilkee “will be out of date before it is built,” one of the country’s most prominent chartered civil engineers has said.
*Cllr Gabriel Keating (FG). Photograph: Natasha Barton. WEST CLARE is “falling behind” on plans to deliver a greenway along the tracks of the iconic railway line.
AN ELDERLY MAN in Carrigaholt had to wait two and a half hours for an ambulance to arrive after sustaining an injury earlier this month.
*Claire Gallagher (second from left) alongside Mark Dunphy, Caimin Jones and Páraic McMahon. AWARD winning journalist, Claire Gallagher has been appointed to head up the communications section with Clare County Council.
*PJ Kelly is lifted shoulder high after his election in 2019. Photograph: Martin Connnolly TRIBUTES have been paid across the political divide to the late PJ Kelly (FF), a former Mayor of Clare and county councillor for fifty years.
