CLARE County Councillors have reacted angrily to the fact the council may have to pay €1,000 for the removal of telephone kiosks, which have been labelled as “magnets for anti-social behaviour”.
Read More »Garda districts being examined
HIGH-level discussions are taking place on the future of garda districts in Clare. The county’s most senior garda, Chief Superintendent John Kerin, confirmed that a decision is likely on possible district mergers before the end of the year.
Read More »‘You know’ scale explained to councillors
COUNCILLOR PJ Kelly has been lending his ear to people’s conversations of late. Such has been the intent with which the Lissycasey councillor has been listening, he has come up with an invention.
Read More »€290,000 to assist independent living in Newmarket-on-Fergus
FIVE people with intellectual disabilities from Newmarket-on-Fergus are set to get new homes in their own parish.
Read More »Surfer’s rage at council’s Lahinch bylaw
Cian Kearns, a surf instructor at Ben’s Surf Clinic in Lahinch, has made an impassioned plea against Clare County Council’s new bylaw, which forces surf schools to operate their business from an area in the lower car park at the far end of Lahinch beach. The bylaw officially came into force on July 1.
Read More »Iron Lady an inspiration for West Clare Task Force?
FORMER British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was invoked this week as a figure whose actions in 1982 could inspire the West Clare Task Force, many of whose members criticised the group at Monday’s West Clare Electoral Area meeting in Ennis.
Read More »County manager defends beach closures
“I would do the same again,” county manager Tom Coughlan said this week, talking about his handling of the closure of three popular Clare beaches for a time last weekend.
Read More »Hogan pledges to drag local government into the 21st century
WHILE the finer details of the local government reforms will not be outlined until the autumn, Environment Minister Phil Hogan gave his strongest indication yet that the Government will cut the number of councillors and local authorities.
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