ENNIS Town Council have turned down an application to extend, by five years, planning permission for a development by Michael Lynch Ltd, despite a warning that this may result in a High Court challenge.

Drugs cultivation, beach bylaws and thefts from tourist spots were the topics of conversation at the Joint Policing Committee meeting on Monday. Carol Byrne reports

Calls were made to raise fines and name and shame repeat “litter vandals” during a discussion at the Joint Policing Committee meeting in relation to the beach bylaws.

The number of thefts at tourist spots was highlighted at Monday’s meeting of the JPC when Chief Superintendent John Kerin said it was an issue the gardaí were very conscious of.

CLARE County Council is to replace two of the three recently displaced ladders at Byrne’s Cove in Kilkee. In a statement issued this week, the local authority said the cove is still accessible and that the ladders were removed by seawater.

Plans to develop a ­controversial €100m windfarm near Doonbeg have been turned down by An Bord Pleanála, a decision that follows on from an oral hearing in May.

MOUNTIVERS resident Rita McInerney, who was opposed to the proposed development of a windfarm in Doonbeg, has expressed support for the An Bórd Pleanála decision to reject the development.

THE A380, the largest passenger aircraft in the world, brought Shannon to a standstill on Tuesday morning.