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THE Government has failed to present a convincing case for the transfer of Clare’s €300 million water production and delivery system to a new independent State-owned subsidiary, Irish Water, Mayor of Clare, Councillor Pat Hayes has claimed.

The European Union’s Committee of the Regions (CoR) will tour Clare Wood Chip fuel production in Feakle as part of its first ever visit to Ireland later this month.

The weakened Euro combined with further marketing of the county in Australia could attract significant visitor numbers bringing a welcome boost to the local economy, according to one councillor from South Australia.

THE creator of the Purple Flag programme has stated he is “very impressed” with what he has seen in Ennis as the town’s bid to become one of the first in the country to achieve the accreditation moved a step closer this week.

CLARE County Council was given an E ranking, leaving it in 26th place, according to a review of Ireland’s planning system by An Taisce.

COUNCILLOR Cathal Crowe has requested senior council engineer, Tom Tiernan to facilitate a further public consultation event on the Limerick Northern Distributor Road after the latest report failed to explain why a route through the heart of Parteen village and lands prone to flooding in rural Clonlara was chosen.

CLARE County Council has agreed to implement parking restrictions close to the Cliffs of Moher to counter “blatant illegal parking” after a number of complaints by people living and farming in the area and local representatives.

Last Sunday, Glór hosted the latest event organised by Clare Fracking Concerned. This group was set up last year to raise awareness and to inform the public about hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), a controversial method of exploiting onshore shale gas reserves.