Use ‘creative thinking’ to link ring road in Kilkee with West Clare Greenway
“CREATIVE THINKING” can see the ring road in Kilkee offer a cycling link between the Cliff Walk and the planned West Clare Greenway, a local representative has affirmed.
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‘I will pay for the speed ramps myself’ – inaction in North Clare criticised by widow
*Helga Himmelsbach leads a remembrance walk for her beloved late husband Jerry O’Connor. Photograph: John Mangan A NORTH CLARE widow has pledged to pay for speed ramps herself if improvements to the area’s road network are not introduced.
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.
Ballyvaughan crash victim told wife ‘day will come’ when car driving on wrong side of the road would hit them
*Helga Himmelsbach lays flowers at the spot where her husband Jerry O’Connor was killed. Photograph: John Mangan. A LISDONVARNA woman who became a widow after a French tourist crashed into her beloved husband on his motorbike at the end of July has pledged to continue campaigning until road safety improvements are introduced in North Clare.
Lahinch swim ban lifted
*Photograph: John Mangan LAHINCH BEACH has reopened to swimmers with the lifting of a prohibition on bathing.
‘This is a deep investigation & not the usual waffle’ – probing continues into Ballymacraven fish kill
*The unprecedented fish kill occurred in May. INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING following an unprecedented fish kill in North Clare.
Foley praises Integration Minister O’Gorman for ‘personal & political leadership’ on asylum seeker accommodation
*Minister for Education, Norma Foley. Photograph: Joe Buckley INTEGRATION MINISTER, Roderic O’Gorman (GP) has been praised for his “personal and political leadership” by Minister for Education, Norma Foley (FF) in working to accommodate refugees and asylum seekers.
Magowna House management had been planning for three months to repurpose facility
*CRM Properties Ltd’s Salman Ahlam gives Junior Minister, Joe O’Brien (GP) a tour of Magowna House. Photograph: John Mangan MANAGEMENT OF MAGOWNA HOUSE had been planning to house refugees or asylum seekers for three months yet the local community in Inch were only informed of their intentions five days before the facility came back into …
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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.
Connection charge stopping communities from installing water stations
*Photograph: Eamon Ward A CLARE SENATOR is among those calling for the abolition of public water charges to enable access for all to free water drinking points.
